Thursday, May 20, 2010

10.365 STAN BRAKHAGE

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  1. STAN BRAKHAGE, WAS AN AMERICAN NON-NARRATIVE FILMMAKER WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN 20TH CENTURY EXPERIMENTAL FILM.OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE DECADES, BRAKHAGE CREATED A LARGE AND DIVERSE BODY OF WORK, EXPLORING A VARIETY OF FORMATS, APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES THAT INCLUDED HANDHEL CAMERAWORK, PAINTING DIRECTLY ONTO CELLULOID, FAST CUTTING, IN-CAMERA EDITING, SCRATCHING ON FILM AND THE USE OF MULTIPLE EXPOSURES. INTERESTED IN MYTHOLOGY AND INSPIRED BY MUSIC, POETRY AND VISUAL PHENOMENA, BRAKHAGE SOUGHT TO REVEAL THE UNIVERSAL IN THE PARTICULAR, EXPLORING THEMES OF BIRTH, MORTALITY, SEXUALITY AND INNOCENCE. BRAKHAGE'S FILMS ARE OFTEN NOTED FOR THEIR EXPRESSIVENESS AND LYRICISM.

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