DVD
By Brakhage, an anthology. Volume two.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
Films are primarily silent.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2010]
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (455 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (41 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Summary
In this second installment, we are proud to present thirty more of Brakhage's innovative creations, from his 1950s films to his final work from 2003. Highlights of this collection include the antiwar film 23rd psalm branch; hand-painted films from the Persian series; The wonder ring, made for a commission by Joseph Cornell; the autobiographical Scenes from under childhood, section one; his only found-footage film, Murder psalm; and much more.
Notes
Collective title from container and disc surfaces.
Originally produced as short films from 1955-2003.
Special features: Brakhage on Brakhage: three video encounters with the filmmaker, For Stan: 2009 short film by Marilyn Brakhage, two segments from a 1990 video interview with Brakhage for the Boulder Arts Commission, footage from Brakhage's Sunday salons at the University of Colorado, audio recordings of two lectures by Brakhage, plus booklet with program notes and more.
Contents
- wonder ring dead
- Two: Creeley/McClure 23rd psalm branch Scenes from under childhood, section one machine of Eden Star garden Desert.
- process Burial path Duplicity III domain of the moment Murder psalm Arabic 12 Visions in meditation #1 Visions in meditation #2 (Mesa Verde) Visions in meditation #3 (Plato's cave) Visions in meditation #4 (D.H. Lawrence).
- Unconscious London strata Boulder blues and pearls and-- mammals of Victoria From: First hymn to the night-Novalis I take these truths cat of the worm's green realm Yggdrasill: whose roots are stars in the human mind "..." Reel five Persian series 1-3 Chinese series.