The Criterion Collection

By Brakhage: An Anthology

Edition no. 184

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, Volumes One and Two - The Criterion Collection 2010 Blu-ray ( USA)
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  • Release Date: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $39.95
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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
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Stan Brakhage
Directed by: Stan Brakhage
Working completely outside the mainstream, Stan Brakhage has made nearly 400 films over the past half century. Challenging all taboos in his exploration of "birth, sex, death, and the search for God," Brakhage has turned his camera on explicit lovemaking, childbirth, even actual 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. Instead, Brakhage has pioneered the art of making images directly on film itself--starting with clear leader or exposed film, then drawing, painting, and scratching it by hand. Treating each frame as a miniature canvas, Brakhage can produce only a quarter- to a half-second of film a day, but his visionary style of image-making has changed everything from cartoons and television commercials to MTV music videos and the work of such mainstream moviemakers as Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, and Oliver Stone.

Criterion is proud to present 26 masterworks by Stan Brakhage in high-definition digital transfers made from newly minted film elements. For the first time on DVD, viewers will be able to look at Brakhage's meticulously crafted frames one by one.
  • Year: 1954-2001
  • Time: 234 total min.

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Release Information:

Technical Specifications

Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1/2/3/4/5/6 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97

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
8.7500/10
Wedlock House: An Intercourse
8.7500/10
Dog Star Man
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The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
8.9583/10
Cat's Cradle
8.7500/10
Window Water Baby Moving
8.9583/10
Mothlight
8.9583/10
Eye Myth
8.7500/10
The Wold-Shadow
8.7500/10
The Garden of Earthly Delights
8.7500/10
The Stars Are Beautiful
8.7500/10
Kindering
8.7500/10
I . . . Dreaming
8.7500/10
The Dante Quartet
8.7500/10
Night Music
8.7500/10
Rage Net
8.7500/10
Glaze of Cathexis
8.7500/10
Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse
8.7500/10
Untitled (For Marilyn)
8.7500/10
Black Ice
8.7500/10
Study in Color and Black and White
8.7500/10
Stellar
8.7500/10
Crack Glass Eulogy
8.7500/10
The Dark Tower
8.7500/10
Commingled Containers
8.7500/10
Lovesong
8.7500/10
Picture
9.7500/10
Audio
4.7500/10
Supplements
7.5000/10
Artwork
8.7500/10

Release Credits

Producer: Kate Elmore
Producer: Peter Becker
Artwork: Peter Girardi

Release Notes on Restoration

Desistfilm
The films in this collection were transferred from newly minted interpositives and fine-grain masters manufactured exclusively for this edition by Stan Brakhage's lifelong collaborator John Newall of Western Cine in Denver, Colorado. For each film, the new elements were struck in the film gauge of the original printing negative. The high-definition 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. Although most of the films have no soundtrack, the sound films in the collection were mastered at 24-bit from the 16mm optical soundtracks. No filtering, noise reduction, or other restoration tools have been applied to any of the picture or sound elements.
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