Brakhage

Sep 17, 1998

1h 15m

★ 7.0

Overview

BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic fellow travelers, and the influence his work has had on generations of other creators. While touching on significant moments in Brakhage’s biography, the film celebrates Brakhage’s visionary genius, and explores the extraordinary artistic possibilities of cinema, a medium mostly known only for its commercial applications in the form of narratives, cartoons, documentaries, and advertising. BRAKHAGE combines excerpts from Brakhage’s films and films of other avant-garde filmmakers (eg, George Kuchar, Jonas Mekas, Willie Varela, Bruce Elder, and others); interviews with Brakhage, his friends, family, colleagues, and critics; archival footage of Brakhage spanning the past thirty-five years; and location shooting in Boulder, Colorado and New York.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Sphinx Productions

Brakhage Trailers

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Cast

Self

Stan Brakhage

Self

Jane Wodening

Self

Marilyn Brakhage

Self

Neowyn Brakhage

Self

Bearthm Brakhage

Self

Jerry Aronson

Self

P. Adams Sitney

Self

Phil Solomon

Self

James Tenney

Self

Bart Testa

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

George Kuchar

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