Official Description: In Criterion’s first volume of the anthology By Brakhage, we brought twenty-six astonishing works by the avant-garde film pioneer Stan Brakhage to home video for the first time. Now, in this second installment, we are proud to present thirty more of Brakhage’s visionary creations, from 1950s films to his final work, from 2003, curated by his wife, Marilyn Brakhage. Highlights of this collection include the war meditation 23rd Psalm Branch; hand-painted films from Persian Series; The Wonder Ring, made for a commission by Joseph Cornell; the autobiographical Scenes from Under Childhood, Section One; and the found-footage film Murder Psalm.
Distributor: Criterion
Availability: Amazon
Also Available on Blu-Ray: Amazon
Contents:
Disc One:
Program 1: 1955–67
- The Wonder Ring
1955 • 5 minutes, 34 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - The Dead
1960 • 10 minutes, 21 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - Two: Creeley/McClure
1965 • 3 minutes, 11 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - 23rd Psalm Branch
1967 • 66 minutes, 47 seconds • 8 mm • Silent
Program 2: 1967–76
- Scenes From Under Childhood, Section One
1967 • 23 minutes, 46 seconds • 16 mm • Silent/Monaural - The Machine of Eden
1970 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - Star Garden
1974 • 20 minutes, 58 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - Desert
1976 • 10 minutes, 7 seconds • Super 8 mm • Silent
Disc Two:
Program 3: 1972–82
- The Process
1972 • 8 minutes, 1 second • 16 mm • Silent - Burial Path
1978 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds • Super 8 mm • Silent - Duplicity III
1980 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - The Domain of the Moment
1977 • 14 minutes, 33 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - Murder Psalm
1980 • 16 minutes, 24 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - Arabic 12
1982 • 17 minutes, 1 second • Super 8 mm • Silent
Program 4: 1989–90
- Visions in Meditation #1
1989 • 16 minutes, 19 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - Visions in Meditation #2 (Mesa Verde)
1989 • 16 minutes, 9 seconds •16 mm • Silent - Visions in Meditation #3 (Plato’s Cave)
1990 • 16 minutes, 36 seconds • 16 mm • Monaural - Visions in Meditation #4 (D. H. Lawrence)
1990 • 17 minutes, 41 seconds • 16 mm • Silent
Disc Three:
Program 5: 1982, 1992, 1994
- Unconscious London Strata
1982 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds • Super 8 mm • Silent - Boulder Blues and Pearls and . . .
1992 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds • 16 mm • Monaural - The Mammals of Victoria
1994 • 34 minutes, 9 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - From: First Hymn to the Night — Novalis
1994 • 2 minutes, 52 seconds • 16 mm • Silent
Program 6: 1995–2003
- I Take These Truths
1995 • 17 minutes, 44 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - The Cat of the Worm’s Green Realm
1997 • 14 minutes, 10 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind
1997 • 16 minutes, 58 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - “. . .” Reel Five
1998 • 14 minutes, 6 seconds • 16 mm • Stereo - Persian Series 1 — 3
1999 • Total run time: 5 minutes, 54 seconds • 16 mm • Silent - Chinese Series
2003 • 2 minutes, 18 seconds • 35 mm • Silent
