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.

Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel

1942

Food and Magic

Food and Magic

1943

Portrait of Jason

Portrait of Jason

1967

The Chess Players

The Chess Players

1977

Wild River

Wild River

1960

Drylongso

Drylongso

1999

Moon Breath Beat

Moon Breath Beat

1980

Faces of November

Faces of November

1964

Why Man Creates

Why Man Creates

1968

The Assignation

The Assignation

1953

Two Down and One to Go

Two Down and One to Go

1945

Moonbird

Moonbird

1959

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950

The Moon Is Blue

The Moon Is Blue

1953

Things to Come

Things to Come

1953

No No Nooky T.V.

No No Nooky T.V.

1987

Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation

Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation

1978

The Matinee Idol

The Matinee Idol

1928

That Man of Mine

That Man of Mine

1946