Monday, 20 July 2015

In the beginning

Prelude: Dog Star Man (1961)

Directed by Stan Brakhage this is an experimental short film. We see a montage of images, colours and sounds as birth or creation is explored.

I much preferred this to the other Brakhage film I have seen, Mothlight (1963) and this film calls to mind parts of Malick's The Tree of Life (2011). The film does a good job of building to a clear theme or meaning which sometimes escapes the more experimental work in my opinion. While this style of film is not for everyone I found this to be one of the more accessible genre entries.


4/5

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