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Crosstown Arts presents a special screening of the Films of Stan Brakhage with live score by Cloudland Canyon in Crosstown Theater.
Crosstown Theater
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Tickets: $5 at the door
Doors at 6:30 pm | Film begins at 7:00 pm (sharp!)
Working outside the mainstream, the wildly prolific, visionary Stan Brakhage made more than 350 films over a half century. Challenging all taboos in his exploration of “birth, sex, death, and the search for God,” he turned his camera on explicit lovemaking, childbirth, even autopsy. Many of his most famous works pursue the nature of vision itself and transcend the act of filming. Some, including the legendary Mothlight, were created without using a camera at all, as he pioneered the art of making images directly on film, by drawing, painting, and scratching.
Stan Brakhage films are intentionally silent works and the addition of sound was not approved by the filmmaker and is not a collaboration with him. A special thank you to Marilyn Brakhage.
The Crosstown Arts Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground, and documentary features.
