Stan Brakhage Movies

  • 1984
    Tortured Dust Part II

    Tortured Dust Part II

    Tortured Dust Part II

    01984HD

    While ill and experiencing some difficulty in completing the editing of this film, Brakhage was reading the Marguerite Young novel, "Miss MacIntosh,...

    Tortured Dust Part II
  • 1978
    Centre

    Centre

    Centre

    01978HD

    Series of narrative events, stories if you like, but so clustered visually as to have a center so to speak, slightly off center.

    Centre
  • 1976
    Airs

    Airs

    Airs

    01976HD

    "This film rises out of my struggle to photograph the ephemeral qualities of varied air (as many Greek philosophers experienced such) and to arrange...

    Airs
  • 2001
    Very

    Very

    Very

    02001HD

    Hand painted short with snippets of found footage interspersed.

    Very
  • 2000
    Cornell's Portrait of June

    Cornell's Portrait of June

    Cornell's Portrait of June

    02000HD

    Brakhage film from 2000, distributed by CFDC

    Cornell's Portrait of June
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #7 (Turning the Raccoon Loose)

    Short Films 1975: #7 (Turning the Raccoon Loose)

    Short Films 1975: #7 (Turning the Raccoon Loose)

    01975HD

    Begins with raccoon in a rose light, ends with fading face of child.

    Short Films 1975: #7 (Turning the Raccoon Loose)
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #6 (Stars, Chickens, Eyes, Candles)

    Short Films 1975: #6 (Stars, Chickens, Eyes, Candles)

    Short Films 1975: #6 (Stars, Chickens, Eyes, Candles)

    01975HD

    Begins with brown light thru quartz crystal, ends with a candle wick burning, circled by boiling gold flecks.

    Short Films 1975: #6 (Stars, Chickens, Eyes, Candles)
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #4 (Jane’s Memory)

    Short Films 1975: #4 (Jane’s Memory)

    Short Films 1975: #4 (Jane’s Memory)

    01975HD

    Begins with green tiled bathroom ends with golden mirrored image of cameraman.

    Short Films 1975: #4 (Jane’s Memory)
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)

    Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)

    Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)

    01975HD

    Begins with blowing snow, ends with lamp stand and lights of the city.

    Short Films 1975: #2 (Dante’s Styx)
  • 2002
    Song of the Mushroom

    Song of the Mushroom

    Song of the Mushroom

    02002HD

    Song of the Mushroom (2002), completed in December 2002, is a collaboration between filmmakers Joel Haertling and Stan Brakhage. With interest in...

    Song of the Mushroom
  • 1997
    Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis

    Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis

    Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis

    01997HD

    A very personal lecture on filmmaker and friend Jim Davis.

    Stan Brakhage on Jim Davis
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #10 (Painted Lightning)

    Short Films 1975: #10 (Painted Lightning)

    Short Films 1975: #10 (Painted Lightning)

    61975HD

    Begins and ends with flashes of scratched 'lighting'. A small portrait of one of the Brakhage kids is sandwiched in between light studies and...

    Short Films 1975: #10 (Painted Lightning)
  • 1970
    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

    01970HD

    This film was originally photographed in 1970 in regular 8mm. It was, a decade later, blown up to 16mm so that it could join the rest of the Sexual...

    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel
  • 1976
    Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane

    Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane

    Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane

    01976HD

    The following films were all made in 1976. I do not wish to describe them. —SB

    Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane
  • 1976
    Highs

    Highs

    Highs

    01976HD

    Mid-period Brakahge short.

    Highs
  • 1980
    Roman Numeral: IV

    Roman Numeral: IV

    Roman Numeral: IV

    01980HD

    It was while studying this film that I decided to group these ‘romans’ under the title Roman Numeral Series and to give up the term...

    Roman Numeral: IV
  • 1969
    Window Suite of Children's Songs

    Window Suite of Children's Songs

    Window Suite of Children's Songs

    01969HD

    “Films made by the five Brakhage children; Brakhage arranged them in this form but did not edit them.” –Robert Haller

    Window Suite of Children's Songs
  • 1972
    The Shores of Phos: A Fable

    The Shores of Phos: A Fable

    The Shores of Phos: A Fable

    01972HD

    Phos equals light, but then I did also want that word within the title which would designate place, as within the nationalities of "the fabulous" - a...

    The Shores of Phos: A Fable