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.
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Pull My Daisy
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Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1959
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 12"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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