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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The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1968

Divided Loyalties

Divided Loyalties

1978

Noblesse Oblige

Noblesse Oblige

1981

Whiplash

Whiplash

1997

Soft Fiction

Soft Fiction

1979

A Cuban Fight Against Demons

A Cuban Fight Against Demons

1972

Steel Town

Steel Town

1944

Night Tide

Night Tide

1961

Manzanar

Manzanar

1972

The Costume Designer

The Costume Designer

1950

Slam

Slam

1998

The Man Who Skied Down Everest

The Man Who Skied Down Everest

1975

Human Desire

Human Desire

1954

Not a Pretty Picture

Not a Pretty Picture

1976

The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

1949

Underworld U.S.A.

Underworld U.S.A.

1961

I Be Done Been Was Is

I Be Done Been Was Is

1983

The Sun's Gonna Shine

The Sun's Gonna Shine

1969

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

1975

Becket

Becket

1964