Brakhage
Screening on Film
Directed by Jim Shedden.
Canada, 1998, 16mm, color and b&w, 80 min.
Canada, 1998, 16mm, color and b&w, 80 min.
Capturing the full arc of Stan Brakhage’s career, this acclaimed film portrait explores the exquisite splendor of the artist’s films while examining the intersections of his art and his life. Curator and critic Shedden mixes candid interviews with Brakhage’s friends, family, colleagues, and critics together with extensive excerpts from the artist’s films and those of his contemporaries. The result is a thoroughly engaging and at times deeply moving examination of the depth and breadth of Brakhage’s art, his personal charm, and his enormous aesthetic influence.