Stan Brakhage - Black Ice (1994)

Stan Brakhage - Black Ice (1994)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• stan
• brakhage
• black
• ice
• experimental
• cinema
• american

[Lottedyskolia]

After "The act of seeing with one's own eyes"...and "Window water baby moving" it is!

[mishkin12wobabao]

you're right, because he was never a "video artist" to begin with, he was a filmmaker, and one of the greatest of all filmmakers for that matter

[izzythepusher]

Brakhage preferred his films projected without audio.

[troykivey]

@mishkin12wobabao I usually say "Film Artist" because it is more specific, but one could (rightly) call him a "fimmaker" which is truer than "director". I would say Brakhage only "directed" about 5 films.

[kakerlake650]

wtf is this ?

[Alexthebarbarian]

I peered into the darkness and saw a face.

[katieb2393]

one of the most influential film makers for me. utterly stunning!

[chromeburn7]

I took several of his classes while he was working on these. I remember going and meeting him to discuss our films and he would be working on these right at the table whether over coffee or in the editing room. This one was always my favorite.

[LAKAIorPIE]

anything think animal collective music video 'summertime clothes' took influence from this?

[shadyfella09]

Love this work. Love it. Yet, it makes me feel extremely uncomfortable every single time I watch it. I love that Brakhage can find a way to just get to the root of visceral emotions.

[kreferjoao]

@servomoore That was a brief and not-too-complex comment, the best I could write here; this is not a place to write film essays. As I said before, someone is able to "explain" it to you, like a careful teacher. I'm not . I can, instead, suggest you to take a look at Fred Camper's website (fredcamper . com), he's considered the one who knows Brakhage the most. But don't expect a brief-and-easy-yet-complete "explanation"... By the way, Newton is science. Be happy. ;)