The Criterion Collection

By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volumes One and Two

Edition no. 518

By Brakhage: An Anthology - The Criterion Collection 2003 DVD ( USA) By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One - The Criterion Collection 2010 DVD ( USA) By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One - The Criterion Collection 2010 Blu-ray ( USA) By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two - The Criterion Collection 2010 DVD ( USA) By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two - The Criterion Collection 2010 Blu-ray ( USA) By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volumes One and Two - The Criterion Collection 2010 Blu-ray ( USA)
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  • Release Date: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $79.95
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Desistfilm | Wedlock House: An Intercourse | Dog Star Man | The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes | Cat's Cradle | Window Water Baby Moving | Mothlight | Eye Myth | The Wold-Shadow | The Garden of Earthly Delights | The Stars Are Beautiful | Kindering | I . . . Dreaming | The Dante Quartet | Night Music | Rage Net | Glaze of Cathexis | Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse | Untitled (For Marilyn) | Black Ice | Study in Color and Black and White | Stellar | Crack Glass Eulogy | The Dark Tower | Commingled Containers | Lovesong | The Wonder Ring | The Dead | Two: Creeley/McClure | 23rd Psalm Branch | Scenes From Under Childhood, Section One | The Machine of Eden | Star Garden | Desert | The Process | Burial Path | Duplicity III | The Domain of the Moment | Murder Psalm | Arabic 12 | Visions in Meditation #1 | Visions in Meditation #2 (Mesa Verde) | Visions in Meditation #3 (Plato's Cave) | Visions in Meditation #4 (D. H. Lawrence) | Unconcious London Strata | Boulder Blues and Pearls and . . . | The Mammals of Victoria | From: First Hymn to the Night—Novalis | I Take These Truths | The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm | Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind | ". . ." Reel Five | Persian Series 1-3 | Chinese Series
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Stan Brakhage
Directed by: Stan Brakhage
Working outside the mainstream, the wildly prolific, visionary Stan Brakhage made more than 350 films over a half century. Challenging all taboos in his exploration of “birth, sex, death, and the search for God,” he turned his camera on explicit lovemaking, childbirth, even autopsy. Many of his most famous works pursue the nature of vision itself and transcend the act of filming. Some, including the legendary Mothlight, were created without using a camera at all, as he pioneered the art of making images directly on film, by drawing, painting, and scratching. With these two volumes, we present the definitive Brakhage collection—fifty-six of his works, from across his career, in high-definition digital transfers.
  • Year: 1954-2003
  • Time: 688 total min.

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Technical Specifications

Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (3 Discs)
Total: 3 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included:
  • Brakhage on Brakhage, four video encounters with the filmmaker
  • Brakhage on Brakhage, three video encounters with the filmmaker
  • Audio remarks on selected films by Stan Brakhage
  • For Stan, a 2009 short film by Stan Brakhage
  • A booklet featuring an essay and film capsules by Brakhage expert Fred Camper
  • Two segments from a 1990 video interview with Stan Brakhage for the Boulder Arts Commission
  • Footage from Brakhage
  • Audio recordings of two lectures by Brakhage, one from the Beckwith Lecture Series and one on Gertrude Stein
  • A booklet featuring program notes by Marilyn Brakhage, film capsules by Brakhage expert Fred Camper, and an essay on the films

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Desistfilm
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Wedlock House: An Intercourse
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Dog Star Man
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The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
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Cat's Cradle
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Window Water Baby Moving
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Mothlight
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Eye Myth
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The Wold-Shadow
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The Garden of Earthly Delights
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The Stars Are Beautiful
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Kindering
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I . . . Dreaming
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The Dante Quartet
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Night Music
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Rage Net
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Glaze of Cathexis
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Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse
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Untitled (For Marilyn)
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Black Ice
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Study in Color and Black and White
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Stellar
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Crack Glass Eulogy
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The Dark Tower
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Commingled Containers
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Lovesong
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The Wonder Ring
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The Dead
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Two: Creeley/McClure
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23rd Psalm Branch
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Scenes From Under Childhood, Section One
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The Machine of Eden
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Star Garden
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Desert
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The Process
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Burial Path
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Duplicity III
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The Domain of the Moment
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Murder Psalm
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Arabic 12
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Visions in Meditation #1
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Visions in Meditation #2 (Mesa Verde)
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Visions in Meditation #3 (Plato's Cave)
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Visions in Meditation #4 (D. H. Lawrence)
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Unconcious London Strata
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Boulder Blues and Pearls and . . .
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The Mammals of Victoria
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From: First Hymn to the Night—Novalis
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I Take These Truths
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The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm
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Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind
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". . ." Reel Five
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Persian Series 1-3
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Chinese Series
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Picture
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Artwork
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Release Notes on Restoration

Desistfilm
0n widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format.

The twenty-six films in volume one were selected by Marilyn Brakhage and Brakhage friend and film scholar Bruce Kawin, with the advice and approval of Stan Brakhage. They were transferred from newly minted interpositives and fine—grain masters manufactured exclusively for that collection by Stan Brakhage’s lifelong collaborator John Newell of Western Cine in Denver. For each film, the new elements were struck in the film gauge of the original printing negative. The high-definition digital transfers were made on a Spirit Datacine under the supervision of scholar Fred Camper, who was selected by Stan Brakhage to ensure the accuracy of the recorded images.

No filtering, noise reduction, or other restoration tools have been applied to any of the picture elements.

Most of the films have no soundtrack. The sound for the five that do was mastered at 24-bit from 16 mm optical and original full-coat magnetic tracks.
Wedlock House: An Intercourse
Dog Star Man
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
Cat's Cradle
Window Water Baby Moving
Mothlight
Eye Myth
The Wold-Shadow
The Garden of Earthly Delights
The Stars Are Beautiful
Kindering
I . . . Dreaming
The Dante Quartet
Night Music
Rage Net
Glaze of Cathexis
Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse
Untitled (For Marilyn)
Black Ice
Study in Color and Black and White
Stellar
Crack Glass Eulogy
The Dark Tower
Commingled Containers
Lovesong
The Wonder Ring
0n widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format, except with Chinese Series, which is presented in 1.85:1. Black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal for this wider format.

The thirty films in volume two were selected by Marilyn Brakhage, in consultation with Fred Camper, R. Bruce Elder, and P. Adams Sitney. They were transferred from Brakhage's original printing negatives, newly minted interpositives, and preservation prints. The high-definition digital transfers were made on a Spirit Datacine under the supervision of Marilyn Brakhage and Mark Toscano of the Academy Film Archive.

No filtering, noise reduction, or other restoration tools have been applied to any of the picture elements.

Most of the films have no soundtrack. The sound for three of the four that do was mastered at 24-bit from 16 mm optical and original full—coat magnetic tracks. The audio for "..." Reel Five was remastered from the same CD of James Tenney's Flocking used by Brakhage in his original transfer; it was captured and speed-corrected to match Brakhage's original track frame for frame.
The Dead
Two: Creeley/McClure
23rd Psalm Branch
Scenes From Under Childhood, Section One
The Machine of Eden
Star Garden
Desert
Visions in Meditation #1
Visions in Meditation #2 (Mesa Verde)
Visions in Meditation #3 (Plato's Cave)
Visions in Meditation #4 (D. H. Lawrence)
The Process
Burial Path
Duplicity III
The Domain of the Moment
Murder Psalm
Arabic 12
Unconcious London Strata
Boulder Blues and Pearls and . . .
The Mammals of Victoria
From: First Hymn to the Night—Novalis
I Take These Truths
The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm
Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind
". . ." Reel Five
Persian Series 1-3
Chinese Series