Stan Brakhage

Stan Brakhage is one of the most influential filmmakers in American avant-garde cinema, noted for his unflinching social commentaries and technical innovations. Over his nearly 40-year career, he has made over 200 films of varying length. He made his first film, Interim (1952) at age 18 after dropping out of college. Brakhage films seek to change the way we see. They encourage viewers to eschew traditional narrative structure in favor of pure visual perception that is not reliant on naming what is seen; rather his goal is to create a more visceral visual experience, for he believes that a "stream-of visual-consciousness could be nothing less than the pathway of the soul." To this end, his films are shot in highly sensual colors and utilize minimal soundtracks.

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Mothlight

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Average Rating

5.7

97 votes

Release Date

Dec 02, 1963

63 years ago
Window Water Baby Moving

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Average Rating

6.8

72 votes

Release Date

Aug 02, 1959

67 years ago
Eye Myth

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Average Rating

5.4

63 votes

Release Date

Aug 28, 1967

59 years ago
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

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Average Rating

6.3

59 votes

Release Date

Feb 19, 1972

54 years ago
Stellar

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Average Rating

6.4

59 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1993

32 years ago
The Dante Quartet

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Average Rating

6.3

57 votes

Release Date

Mar 26, 1987

39 years ago
Night Music

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Average Rating

5.4

55 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1986

40 years ago
Black Ice

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Average Rating

6.0

53 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1994

31 years ago
Prelude: Dog Star Man

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Average Rating

6.1

50 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 1962

64 years ago
Dog Star Man: Part I

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Average Rating

6.2

48 votes

Release Date

Mar 18, 1963

64 years ago
Rage Net

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Average Rating

5.2

48 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1988

38 years ago
Comingled Containers

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Average Rating

6.3

44 votes

Release Date

Sep 04, 1996

30 years ago
Dog Star Man

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Average Rating

6.5

43 votes

Release Date

Feb 22, 1965

62 years ago
Glaze of Cathexis

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Average Rating

5.3

42 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1990

36 years ago
Dog Star Man: Part II

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Average Rating

6.5

42 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1963

64 years ago
The Garden of Earthly Delights

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Average Rating

6.0

41 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1981

45 years ago
Dog Star Man: Part III

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Average Rating

6.1

41 votes

Release Date

Nov 17, 1964

62 years ago
Dog Star Man: Part IV

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Average Rating

6.1

40 votes

Release Date

Nov 17, 1964

62 years ago
The Wold-Shadow

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Average Rating

5.3

39 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1972

55 years ago
Desistfilm

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Average Rating

5.5

39 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1954

73 years ago
Cat's Cradle

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Average Rating

5.8

37 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1959

68 years ago
The Dark Tower

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Average Rating

5.7

36 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1999

27 years ago
The Wonder Ring

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Average Rating

6.0

36 votes

Release Date

Dec 04, 1955

71 years ago
Kindering

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Average Rating

5.1

34 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1987

39 years ago
I... Dreaming

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Average Rating

5.6

34 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1988

38 years ago
Lovesong

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Average Rating

5.2

32 votes

Release Date

Mar 04, 2001

25 years ago
Chinese Series

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Average Rating

5.1

30 votes

Release Date

May 31, 2003

23 years ago
Anticipation of the Night

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Average Rating

6.4

30 votes

Release Date

Apr 22, 1958

68 years ago
Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse

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Average Rating

5.2

29 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1991

35 years ago
Study in Color and Black and White

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Average Rating

4.8

28 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1993

33 years ago
Wedlock House: An Intercourse

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Average Rating

5.4

26 votes

Release Date

Apr 27, 1959

67 years ago
Untitled (For Marilyn)

