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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The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

1949

Steel Town

Steel Town

1944

The Robe

The Robe

1953

The Big Country

The Big Country

1958

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

1979

The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger

The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger

2010

Asparagus

Asparagus

1979

The Costume Designer

The Costume Designer

1950

Hall of Mirrors

Hall of Mirrors

1966

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1968

Rude Awakening

Rude Awakening

1976

Divided Loyalties

Divided Loyalties

1978

Whiplash

Whiplash

1997

Harlan County U.S.A.

Harlan County U.S.A.

1977

Screen Actors

1950

A Cuban Fight Against Demons

A Cuban Fight Against Demons

1972

Soft Fiction

Soft Fiction

1979

Study No. 6

Study No. 6

1930

El Norte

El Norte

1983

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

1962