Stan Brakhage Movies

  • 1971
    Door

    Door

    Door

    101971HD

    This is the only all-inclusive autobiography I've yet managed; and as I'm still alive, it is to be understood as a metaphor which defines the limits...

    Door
  • 1964
    Dog Star Man: Part II

    Dog Star Man: Part II

    Dog Star Man: Part II

    6.3331964HD

    A man, accompanied by a dog, struggles through snow on a mountain side. We see film stock blister; drawn square shapes appear. Then, we see an...

    Dog Star Man: Part II
  • 1970
    The Weir-Falcon Saga

    The Weir-Falcon Saga

    The Weir-Falcon Saga

    6.51970HD

    The term "The Weir-Falcon Saga" appeared to me, night after night, at the end of a series of dreams: I was "true" to the feeling, tho not the images,...

    The Weir-Falcon Saga
  • 1992
    Interpolations 1-5

    Interpolations 1-5

    Interpolations 1-5

    101992HD

    "The full 35-millimeter frame allows for more detail and diversity than Brakhage's customary narrower gauges. In the first section, multicolored...

    Interpolations 1-5
  • 1988
    Rage Net

    Rage Net

    Rage Net

    5.41988HD

    Another of Brakhage’s works of “moving visual thinking,” Rage Net reminds one of the vibrant pioneering experiments of European...

    Rage Net
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #9 (Forest Love Scene)

    Short Films 1975: #9 (Forest Love Scene)

    Short Films 1975: #9 (Forest Love Scene)

    4.41975HD

    Begins with rocks, tree trucks, plants in glow of light, ends with green and gold forest scene.

    Short Films 1975: #9 (Forest Love Scene)
  • 2000
    Persian Series #6

    Persian Series #6

    Persian Series #6

    5.92000HD

    Persian Series #6 begins with what appears to be dried red and yellow rose petals, suddenly shot-thru with blue which causes a shift to violets and...

    Persian Series #6
  • 1999
    Persian Series #5

    Persian Series #5

    Persian Series #5

    6.11999HD

    Dark blood red slow shifting tones (often embedded in dark) / (often shot-thru with parallel wave-like lines) composed of all previous shapes and...

    Persian Series #5
  • 1971
    Angels'

    Angels'

    Angels'

    71971HD

    This is then the property of many angels.

    Angels'
  • 1970
    Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Four

    Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Four

    Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Four

    4.61970HD

    Section IV is the longest of the four parts and the one in which the photographic material from the past plays the most prominent role. We see more...

    Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Four
  • 1978
    Purity and After

    Purity and After

    Purity and After

    81978HD

    Two short films, the first NOT about purity itself, whatever that might be, but rather an equivalent of the process of searching for purity in the...

    Purity and After
  • 1976
    Short Films 1976

    Short Films 1976

    Short Films 1976

    81976HD

    Four films verging on portraiture, converging to make a drama for all seasons, starring: Jane Brakhage as The Dreamer; Bob Benson as The Magnificent...

    Short Films 1976
  • 1975
    Sincerity II

    Sincerity II

    Sincerity II

    5.21975HD

    This continuation of my autobiography is composed of film photographed by many people: Bruce Baillie, Jane Brakhage, Larry Jordan and Stan Phillips,...

    Sincerity II
  • 1971
    The Trip to Door

    The Trip to Door

    The Trip to Door

    01971HD

    Jane and the kids go to town. Directly in the tradition of SCENES FROM UNDER CHILDHOOD, this film may indeed constitute a 3rd chapter to 'The Book of...

    The Trip to Door
  • 1996
    Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse

    Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse

    Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse

    71996HD

    A thin oval of green-tinged light in thick darkness persists, then gradually descends below the bottom of the frame and, after a pause, rises again...

    Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse
  • 1974
    Flight

    Flight

    Flight

    81974HD

    Pun on "light" intended - that short preceding expulsion of breath perhaps the "subject matter" of this film which centers in consideration of death....

    Flight
  • 1991
    Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse

    Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse

    Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse

    5.41991HD

    Four superimposed rolls of hand-painted and bi-packed television negative imagery are edited so as to approximate the hypnagogic process whereby the...

    Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse
  • 2002
    Panels for the Walls of Heaven

    Panels for the Walls of Heaven

    Panels for the Walls of Heaven

    9.52002HD

    The last of Brakhage's longer works. Part of the "Vancouver Island" films. "Purple flashes are followed by a curtain of purple and blues, first...

    Panels for the Walls of Heaven
  • 1979
    Roman Numeral: II

    Roman Numeral: II

    Roman Numeral: II

    81979HD

    Now that "II" has been completed, one would suppose that the above film "I" is "One"... unless, of course, this film's spoken title is "aye-aye" or...

    Roman Numeral: II
  • 1999
    Stately Mansions Did Decree

    Stately Mansions Did Decree

    Stately Mansions Did Decree

    81999HD

    This hand-painted, elaborately step-printed film begins with what appears to be torn fragments of thick parchment erupting upward, out of which...

    Stately Mansions Did Decree