I didn't read the description before I watched this, so my first thought was: "Finally! Brakhage made a short with some background music, it makes the experience so much better when there's something to distract from his boring random visuals." Then I read the comments and realise that someone added the music.
what a strange reaction......the music is awsome ....I find it peculiar that you as a student do not even mention the title of this wonderful music and take such a strange distance .....why ??? Its a masterful movie.......please explain Nicolinator.....
If you would note the description of the video, this was a school assignment. The college project was to take the video assigned by the teacher (Brackage) and have the student put any kind of audio to it that they wanted. It was the assignment to put audio to the video, not my personal choice. So if anyone is undermining Brackage, its the teacher, not me. Thank you.
@Nicolinator Regardless of whether or not you wanted to do the assignment or not, you succeeded in creating a pretty awesome alternate version of one of Brakhage's most lyrical hand-painted films. Ergo, congrats and thank you.
@VanessaVanAlstyne If you want to watch the actual short without the music then go ahead and do so, but don't you think that you and everybody else criticizing this video are a little unfair? the uploader simply wanted to put on youtube a project that they'd done using brakhage footage, and they have every right to do so.
@abaseraserhead Brackage wrote extensively on his POINTED lack of soundtrack in his films. Out of a body of over 500 short works, less than 20 of them have sound. This was a very calculated and deliberate choice on the part of this artist. So my criticism is valid, does adding music undermine the choice the artist's intent? I would say yes, he was partly inspired by John Cage's sound work 4'33" and wanted to use Cage's idea of the audience as soundtrack. I am not being cruel my crit is fair
@rockster34 your pretension is hilarious; you're the slim, mustachioed, monocle-wearing snob in cartoons that everyone laughs at when something bad happens to them... and the funniest part is that you--- and every other smarmy brakhagephile--- can't even recognize this.
I didn't read the description before I watched this, so my first thought was: "Finally! Brakhage made a short with some background music, it makes the experience so much better when there's something to distract from his boring random visuals." Then I read the comments and realise that someone added the music.
ns1crr 3 months ago
what a strange reaction......the music is awsome ....I find it peculiar that you as a student do not even mention the title of this wonderful music and take such a strange distance .....why ??? Its a masterful movie.......please explain Nicolinator.....
lopescone 1 year ago
The music ruins the visual masterpiece.
goodcyrus 1 year ago 2
seriously retards, if you don't like the audio, there's a mute button.
abaseraserhead 1 year ago
If you would note the description of the video, this was a school assignment. The college project was to take the video assigned by the teacher (Brackage) and have the student put any kind of audio to it that they wanted. It was the assignment to put audio to the video, not my personal choice. So if anyone is undermining Brackage, its the teacher, not me. Thank you.
Nicolinator 1 year ago
@Nicolinator Regardless of whether or not you wanted to do the assignment or not, you succeeded in creating a pretty awesome alternate version of one of Brakhage's most lyrical hand-painted films. Ergo, congrats and thank you.
ColtVonInc 1 month ago
don't you think you are undermine Brackage's work by including a sound track? he pointedly left things silent.
VanessaVanAlstyne 1 year ago
@VanessaVanAlstyne If you want to watch the actual short without the music then go ahead and do so, but don't you think that you and everybody else criticizing this video are a little unfair? the uploader simply wanted to put on youtube a project that they'd done using brakhage footage, and they have every right to do so.
abaseraserhead 1 year ago 3
@abaseraserhead Brackage wrote extensively on his POINTED lack of soundtrack in his films. Out of a body of over 500 short works, less than 20 of them have sound. This was a very calculated and deliberate choice on the part of this artist. So my criticism is valid, does adding music undermine the choice the artist's intent? I would say yes, he was partly inspired by John Cage's sound work 4'33" and wanted to use Cage's idea of the audience as soundtrack. I am not being cruel my crit is fair
VanessaVanAlstyne 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this! I love Brakhage. Especially this film... absolutely stunning.
settlingstatic 2 years ago
Brakhage was a pretentious dick. Do as you wish with his material. This is great.
Sleepwalker1977 2 years ago
you dont put music to brakhage you idiot
rockster34 2 years ago
exactly!!!!!!
especially, MOBY
isolater33 2 years ago
@rockster34 Good call!!
PellMJ 1 year ago
@rockster34 your pretension is hilarious; you're the slim, mustachioed, monocle-wearing snob in cartoons that everyone laughs at when something bad happens to them... and the funniest part is that you--- and every other smarmy brakhagephile--- can't even recognize this.
abaseraserhead 1 year ago
@abaseraserhead lol! NT
rockster34 1 year ago
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@abaseraserhead lol! NT
rockster34 1 year ago
you dont understand the intensity of the video.
baumgarn 2 years ago
This is beautiful.....I love it....
lizapearson424 3 years ago