The Dream, N.Y.C., The Return, The Flower(1976)
The following films were all made in 1976. I do not wish to describe them. (S.B.) "Has aspects of the diary film...The Dream is one of the most totally disorienting films Brakhage has made...NYC sets various sections within it against each other in a way that cuts loose from any clear context...The Flower has none of the neatness of ending that a description of it might suggest but has instead the quality of apparition, a miracle." (Fred Camper) THE DREAM: 4:20 (18fps), 3:15 (24fps) N.Y.C.: 17:17 (18fps), 12:58 (24fps) THE RETURN: 1:35 (18fps), 1:11 (24fps) THE FLOWER: 0:26 (18fps), 0:20 (24fps)
Movie: The Dream, N.Y.C., The Return, The Flower
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The following films were all made in 1976. I do not wish to describe them. (S.B.) "Has aspects of the diary film...The Dream is one of the most totally disorienting films Brakhage has made...NYC sets various sections within it against each other in a way that cuts loose from any clear context...The Flower has none of the neatness of ending that a description of it might suggest but has instead the quality of apparition, a miracle." (Fred Camper) THE DREAM: 4:20 (18fps), 3:15 (24fps) N.Y.C.: 17:17 (18fps), 12:58 (24fps) THE RETURN: 1:35 (18fps), 1:11 (24fps) THE FLOWER: 0:26 (18fps), 0:20 (24fps)
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1976-12-26
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