Friday, March 28, 2008

Songs 1-22

US 1966. D: Stan Brakhage. 16mm, colour, silent, announced duration 107 min, actually 96 min. New print (2008) from LUX. Viewed at Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 28 March 2008. Brakhage's sketchbook originally shot on 8mm, now seen in a brand new 16mm print. The elements, fire, woman, children, giving birth, the butterfly, San Francisco, the sea creatures, insects, rain, lines, etchings, mordants, horizons, portraits, religion, dance, etching on film creating abstract expressionism in motion.

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