Movies

  • 1977
    Tragoedia

    Tragoedia

    Tragoedia

    71977HD

    This film was conceived about 10 years ago when I heard Norman O. Brown define "Tragedy" as "goat-song" (or as Webster has it: "Greek tragoidia fr....

    Tragoedia
  • 2000
    Jesus Trilogy and Coda

    Jesus Trilogy and Coda

    Jesus Trilogy and Coda

    02000HD

    The Jesus Trilogy and Coda is composed of the four following parts: (1) IN JESUS NAME presents an almost continuous fluttering movement midst the...

    Jesus Trilogy and Coda
  • 1954
    Desistfilm

    Desistfilm

    Desistfilm

    5.51954HD

    Four young men and a young woman sit in boredom. She smokes while one strums a lute, one looks at a magazine, and two fiddle with string. The door...

    Desistfilm
  • 2000
    The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him

    The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him

    The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him

    6.82000HD

    This film of single-strand photography begins with the "fire" of reflective light on water and on the barest inferences of a ship. Throughout, the...

    The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him
  • 1968
    My Mountain: Song 27

    My Mountain: Song 27

    My Mountain: Song 27

    6.21968HD

    Image-by-image study of the Arapaho summit, in all seasons for two years; the clouds and the climate that carve this place in the landscape (the...

    My Mountain: Song 27
  • 1966
    Pasht

    Pasht

    Pasht

    3.91966HD

    In honor of the cat, so named, and the goddess of all cats which she was named after. - CAT Film Festival

    Pasht
  • 1990
    The Thatch of Night

    The Thatch of Night

    The Thatch of Night

    91990HD

    As a poem might be said to contain the night through a weave of words, so have I in this film attempted such a container with warp and woof of...

    The Thatch of Night
  • 1961
    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    5.41961HD

    Only at a crisis do I see both the scene as I've been trained to see it ( that is, with Renaissance perspective, three-dimensional logic–colors...

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular
  • 1961
    Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie

    Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie

    Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie

    01961HD

    "I had a camera with which I could make multiple superimpositions spontaneously. It had been lent to me for a week. I was also given a couple of...

    Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie
  • 1980
    Other

    Other

    Other

    101980HD

    A film photographed in Amsterdam but dedicated to capturing a quality of mind engendered there - not, certainly, alienation (as often in travel) but...

    Other
  • 1971
    Fox Fire Child Watch

    Fox Fire Child Watch

    Fox Fire Child Watch

    01971HD

    Ken, Flo and Nisi Jacobs in the Syracuse Airport: this is what you might call baby-sitting in the swamp.

    Fox Fire Child Watch
  • 1995
    I Take These Truths

    I Take These Truths

    I Take These Truths

    5.51995HD

    This film is entirely hand-painted and is composed of such an evolution of variably colored shapes that their inter-action with each other should...

    I Take These Truths
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)

    Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)

    Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)

    01975HD

    Begins with blue negative face of child, ends with single centered eye.

    Short Films 1975: #1 (Jane’s Memory)
  • 1972
    Sexual Meditation: Office Suite

    Sexual Meditation: Office Suite

    Sexual Meditation: Office Suite

    5.21972HD

    This film evolves from several years’ observation of the sexual energy which charges the world of business and the qualities of palatial...

    Sexual Meditation: Office Suite
  • 1997
    Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos

    Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos

    Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos

    01997HD

    Brakhage's lecture at the Whitney Museum is a thoughtful meditation on another friend and fellow filmmaker Gregory Markopoulos.

    Stan Brakhage on Gregory Markopoulos
  • 1970
    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel

    101970HD

    This film was originally photographed in 1970 in regular 8mm. It was, a decade later, blown up to 16mm so that it could join the rest of the Sexual...

    Sexual Meditation #1: Motel
  • 1980
    Roman Numeral: V

    Roman Numeral: V

    Roman Numeral: V

    101980HD

    An imagery sharp as stars and hard as the thought-universe (turning back upon itself) absorbed in gentle patterns of contemplation. – S.B.

    Roman Numeral: V
  • 1956
    Trumpit

    Trumpit

    Trumpit

    41956HD

    Featuring a card game played on the body of a naked woman, Lawrence Jordan portrays male sexual frustration while slyly satirizing Hollywood reaction...

    Trumpit
  • 1981
    Arabic Numeral Series 0 + 10

    Arabic Numeral Series 0 + 10

    Arabic Numeral Series 0 + 10

    101981HD

    “With some exceptions, the Arabics take the idea of the void as their ground. That is, the light we do see almost always seems to be set...

    Arabic Numeral Series 0 + 10
  • 1980
    Roman Numeral: VII

    Roman Numeral: VII

    Roman Numeral: VII

    101980HD

    What CAN one say? – that won’t limit by language the complexity of moving visual thinking?… the skein of pattern that seeks to...

    Roman Numeral: VII