Dog Star Man (Parts I–IV)

Stan Brakhage: Dog Star Man (US 1962–1964).

US 1962–1964. D: Stan Brakhage. 16 mm, colour, silent, 51 min. Print: LUX. Viewed at the Finnish Film Archive, Orion, Helsinki, 30 March 2008. 

PRELUDE: DOG STAR MAN. 1961. See separate blog entry. 25 min

PART I. 1962. The accelerated motion of the clouds over Colorado. Planets, fog, clouds, the forest, water, snow, crystals, the corona, man and dog climbing the mountain slope, Sisyphus. 

PART II. 1963. Abstract flashes, a baby, broken images, crystals, red lava. 

PART III. 1964. Double exposure, a pregnant woman, the reality of the flesh. 

PART IV. 1964. The distorting lens, strong movement, a mosaic of the Madonna, outbursts of the Sun, giving birth, milk from the nipple, the clouds, shooting stars.