Stan Brakhage

[theundergroundman]

Stan Brakhage
(1933-2003)




One of my favorite filmmakers:

1. Dog Star Man (1961-1964) - 9/10
2. Window Water Baby Moving (1959) - 9/10
3. Anticipation of the Night (1958) - 9/10
4. Mothlight (1963) - 8/10
5. The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981) - 8/10
6. The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes (1971) - 8/10
7. Commingled Containers (1997) - 8/10
8. 23rd Psalm Branch (1967) - [blue]8/10[/blue] One of the most visually assaultive films I've seen
9. The Dante Quartet (1987) - 8/10
10. Lovesong (2001) - 8/10
11. Black Ice (1994) - 7/10
12. The Dark Tower (1999) - 7/10
13. Cat's Cradle (1959) - 7/10
14. The Wold Shadow (1972) - 7/10
15. Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse (1991) - 7/10
16. For Marylin (1992) - 7/10
17. Sirius Remembered (1959) - 7/10
18. The Dead (1960) - 7/10
19. Glaze of Cathexis (1990) - 7/10
20. Eye Myth (1967) - 7/10
21. Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959) - 6/10
22. Christ Mass Sex Dance (1991) - 6/10
23. Rage Net (1988) - 6/10
24. Resurrectus Est (2002) - 6/10
25. The Stars Are Beautiful (1974) - 6/10
26. Interim (1952) - 5/10
27. Desistfilm (1954) - 4/10

[Anasazie]

Nice to see someone else taking the plunge with Brakhage, been thinking about that one for months, just not sure if ratings of 1 minute abstract painted film pieces are fair.....i will get a list up soon though.

[theundergroundman]

Mar 31, 2009 6:39:18 GMT Anasazie said:

Nice to see someone else taking the plunge with Brakhage, been thinking about that one for months, just not sure if ratings of 1 minute abstract painted film pieces are fair.....i will get a list up soon though.

Yeah I know what you mean. Most of his work is elusive and virtually defies analysis, which is one reason why I find him fascinating.

[Capo]

I've only seen Mothlight.

Agree with the above sentiments. I'm unschooled in this sort of stuff.

[quentincompson]

Can't distinguish between most of them to rate them but I've only seen the 28 on the criterion disc. Hopefully more of his stuff will become available. I will say that Window Water Baby Moving is as good as any film I've seen and half the films I come up with in my head are inspired by it.

Additionally his audio commentaries and interviews are much more insightful and wise than any director I can think of. It's not the usual elitist or vague crap.

EVERYONE needs to check him out.

[Anasazie]

Ok....here goes...

1. Window Water Baby Moving (1962) 10/10
2. The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1971) 9/10
3. Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse (1991) 9/10
4. Dog Star Man (1962-64) 8/10
5. Lovesong (2001) 8/10
6. Crack Glass Eulogy (1992) 8/10
7. The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981) 8/10
8. The Wold Shadow (1972) 8/10
9. Commingled Containers (1997) 8/10
10. Mothlight (1963) 7/10
11. The Dante Quartet (1987) 7/10
12. Black Ice (1994) 7/10
13. Glaze of Cathexis (1990) 7/10
14. Eye Myth (1967) 7/10
15. I... Dreaming (1988) 7/10
16. The Stars Are Beautiful (1974) 7/10
17. Stellar (1993) 7/10
18. Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959) 7/10
19. Cat's Cradle (1959) 6/10
20. Kindering (1987) 6/10
21. Rage Net (1988) 6/10
22. The Dark Tower (1999) 6/10
23. Night Music (1986) 5/10
24. Study in Color and Black and White (1993) 5/10
25. For Marilyn (1992) 5/10