Stan Brakhage Interviews

In This Volume, Editor Suranjan Ganguly Collects Eight Of Stan Brakhage's Most Important Interviews In Which The Filmmaker Describes His Conceptual Frameworks; His Theories Of Vision And Sound; The Importance Of Poetry, Music, And The Visual Arts In Relation To His Work; His Concept Of The Muse; And The Key Influences On His Art-making. In Doing So, Brakhage (1933-2003) Discusses Some Of His Iconic Films, Such As Anticipation Of The Night, Dog Star Man, Scenes From Under Childhood, Mothlight, And The Text Of Light.one Of The Most Innovative Filmmakers In The History Of Experimental Cinema, Brakhage Made Almost 350 Films In His Fifty-two-year-long Career. These Films Include Psychodramas, Autobiography, Freudian Trance Films, Birth Films, Song Cycles, Meditations On Light, And Hand-painted Films, Which Range From Nine Seconds To Over Four Hours In Duration.