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Stan Brakhage
Directing

Stan Brakhage
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1933-01-14,Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Stan Brakhage is one of the most influential filmmakers in American avant-garde cinema, noted for his unflinching social commentaries and technical innovations. Over his nearly 40-year career, he has made over 200 films of varying length. He made his first film, Interim (1952) at age 18 after dropping out of college. Brakhage films seek to change the way we see. They encourage viewers to eschew traditional narrative structure in favor of pure visual perception that is not reliant on naming what is seen; rather his goal is to create a more visceral visual experience, for he believes that a "stream-of visual-consciousness could be nothing less than the pathway of the soul." To this end, his films are shot in highly sensual colors and utilize minimal soundtracks. His work can be divided into distinct periods. His first short films explored the properties and possibilities of light. In many of his experimental ventures, Brakhage has forgone traditional cinematography in favor of working directly with the film stock itself. He has occasionally painted, inked, scratched and dyed images onto it; he has also tried pasting organic objects on the film. His most famous example is the 1963 short Mothlight in which he glued moth wings onto the stock. Some of his early films were based on his most intimate experiences that included making love to his new bride--depicted on negative film--in Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959), and an attempt to bring his dead dog back to life with a camera in Sirius Remembered (1959). During the 1960s, Brakhage's iconoclastic views were celebrated for their poetry, but during the '70s, his focus changed to social issues and he alienated many supporters with such disturbing film series as the "Pittsburgh documents" in which he presented many gruesome views of inner city life with films such as Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1971) which was shot in a morgue. He also continued with autobiographical material with the "Sincerity/Duplicity series. During the 1980s, Brakhage's focus again changed--this time he became intrigued with creating truly "abstract" films such as Arabics (1982) which consists of brilliant bursts of colored light which he claims, represent "envisioned music." In addition to filmmaking, Brakhage also wrote books about films and filmmaking and also served as a teacher.

Filmography

A Visit to Stan Brakhage

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A Visit to Stan Brakhage
2003-05-03

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

4.5

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003-04-12

0

Encomium
2003-01-01

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

7.4

In the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002-03-15

Stan & Jane Brakhage

6

Stan & Jane Brakhage
1981-03-31

Brakhage Crosses Central Park

4

Brakhage Crosses Central Park
2006-11-01

5.8

Cat's Cradle
1959-01-01

Window Water Baby Moving

6.87

Window Water Baby Moving
1959-08-02

Dog Star Man: Part IV

6.2

Dog Star Man: Part IV
1964-11-17

Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye

0

Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye
1987-01-01

Flesh of Morning

4.25

Flesh of Morning
1956-01-06

7

Brakhage
1998-09-17

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

0

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985-01-01

Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages

0

Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
2022-09-21

4.4

Trumpit
1956-01-01

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

0

I Met Stan Brakhage (At Moma, N.Y.C)
1998-01-01

10

Vakvagany
2002-03-05

A Visit to Stan Brakhage

0

A Visit to Stan Brakhage
2006-11-01

5.3

Garden Path
2001-08-09

Cannibal! The Musical

6.3

Cannibal! The Musical
1996-08-30

Z (Zee Not Zed)

0

Z (Zee Not Zed)
1993-01-01

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

0

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box
1991-11-29

The One Romantic Venture of Edward

6

The One Romantic Venture of Edward
1956-01-01

The Extraordinary Child

5.4

The Extraordinary Child
1954-11-12

5.8

I... Dreaming
1988-10-01

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

7.826

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000-11-05

4.4

Song 1
1964-03-20

The Stars Are Beautiful

5

The Stars Are Beautiful
1974-11-19

Faust's Other: An Idyll

5

Faust's Other: An Idyll
1988-01-01

Wedlock House: An Intercourse

5.6

Wedlock House: An Intercourse
1959-04-27

Birth of a Nation

6.3

Birth of a Nation
1997-08-06

Dog Star Man: Part I

6.2

Dog Star Man: Part I
1963-03-18

Dog Star Man: Part II

6.5

Dog Star Man: Part II
1963-01-01

Prelude: Dog Star Man

6.2

Prelude: Dog Star Man
1962-04-15

Dog Star Man: Part III

6.2

Dog Star Man: Part III
1964-11-17

0

As Is Was
1995-01-01

The Art of Vision

7

The Art of Vision
1965-05-20

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

6.7

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011-07-24

7

For Stan
2009-04-07

Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

8

Grand Opera: An Historical Romance
1978-01-01

0

Filmmakers
1969-01-01

Invocation: Maya Deren

5

Invocation: Maya Deren
1986-04-24

0

Watunna
1989-01-01

7

Tortured Dust
1984-04-13

Looking at Forest of Bliss

0

Looking at Forest of Bliss
2000-05-13

Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day

7.6

Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
2002-04-04

Reality's Invisible

5.9

Reality's Invisible
1972-04-19

Jonas in the Desert

5.5

Jonas in the Desert
1994-01-01

Notes on Marie Menken

5.4

Notes on Marie Menken
2006-04-20

Keepers of the Frame

10

Keepers of the Frame
1999-03-01

Keeping an Eye on Stan

0

Keeping an Eye on Stan
2003-03-03

Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis

0

Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis
1997-06-01

Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos

0

Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos
1997-07-08

Abstract Cinema

8

Abstract Cinema
1993-06-24

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

7.4

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
2013-11-23

Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting

0

Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
2002-12-12

BRAKHAGE ON BRAKHAGE

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BRAKHAGE ON BRAKHAGE
1996-01-01

6.6

Dog Star Man
1965-02-22

0

Screening Room
1972-11-01