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Average Rating

5.8

26 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1992

34 years ago
Crack Glass Eulogy

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Average Rating

5.5

24 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1991

35 years ago
From: First Hymn to the Night – Novalis

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Average Rating

5.0

24 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1994

31 years ago
The Dead

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Average Rating

4.7

24 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1960

66 years ago
The Text of Light

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Average Rating

5.9

23 votes

Release Date

Oct 26, 1974

52 years ago
Persian Series #1

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Average Rating

5.2

23 votes

Release Date

Apr 26, 1999

27 years ago
The Stars Are Beautiful

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Average Rating

5.0

22 votes

Release Date

Nov 19, 1974

52 years ago
Centuries of June

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Average Rating

4.0

22 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1955

72 years ago
Persian Series #2

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Average Rating

5.7

22 votes

Release Date

Apr 26, 1999

27 years ago
Persian Series #3

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Average Rating

5.5

22 votes

Release Date

Apr 26, 1999

27 years ago
Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

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Average Rating

5.2

20 votes

Release Date

Nov 07, 1961

65 years ago
The Process

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Average Rating

4.6

20 votes

Release Date

Nov 10, 1972

54 years ago
Burial Path

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Average Rating

5.0

20 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1978

47 years ago
The Machine of Eden

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Average Rating

5.4

19 votes

Release Date

Sep 23, 1970

56 years ago
Sirius Remembered

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Average Rating

3.9

19 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1959

67 years ago
Blue Moses

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Average Rating

4.9

18 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1962

64 years ago
Two: Creeley/McClure

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Average Rating

4.9

18 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1965

61 years ago
Murder Psalm

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Average Rating

6.1

18 votes

Release Date

Mar 27, 1980

46 years ago
Desert

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Average Rating

5.1

18 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 1976

50 years ago
Star Garden

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Average Rating

5.7

18 votes

Release Date

Apr 29, 1974

52 years ago
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section One

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Average Rating

4.6

17 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 1968

58 years ago
Reflections on Black

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Average Rating

5.0

17 votes

Release Date

Jan 25, 1955

72 years ago
Visions in Meditation #1

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Average Rating

4.7

17 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1989

37 years ago
Unconscious London Strata

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Average Rating

5.1

17 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 1981

45 years ago
"..." Reel 5

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Average Rating

5.5

17 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1998

28 years ago
Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

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Average Rating

5.7

16 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1990

36 years ago
Visions in Meditation #2: Mesa Verde

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Average Rating

5.3

16 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1989

37 years ago
Arabic Numeral Series 12

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Average Rating

4.8

16 votes

Release Date

Jan 18, 1981

45 years ago
RR

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Average Rating

7.2

16 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1981

45 years ago
The Way to Shadow Garden

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Average Rating

5.3

15 votes

Release Date

Feb 05, 1954

73 years ago
The Mammals of Victoria

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Average Rating

5.0

15 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1994

32 years ago
Song 1

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Average Rating

4.4

15 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1964

62 years ago
The Domain of the Moment

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Average Rating

5.6

15 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1977

50 years ago
Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence

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Average Rating

5.1

15 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1990

36 years ago
Boulder Blues and Pearls and...

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Average Rating

5.5

14 votes

Release Date

Feb 06, 1993

33 years ago
Fire of Waters

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Average Rating

4.5

14 votes

Release Date

Oct 25, 1965

61 years ago
Duplicity III

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Average Rating

5.2

14 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1980

46 years ago
Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind

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Average Rating

5.9

14 votes

Release Date

Oct 09, 1997

28 years ago
Seasons...

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Average Rating

6.5

14 votes

Release Date

Sep 23, 2002

23 years ago
23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

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Average Rating

6.2

14 votes

Release Date

Jan 27, 1967

60 years ago
Pasht

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Average Rating

3.5

13 votes

Release Date

Feb 04, 1966

61 years ago
Song 8

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Average Rating

4.4

13 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1964

62 years ago
The Cat of the Worm's Green Realm

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Average Rating

4.6

13 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1997

29 years ago
Lovemaking

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Average Rating

3.8

13 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1968

59 years ago
Song 6

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Average Rating

4.2

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1964

62 years ago
Song 4

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Average Rating

4.5

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1964

62 years ago
Song 12

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Average Rating

4.2

12 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 1965

61 years ago
Song 14

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Average Rating

4.2

12 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 1965

61 years ago
Song 2

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Average Rating

4.2

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1964

62 years ago
Song 3

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Average Rating

4.2

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1964

62 years ago
Song 13

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Average Rating

4.2

12 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 1965

61 years ago
Song 9

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Average Rating

4.2

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 01, 1965

62 years ago
Song 5

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Average Rating

4.2

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1964

62 years ago
Song 11

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Average Rating

3.9

12 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 1965

61 years ago
Song 7

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Average Rating

4.3

12 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1964

62 years ago
I Take These Truths

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Average Rating

5.2

12 votes

Release Date

Oct 13, 1995

30 years ago
Chartres Series

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Average Rating

4.7

12 votes

Release Date

Jun 15, 1994

32 years ago
23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

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Average Rating

5.6

12 votes

Release Date

Jan 27, 1967

60 years ago
The Riddle of Lumen

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Average Rating

5.5

11 votes

Release Date

Nov 10, 1972

54 years ago
Song 10

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Average Rating

3.9

11 votes

Release Date

Mar 01, 1965

62 years ago
Interim

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Average Rating

6.0

10 votes

Release Date

Nov 12, 1952

74 years ago
Deus Ex

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Average Rating

5.1

10 votes

Release Date

Sep 19, 1971

55 years ago
Water for Maya

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Average Rating

4.6

10 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 2000

26 years ago
Prelude 1

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Average Rating

5.3

10 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1995

31 years ago
Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection

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Average Rating

6.5

8 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1953

74 years ago
The Extraordinary Child

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Average Rating

5.4

8 votes

Release Date

Nov 12, 1954

72 years ago
Persian Series #6

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Average Rating

5.8

8 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 2000

26 years ago
Elementary Phrases

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Average Rating

5.7

7 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1994

32 years ago
Sexual Meditation: Room with View

Department Directing

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Average Rating

3.9

7 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1971

56 years ago

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