Stan Brakhage

Whether or not you've seen one of his films, Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) has likely changed the way you view and think about cinema. Of his career, Steve Anker said, "No filmmaker since Griffith, including such giants as Renoir, Welles, Rossellini and Cassavetes, had more of an impact on the practice of cinema as personal artistic expression." Brakhage's almost 400 films--ranging in length from 9 seconds to 4 1/2 hours--expanded the possibilities of photographing the world and of existence itself, and his filmography is one of the 20th century's greatest artistic achievements in any medium. This program offers a small sampling of his visionary works, spanning from The Wonder Ring (1955), an early "documentary" commissioned by Joseph Cornell, to one of his final films, Seasons... (2002), a collaboration with Phil Solomon in which Brakhage carved the images directly onto the film stock. (approx. 90 mins., 16mm and 35mm)

Stan Brakhage

The Wonder Ring (1955, 6 mins., 16mm)

The Dead (1960, 11 mins., 16mm)

The Riddle of Lumen (1972, 13 mins., 16mm)

Murder Psalm (1980, 18 mins., 16mm)

The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981, 2 mins., 35mm)

The Dante Quartet (1987, 6 mins., 35mm)

Christ Mass Sex Dance (1991, 6 mins., 16mm)

Chartres Series (1994, 9 mins., 16mm)

Seasons... (collaboration with Phil Solomon, 2002, 15 mins., 16mm)