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Prelude: Dog Star Man
1962
Prelude: Dog Star Man
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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.
Director:
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Stan Brakhage

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Dog Star Man: Part I
(1963)
From a murky landscape, a wooded mountain emerges. We watch the sun. We see a bearded man climbing up the mountain through the snow. He carries an ax, and he's accompanied by a dog. His labors continue. There is no soundtrack. Images rush past - water, trees, and surfaces too close up to distinguish. He struggles. A fire burns. Nature,...
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Dog Star Man: Part II
(1964)
A man, accompanied by a dog, struggles through snow on a mountain side. We see film stock blister; drawn square shapes appear. Then, we see an infant's face. The images of struggling climber, baby, blurred film stock, large snow flakes, and what may be microscopic details of matter are superimposed on each other, one dominating the fra...
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Rated:
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Runtime:
25 min
Release date:
15 Apr 1962
Country:
US
Languages:
xx
Budget:
$0
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Top Critics Reviews

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
fresh:
A multilayered, self-consciously Joycean, naturally psychedelic epic.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
29 Apr 2008
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