Prelude: Dog Star Man
Drama, Fantasy
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1962
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A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an explosion of color and squiggles and happenstance. Next, images of small circles emerge then of the Sun. Images of our Earth appear, woods, a part of a body, a nude woman perhaps giving birth. Imagery evokes movement across time. Part of the Dog Star Man series of experimental films.
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
25 min
Release date:
15 Apr 1962
Country:
US
Languages:
xx
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A multilayered, self-consciously Joycean, naturally psychedelic epic.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
29 Apr 2008
fresh:
Whatever one thinks, and however much the film may seem dated now in relation to Brakhage's subsequent output, it is an achievement to be reckoned with.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
29 Apr 2008