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Brakhage

7.0 75 mins Documentary   1998
Sphinx Productions  
Director(s): Jim Shedden

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.

Casts of Brakhage

Stan Brakhage

as Self

Jane Wodening

as Self

Neowyn Brakhage

as Self

Jerry Aronson

as Self

P. Adams Sitney

as Self

Phil Solomon

as Self

James Tenney

as Self

Bart Testa

as Self

Allen Ginsberg

as Self (archive footage)

George Kuchar

as Self (archive footage)

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