The Criterion Collection

By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One

Edition no. 184

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  • Release Date: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $79.95 (Box set exclusive)
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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
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Stan Brakhage
Directed by: Stan Brakhage
Working completely 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 has 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 made without using a camera at all, as he pioneered the art of making images directly on film, by drawing, painting, and scratching. Criterion is proud to present twenty-six masterworks by Stan Brakhage.
  • Year: 1954-2001
  • Time: 234 total min.

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Technical Specifications

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

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Audio Interview, Booklet
  • Brakhage on Brakhage, four video encounters with the filmmaker
  • Audio remarks on selected films by Stan Brakhage
  • A booklet featuring an essay and film capsules by Brakhage expert Fred Camper

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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
8.7500/10
Crack Glass Eulogy
8.7500/10
The Dark Tower
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Commingled Containers
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Lovesong
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Picture
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Audio
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Supplements
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Artwork
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Release Credits

Artwork: Sarah Habibi
Producer: Kate Elmore

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