Stan Brakhage Movies

  • 1962
    Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnick and Sender

    Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnick and Sender

    Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnick and Sender

    01962HD

    This film seems to be lost, possibly left at KQED in San Francisco. Morton Subotnick has feelers out trying to find it, but no luck yet. - Mark...

    Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnick and Sender
  • 1955
    Centuries of June

    Centuries of June

    Centuries of June

    41955HD

    Centuries of June, perhaps more than any Cornell film, is a naked attempt to capture the soul of a place and the mood of a disappearing moment.

    Centuries of June
  • 1980
    Murder Psalm

    Murder Psalm

    Murder Psalm

    6.11980HD

    Inspired in part by a dream he had of murdering his mother, Brakhage here gives us one of his profoundest meditations on human aggression.

    Murder Psalm
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)

    Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)

    Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)

    01975HD

    Begins with blowing snow, ends with lamp stand and lights of the city.

    Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)
  • 2006
    A Visit to Stan Brakhage

    A Visit to Stan Brakhage

    A Visit to Stan Brakhage

    02006HD

    In late 1966 I visited Stan Brakhage in Rollinsville, Colorado. This is a portrait of Stan at home, with his family, his animals, and the...

    A Visit to Stan Brakhage
  • 1965
    Three Films: Blue White/Blood's Tone/Vein

    Three Films: Blue White/Blood's Tone/Vein

    Three Films: Blue White/Blood's Tone/Vein

    51965HD

    BLUE WHITE, "an intonation of child birth"; BLOOD'S TONE, "a golden nursing film"; VEIN, "a film of baby Buddha masturbation."

    Three Films: Blue White/Blood's Tone/Vein
  • 1959
    Sirius Remembered

    Sirius Remembered

    Sirius Remembered

    3.91959HD

    A tribute to Stan Brakhage's pet dog Sirius, whose decompostion was recorded over 6 months after he had died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...

    Sirius Remembered
  • 1981
    Arabic Numeral Series 6

    Arabic Numeral Series 6

    Arabic Numeral Series 6

    101981HD

    “With some exceptions, the Arabics take the idea of the void as their ground. That is, the light we do see almost always seems to be set...

    Arabic Numeral Series 6
  • 1997
    Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis

    Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis

    Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis

    01997HD

    A very personal lecture on filmmaker and friend Jim Davis.

    Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis
  • 1993
    Study in Color and Black and White

    Study in Color and Black and White

    Study in Color and Black and White

    4.81993HD

    A hand-painted and photographically step-printed film, which exhibits variably shaped small areas of color (in a dark field) that explode into full...

    Study in Color and Black and White
  • 2002
    SB

    SB

    SB

    02002HD

    In 2002 Stan Brakhage provided the Viennale festival with an exceptionally colorful, dynamic handpainted film. It contains all the elements that have...

    SB
  • 1982
    Arabic Numeral Series 19

    Arabic Numeral Series 19

    Arabic Numeral Series 19

    101982HD

    “With some exceptions, the Arabics take the idea of the void as their ground. That is, the light we do see almost always seems to be set...

    Arabic Numeral Series 19
  • 2001
    Lovesong 3

    Lovesong 3

    Lovesong 3

    02001HD

    Three qualities of hand- painted imagery inter-weave throughout this film: (1) a mash of thick lines delineating colored shapes, (2) thin black...

    Lovesong 3
  • 2002
    Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting

    Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting

    Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting

    02002HD

    This afternoon summer scene is very much how he worked (when painting directly on film) in the last several years – at various cafes and sports...

    Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
  • 1981
    Arabic Numeral Series 7

    Arabic Numeral Series 7

    Arabic Numeral Series 7

    6.51981HD

    “With some exceptions, the Arabics take the idea of the void as their ground. That is, the light we do see almost always seems to be set...

    Arabic Numeral Series 7
  • 1971
    Angels'

    Angels'

    Angels'

    01971HD

    This is then the property of many angels.

    Angels'
  • 1963
    Oh Life - a Woe Story - the A Test News

    Oh Life - a Woe Story - the A Test News

    Oh Life - a Woe Story - the A Test News

    01963HD

    Three TV "concretes."

    Oh Life - a Woe Story - the A Test News
  • 1984
    Tortured Dust Part 2

    Tortured Dust Part 2

    Tortured Dust Part 2

    01984HD

    While ill and experiencing some difficulty in completing the editing of this film, Brakhage was reading the Marguerite Young novel, "Miss MacIntosh,...

    Tortured Dust Part 2
  • 2001
    Lovesong 5 & 6

    Lovesong 5 & 6

    Lovesong 5 & 6

    02001HD

    A hand-painted work beginning with a thicket of curled black lines over flesh tones shaping briefly into sex organs. There is a sense of pulsing...

    Lovesong 5 & 6
  • 2006
    Brakhage Crosses Central Park

    Brakhage Crosses Central Park

    Brakhage Crosses Central Park

    42006HD

    Clip from Walden.

    Brakhage Crosses Central Park