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 Middleman

The Middleman

1976

Self Song/Death Song

1997

Triumph

Triumph

1917

Windy Day

Windy Day

1968

Her Wild Oat

Her Wild Oat

1927

Water and Power

Water and Power

1989

The Lost Jewels

The Lost Jewels

1961

Water for Maya

Water for Maya

2000

I Am Joaquin

I Am Joaquin

1969

Voyage to Next

Voyage to Next

1974

Spend It All

Spend It All

1972

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

1963

Composition in Blue

Composition in Blue

1935

Liliom

Liliom

1930

Motion Painting No. 1

Motion Painting No. 1

1947

King David

1970

Phi Phenomenon

1968

Come On, Cowboy!

Come On, Cowboy!

1949

Stinky-Butt

Stinky-Butt

1974

Wonderland of California

Wonderland of California

1933