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.

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Night and the City

Night and the City

1950

Study No. 6

Study No. 6

1930

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

1965

Hud

Hud

1963

The Sun's Gonna Shine

The Sun's Gonna Shine

1969

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams

1994

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

1962

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950

The Maltese Cross Movement

The Maltese Cross Movement

1967

The Costume Designer

The Costume Designer

1950

The World's Greatest Sinner

The World's Greatest Sinner

1962

Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams

1982

Five Film Exercises: Film 4

Five Film Exercises: Film 4

1944

The Tune

The Tune

1992

Hearts and Minds

Hearts and Minds

1974

The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger

The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger

2010

Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad

1945

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley

1941

Odalisque

Odalisque

1980

Three Daughters

Three Daughters

1961