Interpolations I-V

"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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Five Film Exercises: Film 1

Five Film Exercises: Film 1

1943

The Story of King Midas

The Story of King Midas

1953

Shit

Shit

1969

The National Rehabilitation Center

The National Rehabilitation Center

1969

Hats Off to Hollywood

Hats Off to Hollywood

1972

No Use Walkin' When You Can Stroll

1998

The Fighting Generation

The Fighting Generation

1944

Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali

1955

Spirit to Spirit: Nikki Giovanni

Spirit to Spirit: Nikki Giovanni

1986

The Open Track

The Open Track

1916

Primary

Primary

1960

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

1970

All About Eve

All About Eve

1950

Apur Sansar

Apur Sansar

1959

Aparajito

Aparajito

1956

Sleuth

Sleuth

1972

Keep Cool

1971

Thursday's Children

Thursday's Children

1954

3rd Ave. El

3rd Ave. El

1955