Stan Brakhage Movies

  • 1966
    Song 17

    Song 17

    Song 17

    81966HD

    SONGS 17 & 18: The movie house cathedral and a singular room (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker...

    Song 17
  • 1982
    Arabic Numeral Series 16

    Arabic Numeral Series 16

    Arabic Numeral Series 16

    91982HD

    “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 16
  • 1972
    The Shores of Phos: A Fable

    The Shores of Phos: A Fable

    The Shores of Phos: A Fable

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    Phos equals light, but then I did also want that word within the title which would designate place, as within the nationalities of "the fabulous" - a...

    The Shores of Phos: A Fable
  • 1970
    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

    101970HD

    This film was originally photographed in 1970 in regular 8mm. It was, a decade later, blown up to 16mm so that it could join the rest of the Sexual...

    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel
  • 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
  • 1971
    Sexual Meditation: Room with View

    Sexual Meditation: Room with View

    Sexual Meditation: Room with View

    4.61971HD

    Directly in the tradition of SEXUAL MEDITATION #1: Motel, this "sequel" does explore further possibilities of nudes in a room. - Canyon Cinema

    Sexual Meditation: Room with View
  • 1962
    Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnick and Sender

    Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnick and Sender

    Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnick and Sender

    71962HD

    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
  • 1993
    Z (Zee Not Zed)

    Z (Zee Not Zed)

    Z (Zee Not Zed)

    01993HD

    Stan Brakhage with a movie camera. Winter seascapes.

    Z (Zee Not Zed)
  • 1990
    The Thatch of Night

    The Thatch of Night

    The Thatch of Night

    91990HD

    As a poem might be said to contain the night through a weave of words, so have I in this film attempted such a container with warp and woof of...

    The Thatch of Night
  • 1990
    Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

    Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

    Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

    5.81990HD

    Brakhage begins here with Carlsbad Caverns as a stand-in for Plato's Cave and then responds to the philosopher's notion of inaccessible ideal forms...

    Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave
  • 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
  • 1993
    Stellar

    Stellar

    Stellar

    6.571993HD

    This is a hand-painted film which has been photographically step-printed to achieve various effects of brief fades and fluidity-of-motion, and makes...

    Stellar
  • 1955
    Untitled Film of Geoffrey Holder's Wedding

    Untitled Film of Geoffrey Holder's Wedding

    Untitled Film of Geoffrey Holder's Wedding

    91955HD

    Wedding gift from Maya Deren to Geoffrey Holder; Stan Brakhage and Larry Jordan made film of wedding at Maya Deren’s invitation, told to be...

    Untitled Film of Geoffrey Holder's Wedding
  • 1988
    Marilyn's Window

    Marilyn's Window

    Marilyn's Window

    101988HD

    This stream-of-consciousness could be nothing less than pathway of the soul, as images of Marilyn's window are remembered from inside-out, its "view"...

    Marilyn's Window
  • 2003
    Keeping an Eye on Stan

    Keeping an Eye on Stan

    Keeping an Eye on Stan

    02003HD

    The late, legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage is the subject of this video portrait by his friends Ken Jacobs and Nisi Jacobs.The video...

    Keeping an Eye on Stan
  • 1987
    The Dante Quartet

    The Dante Quartet

    The Dante Quartet

    6.2921987HD

    A visual representation, in four parts, of one man's internalization of "The Divine Comedy." Hell is a series of multicolored brush strokes against a...

    The Dante Quartet
  • 1998
    I Met Stan Brakhage (At Moma, N.Y.C)

    I Met Stan Brakhage (At Moma, N.Y.C)

    I Met Stan Brakhage (At Moma, N.Y.C)

    01998HD

    Stan Brakhage shows his new films at MoMA in New York. Before that, he said hello to me, Jonas Mekas, Birgit, the Anthology team and others. Later,...

    I Met Stan Brakhage (At Moma, N.Y.C)
  • 2003
    Stan's Window & Work in Progress

    Stan's Window & Work in Progress

    Stan's Window & Work in Progress

    72003HD

    Stan’s Window: This companion to Marilyn's Window was Brakhage housebound when he made this film. Work in Progress contains some of the last...

    Stan's Window & Work in Progress
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)

    Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)

    Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)

    01975HD

    Begins with blue negative face of child, ends with single centered eye.

    Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)
  • 2001
    Garden Path

    Garden Path

    Garden Path

    5.82001HD

    A depiction of the creative process of hand-painting film giant, Stan Brakhage. Inspired by Monet's paintings from Giverny, Brakhage's luminous...

    Garden Path