By Brakhage: An Anthology - Volumes One and Two [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Criterion Collection (3Pc)

Overview

Working 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 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 created without using a camera at all, as he pioneered the art of making images directly on film, by drawing, painting, and scratching. With these two volumes, we present the definitive Brakhage collection-fifty-six of his works, from across his career, in high-definition digital transfers. Films in this set: By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One 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. By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two In Criterion's first volume of the anthology By Brakhage, we brought twenty-six astonishing works by the avant-garde film pioneer Stan Brakhage to home video for the first time. Now, in this second installment, we are proud to present thirty more of Brakhage's visionary creations, from 1950s films to his final work, from 2003, curated by his wife, Marilyn Brakhage. Highlights of this collection include the war meditation 23rd Psalm Branch; hand-painted films from Persian Series; The Wonder Ring, made for a commission by Joseph Cornell; the autobiographical Scenes from Under Childhood, Section One; and the found-footage film Murder Psalm.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/15/2021
UPC:	0715515260817
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Sales rank:	9,844

Special Features

Volume One: High-definition digital transfers of all twenty-six films, with uncompressed audio for those with sound; Brakhage on Brakhage, four video encounters with the filmmaker; Audio remarks on selected films by Director Stan Brakhage; Volume Two ; New high-definition digital transfers of al thirty films, with uncompressed audio for those with sound; Brakhage on Brakhage, three video encounters with the filmmaker; For Stan, a 2009 short film by Brakhage's wife, Marilyn Brakhage; Two segments from a 1990 video interview with Brakhage for the Boulder Arts Commission; Footage from Brakhage's Sunday alsons at the University of Colorago; Audio recordings of two lectures by Brakhage, one from the Beckwith Lecture Series and one on Gertrude Stein's poem Stazas in Meditation Plus: a booklet featuring a foreword and program notes by Marilyn Brakhage, film capsules and an essay by Brakhage expert Fred Camper