The Films of Stan Brakhage in the American Tradition of Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and Charles Olson

Stan Brakhage Filmography

This page intentionally left blank Stan Brakhage Filmography Films are silent unless otherwise noted. 1952 Interim, b&w, 16mm, 25 mins. Music byJames Tenney. 1953 Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection, b&w,16mm, 35 mins. The Boy and the Sea (lost), b&w, 16mm, 2 mins. 1954 Desistfllm, b&w, 16mm, 7 min., sd. The Extraordinary Child, b&w,16mm, 10 mins. The Way to Shadow Garden,b&w,16mm, 11 mins., sd. 1955 Untitled film of Geoffrey Holder's wedding, made with Larry Jordan in response to an invitation by Maya Deren, col.,16mm. In Between, col., 16mm, 10 mins. Music byJohn Cage. Reflections on Black, b&w, 16mm,12 mins., sd. The Wonder Ring, col., 16mm, 6 mins. Suggested by Joseph Cornell, who used the footage to make his own GnirRednow. Footage for an incomplete film, Tower House. Suggested by Joseph Cornell, who used the footage to make his own Centuries of June. 1956 Zone Moment (lost), col., 16mm, 3 mins. Flesh of Morning, b&w, 16mm, 22 mins. (Reissued with new sound track in 1986.) Nightcats, col., 16mm, 9 mins. 1957 Daybreak and Whiteye, b&w,16mm, 10 mins., sd. Loving, col., 16mm, 5 mins. 545 546 The Films of Stan Brakhage 1958 Anticipation of the Night, col., 16mm, 41 mins. 1959 Wedlock House: An Intercourse, col., 16mm,11 mins. Window Water Baby Moving, col., 16mm, 13 mins. Cat's Cradle, col., 16mm, 8 mins. Sirius Remembered, col., 16mm, 11 mins. 1960 The Dead, col., 16mm, 11 mins. 1961 Thigh Line Lyre Triangular, col., 16mm, 7 mins. Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant­Garde Home Movie, col., 16mm, 4 mins. 1961­64 Dog Star Man 1961: Prelude: DogStarMan, col., 16mm, 26 mins. 1962: Dog StarMan: Parti, col., 16mm, 31 mins. 1963: Dog StarMan: Part II, col., 16mm, 6 mins. 1964: Dog StarMan: Part III, col., 16mm, 8 mins. 1964: Dog StarMan: Part IV, col., 16mm, 7 mins. 1961­65 The Art of Vision, col., 16mm, 4 hours. Derived from DogStar Man. 1962 Blue Moses, b&w, 16mm, 11 mins., sd. Silent Sound Sense Stars Subotnik and Sender (lost), b&w, 16mm, 2 mins. 1963 Oh Life—A WoeStory—The Test News, b&w, 16mm, 6 mins. Footage for the film Meat Jewel, whichwas incorporated intoDogStarMan: Part II, col., 16mm Mothlight, col., 16mm, 4 mins. 1964­69 Songs 1964: Song 1, col., 8mm, 3 mins.; Songs 2 and3, col., 8mm, 4 mins.; Song 4, col., 8mm, 3 mins.; Song 5, col., 8mm, 4 mins.; Songs 6 and 7, col., 8mm, 4 mins. (these films were reissued in 1980 as Songs 1­7, col., 16mm, 19 mins.); Song 8, col., 8mm, 3 mins. 1965: Songs 9 and 10, col., 8mm, 7 mins.; Song 11, col., 8mm, 3 mins.; Song 12, b&w, 8mm, 3 mins.; Song13, col., 8mm,3 mins.; Song 14, col., 8mm, 3 mins. (these films were reissued in 1980as Songs 8­14, col., 16mm, 22 mins.); Stan Brakhage Filmography 547 15 Song Waits, col., 8mm, 31 mins. (reissued in 1981 in 16mm); Song 16, col., 8mm, 7 mins.; Songs 17 and 18, col., 8mm, 5 mins.; Songs 19 and 20, col., 8mm, 8 mins.; Songs 21 and22, col, 8mm, 6 mins. (these films were reissued in 1983 as Songs 16­22,col., 16mm, 26 mins.). 1966­67: 23rd Psalm Branch, col, 8mm, 67 mins. (Film comprises Parts I, II, and Coda. Part I, which is dated 1966, was reissued in 1979 in 16mm; Part II and the Coda,which are dated 1967, were reissued in 1980 in 16mm.) 1967: Songs 24 and 25, col., 8mm, 6 mins. 1968: Song 26, col., 8mm, 6 mins. (these films were reissued in 1984 as Songs 24­26, col., 16mm, 12 mins.); My Mountain Song 27, col., 8mm, 20 mins. (reissued in 1987 in 16mm). 1969: Song 27 (Part II) Rivers, col., 8mm, 27 mins. (reissued in 1988 in 16mm); Song 28, col., 8mm, 3 mins., Song 29, col., 8mm, 3 mins. (these films were reissued in 1985 as Songs 28 and 29, col, 16mm, 6 mins.); American 30's Song, col., 8mm, 23 mins. (released in 1996 in 16mm); Window Suite of Children's Songs, col., 8mm, 18 mins. (films made by Brakhage's five chil­ dren; Brakhage arranged them in this form but did not edit them). 1965 Three Films (Blue White, Blood's Tone, and Vein), col., 16mm, 9 mins. Fire of Waters, b&w,16mm 7 mins., sd. Pasht, col., 16mm, 6 mins. Two: Creeley/McClure, col., 16mm, 4 mins. Black Vision, b&w,16mm, 3 mins. 1965­98 Female Mystique and Spare...