Brakhage takes an unstinting look at a family pet as it decomposes in the woods; the rapid, swooping arcs of the camera make the moments when it comes to rest on the corpse all the more horrifying.
Also in this combined programme
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The Garden of Earthly Delights
Classic meditative collage film created entirely without the use of a camera by pasting montane zone vegetation such as petals, grasses and leaves
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1959
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2002
- Length
- 12"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm