28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie
director: Stan Brakhage
original title: Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie
country: United States
year: 1961
running time: 4 min.
synopsis
Everyday activities over the course of a week, captured in spontaneous multiple exposures on film that had been previoulsy exposed to fire. The director thus shot the film with an awareness that it may not capture any images at all. It shows a private setting in which he later shot many other films, although in this case the main elements are created in the camera.
biography
American Stan Brakhage (1933–2003) focused on the physical film material. Using various physical or chemical interventions into the emulsion, he found new ways of depicting reality. In 2015, the Ji.hlava IDFF showed his film Fire of Waters (1965).
more about film
director: | Stan Brakhage |