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Stan Brakhage was an American experimental filmmaker known for his unique visual style and exploration of form. His works are typically characterized by abstract and surreal elements, profoundly influencing the development of cinematic art.

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Famous Stan Brakhage Quotes

“A film fable so structured that all alchemical searchings are clearly filmwise (gold being discovered cinematically in each sequence ot mixed black-and-white and color) so that when the drama-discovery is actually made, it acts as a deliberate anti-climax of aesthetic perfection.”

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Author:Stan Brakhage

“Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not respond to the name of everything but which must know each object encountered in life through an adventure of perception. How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of ‘Green?’ How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye?”

Source: Philip Taaffe: composite nature : a conversation with Stan Brakhage

“How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'Green'?”

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Book:Philip Taaffe: composite nature : a conversation with Stan Brakhage

Source: Philip Taaffe: composite nature : a conversation with Stan Brakhage

About the Author

Born: January 14, 1933
Died: March 9, 2003
Known for: Filmmaker
Quotes: 21

Books & Sources

Brakhage scrapbook: collected writings, 1964-1980Related source material

Philip Taaffe: composite nature : a conversation with Stan BrakhageRelated source material

Stan Brakhage: an American independent film-makerRelated source material

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