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November 9
8:00 p.m.
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street (@ Sunset Blvd)
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Hosted by: Echo Park Film Center
The Echo Park Film Center will be screening six short films by the legendary Stan Brakhage, all made in 1976 and on Super 8. Below is an official statement by Brakhage on the films, followed by the film lineup. (Statement taken from Epfc website.)
“The following films were all made in 1976. I do not wish to describe them.” —
“I want it understood that this ‘summary’ is written for identification purposes only and that it is not intended as a statement by the artist on his work. It is my belief that statements by the artist, particularly in print, aesthetically speaking, would better have been included in that work in the first place. If a film is a work of moving visual art, it is its own subject and subject only to itself.
8:00 p.m.
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street (@ Sunset Blvd)
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Hosted by: Echo Park Film Center
The Echo Park Film Center will be screening six short films by the legendary Stan Brakhage, all made in 1976 and on Super 8. Below is an official statement by Brakhage on the films, followed by the film lineup. (Statement taken from Epfc website.)
“The following films were all made in 1976. I do not wish to describe them.” —
“I want it understood that this ‘summary’ is written for identification purposes only and that it is not intended as a statement by the artist on his work. It is my belief that statements by the artist, particularly in print, aesthetically speaking, would better have been included in that work in the first place. If a film is a work of moving visual art, it is its own subject and subject only to itself.
- 11/6/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Embedded above is the earliest surviving work by Paul Sharits, Wintercourse, which was produced in 1962. While Sharits would go on to become one of the pioneers of the structuralist movement, Wintercourse is a more playful, seemingly less structured film than the ones he would become most well-known for, such as T, O, U, C, H, I, N, G, (1968) and N.O.T.H.I.N.G. (1968). Wintercourse was shot in B&W in 16mm and is silent. Warning: There are brief flashes of non-sexual nudity in the film, so while it’s not quite Nsfw, be considerate if you are indeed at work planning to watch this.
I also can’t find any writing about the film online, but I’m thinking the film is possibly heavily inspired by Stan Brakhage’s Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959). According to Sharits’ biography, he began a mentorship and friendship with Brakhage around this...
I also can’t find any writing about the film online, but I’m thinking the film is possibly heavily inspired by Stan Brakhage’s Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959). According to Sharits’ biography, he began a mentorship and friendship with Brakhage around this...
- 10/20/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This is the 4th post in a series covering the most outrageous moments in underground film history. You can follow the entire series here.
Film: Window Water Baby Moving
Director: Stan Brakhage
Year: 1959
Today, having an excited father-to-be stand in the delivery room with a camera in hand to record the momentous occasion of his child being born is a commonplace concept. In 1958 … not so much.
Underground filmmaker Stan Brakhage desperately wanted to film his wife Jane give birth to their first daughter, Myrrena. In an article written later for the magazine Film Culture, Jane explained that she and Stan had found a doctor who was enthusiastic about the prospect of the birth being recorded on 16mm film. In fact, the doctor suggested it to them first before they could spring the idea on him!
But, the hospital absolutely refused to allow the proud, film-crazy papa in because men just...
Film: Window Water Baby Moving
Director: Stan Brakhage
Year: 1959
Today, having an excited father-to-be stand in the delivery room with a camera in hand to record the momentous occasion of his child being born is a commonplace concept. In 1958 … not so much.
Underground filmmaker Stan Brakhage desperately wanted to film his wife Jane give birth to their first daughter, Myrrena. In an article written later for the magazine Film Culture, Jane explained that she and Stan had found a doctor who was enthusiastic about the prospect of the birth being recorded on 16mm film. In fact, the doctor suggested it to them first before they could spring the idea on him!
But, the hospital absolutely refused to allow the proud, film-crazy papa in because men just...
- 1/16/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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