Happy Birthday, Stan Brakhage! Born today in 1933 as James Stanley Brakhage, this American non-narrative filmmaker is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film.
Over the course of five decades, he created a large and diverse body of work, exploring a variety of formats, approaches and techniques that included handheld camerawork, painting directly onto celluloid, fast cutting, in-camera editing, scratching on film, collage film and the use of multiple exposures.
Interested in mythology and inspired by music, poetry, and visual phenomena, Brakhage sought to reveal the universal, in particular exploring themes of birth, mortality, sexuality, and innocence. His films are often noted for their expressiveness and lyricism.
Brakhage had been active from 1952–2003.
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