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 Crimson Kimono

The Crimson Kimono

1959

Showman

Showman

1963

The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death

1964

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

1949

Underworld U.S.A.

Underworld U.S.A.

1961

Spider Baby

Spider Baby

1967

The Racket

The Racket

1928

The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

1949

Not a Pretty Picture

Not a Pretty Picture

1976

Appointment in Tokyo

Appointment in Tokyo

1945

He Comes Up Smiling

He Comes Up Smiling

1918

Selective Service System

Selective Service System

1970

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

Where Did Our Love Go

Where Did Our Love Go

1966

Hall of Mirrors

Hall of Mirrors

1966

Five Film Exercises: Film 4

Five Film Exercises: Film 4

1944