Capo
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Post by Capo on Aug 4, 2007 22:03:51 GMT
Mothlight Stan Brakhage 1963 USA A strip of celluloid with mothwings and foliage stuck on, which can be viewed as a strip, or shown as a film, which, when played at 24 frames per second, runs for four minutes. Difficult to "analyse" as a piece of Cinema, because Brakhage removes the necessity of a camera to make a film, instead concentrating on the material itself. It's lacking in a soundtrack, and so, when seen in the complete silence of a darkened theatre, the abstract images formed from this unique form of film take on an almost profound weight. It certainly is essential "viewing" for those preoccupied with film as Film, and other variations of interest.
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