by Stan BRAKHAGE
1986 / 16mm / color / silent / 1S / 42' 29 |
Dedicated to Robert Kelly.
A multiple-superimposition hand-painted visual symphony of animal life on earth. The Loom might be compared to musical quartet-form (as there are almost always four superimposed pictures); but the complexity of texture, multiplicity of tone, and the variety of interrelated rhythm, suggest symphonic dimensions. The film is very inspired by Georges Méliès: the animals exist (in Jane's enclosure) as on a stage, their interrelationships edited to the disciplines of dance, so therefore one might say this hardly represents "animal life on earth"; but I would argue that this work at least epitomizes theatrical Nature, magical Creature, and is the outside limit, to date, of my art in that respect. SB
distribution format | 16mm |
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screen | 1,37 - Standard (single screen) |
speed | 24 fps |
sound | silent |
rental fee | 163,00 € |