Stan Brakhage

Black Ice
6.4

Black Ice

Dec. 31, 1994

Black Ice

A lateral descent through the midnight blues and blacks of ice and the refracted colors from absorbed oils.
Stellar
6.3

Stellar

Dec. 31, 1993

Stellar

This is a hand-painted film which has been photographically step-printed to achieve various effects of brief fades and fluidity-of-motion, and ...
Glaze of Cathexis
5.7

Glaze of Cathexis

Mar. 05, 1990

Glaze of Cathexis

This hand-painted work is easily the most minutely detailed ever given to me to do, for it traces (as best I’m able) the hypnagogic ...
The Dante Quartet
6.7

The Dante Quartet

Mar. 26, 1987

The Dante Quartet

A visual representation, in four parts, of one man’s internalization of “The Divine Comedy.” Hell is a series of multicolored ...
Night Music
6.0

Night Music

Jan. 01, 1986

Night Music

Part of Three Hand-Painted Films, Night Music (originally painted on IMAX) attempts to capture the beauty of sadness, as the eyes have it when ...
The Garden of Earthly Delights
6.4

The Garden of Earthly Delights

A collage of two-dimensional images of vegetation, each appearing only for a moment, sometimes as a single image, more often with other bits of ...
Burial Path
5.6

Burial Path

Dec. 31, 1978

Burial Path

The film begins with the image of a dead bird. The mind moves to forget, as well as to remember: this film graphs the process of forgetfulness ...
The Wold Shadow
5.5

The Wold Shadow

Jan. 01, 1972

The Wold Shadow

A stand of birches. Sunlight brightens and dims, revealing more or less of the woods. A little grass is on the forest floor. Is there a shape in ...