Interpolations 1-5

"The full 35-millimeter frame allows for more detail and diversity than Brakhage's customary narrower gauges. In the first section, multicolored blobs contrast with fuzzy photographed lights; in the third, flickering specks become hundreds of tiny rods and later cracks in paint. Rhythmic complexity has long been a characteristic of Brakhage's work, but the series takes polyphony to new heights by creating different movements in different portions of the frame; there's a sense of shapes being generated and reabsorbed in a cosmic vision of eternal change." -- Fred Camper, Chicago Reader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Showman

Showman

1963

Appointment in Tokyo

Appointment in Tokyo

1945

Wings

Wings

1927

The Circus

The Circus

1928

I Be Done Been Was Is

I Be Done Been Was Is

1983

A Christmas Gift

A Christmas Gift

1980

He Comes Up Smiling

He Comes Up Smiling

1918

The Savage Eye

The Savage Eye

1960

Closed Mondays

Closed Mondays

1974

Mutoscope Reels

Mutoscope Reels

1945

Summertime

Summertime

1955

California's Golden Beginning

California's Golden Beginning

1948

Wat's Pig

Wat's Pig

1996

Guard Dog

Guard Dog

2004

The Man Who Skied Down Everest

The Man Who Skied Down Everest

1975

On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

1961

Cannot Exist

Cannot Exist

1994

Charulata

Charulata

1964

Steel Town

Steel Town

1944

The Crimson Kimono

The Crimson Kimono

1959