miércoles, septiembre 01, 2004
Pionero del Film Experimental (Expanded Cinema)
Un autor vital en el libro Expanded Cinema y en nuestros estudios de poetica mediatica. La siguiente es una entrada en Wikipedia la enciclopedia libre. Material de basico de estudio sobre cinematografia segun su perspectiva (The Brakhage Lectures) se encuentra en un PDF en UBU WEB
Stan Brakhage (January 14, 1933 - March 9, 2003) was an American filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century.
Brakhage's film are usually abstract and lack a traditional story. They are also generally silent, thus emphasising their visual element which Brakhage thought more fundamental to film than sound. His films range in length from just a few seconds to several hours, but most last between two or three minutes and one hour. Most of his work was done in 8mm or 16mm film, and he frequently hand-painted the film or scratched the image directly into the film emulsion, and sometimes used collage techniques. For Mothlight (1963), for example, he stuck moth wings onto tape and made prints from it.
Stan Brakhage (January 14, 1933 - March 9, 2003) was an American filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century.
Brakhage's film are usually abstract and lack a traditional story. They are also generally silent, thus emphasising their visual element which Brakhage thought more fundamental to film than sound. His films range in length from just a few seconds to several hours, but most last between two or three minutes and one hour. Most of his work was done in 8mm or 16mm film, and he frequently hand-painted the film or scratched the image directly into the film emulsion, and sometimes used collage techniques. For Mothlight (1963), for example, he stuck moth wings onto tape and made prints from it.
Brakhage is revered as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century, and his work has had some small impact on mainstream cinema also with the credits of the film Seven, with their scratched emulsion, rapid cutaways and bursts of light, being very much in Brakhage's style.
Among Brakhage's students were the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and he is featured in their student film Cannibal! The Musical. The character Stan in South Park is apparently an homage to Brakhage, in name if nothing else. The opening track of Stereolab's album Dots and Loops, "Brakhage", is also named after him.
After his death, a DVD including 26 of Brakhage's films, by Brakhage, was released by the Criterion Collection.
# posted by alvaro @ 1:09 p. m. 
