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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Pull My Daisy
The intelligent, spontaneous spirit of the Beat Generation on top form. -
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Flaming Creatures
One of the most famous and notorious underground films from American film history: a decadent, exotic and exuberant feast. -
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Anamnesis
A master does not need any proof of skill. Not even any finger exercises. He makes masterful exercises in a cinematographic idiom that he invented… -
Lune
Atmospheric study of faces, motions and the character of (photographic) light.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1959
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 12'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm