184, 517-518 by Brakhage: An Anthology (Volumes One and Two)

[MyNameCriterionForum]

Shut Up, Little Man!

[jsteffe]

Anyone re-examine what are good musical choices to accompany the films with no soundtrack? I haven't tried anything as of yet but I imagine some sort of white noise ala Cage, Stockhausen? perhaps a group like Can? I thought about Throbbing Gristle but I don't have D.O.A. or 2nd Annual Report just 20 Great Jazz Funk Whatever it is. I imagine a group like the Japanese band Ghost would work as well.
I think Metal Machine Music could work too but then I'd have to buy Metal Machine Music which doesn't make much sense to me.

I humbly suggest Nurse With Wound, especially earlier albums like "Soliloquy for Lilith" or "Spiral Insana."

[oldsheperd]

I would try Nurse with Wound or Destroy All Monsters if they can be found for a decent price.

[Noiretirc]

Merzbow. The End.

(PS: MyNameCriterionForum, I love you.)

[MyNameCriterionForum]

Merzbow. The End.

(PS: MyNameCriterionForum, I love you.)

I love you too

[goner]

How about the group Text of Light? Kind of Spacy and Kraut-y. Also named after a Brakhage film.

[mteller]

I once tried to watch "23rd Psalm Branch" while listening to The Orb's Pomme Fritz album. It didn't really gel, that album is too mellow for that film. I think the films work better as silents anyway.

[oldsheperd]

I was thinking maybe Chrome could work.

[MyNameCriterionForum]

[Noiretirc]

How about the group Text of Light? Kind of Spacy and Kraut-y. Also named after a Brakhage film.

Yes! And Sonic Youth loves them too.

[oldsheperd]

"Boat Woman Song" off of Canaxis by Holger Czukay

[Adam]

How about the group Text of Light? Kind of Spacy and Kraut-y. Also named after a Brakhage film.

And when they perform, it is live to Brakhage films.
Filmforum brought them to Los Angeles. I thought their music was great, and the films were great, but the music overpowered/didn't work well enough with the films.

I think silent Brakhage films should be played without sound. It was a nice experiment with Text of Light, and also one that showed why the films work better with no soundtrack.

[knives]

Am I being pedantic for becoming annoyed at first that the blu actually does split Vol 1&2.

[Adam]

Am I being pedantic for becoming annoyed at first that the blu actually does split Vol 1&2.

Yes.

[knives]

I should mention though that the two films in the set I've watched are fascinating and I don't think I'll have the repetition problems I did with the Keen set here. Things are going a lot slower.

[med]

Am I being pedantic for becoming annoyed at first that the blu actually does split Vol 1&2.

Two things:

1) I don't think "pedantic" is the word you want here.

2) Are you really complaining that nearly 12 hours worth of material is spread across two discs instead of crammed into one?

[knives]

That's not what I was complaining about. They have two separate digis for vol. 1 and vol. 2. I don't see why they couldn't have put it all on one extra fold digi. Movies are great though. Dog Star Man felt like it was running in reverse.

[aox]

So, with the B&N sale, I have started looking at this set. But, a quick question: on the BD discs, do they feature a "play-all" function between all of the short films so they will essentially stream? Kind of like TV episode discs.

[CSM126]

Yes, although the stream will be interrupted for a "graphic content" warning before The Act of Seeing... I believe you have to click to acknowledge it (and then the stream keeps going).

[Tom Hagen]

Yes, there is a play all function. On volume 2, there is also a cool option to view designated groups of shorts as a manageable "program."

[aox]

sweet deal.

I think I might blind buy this after work. I have no idea what to expect.

[SternDiet]

I have no idea what to expect.

Something that may change your life forever.

[aox]

To be honest, I am feeling uninspired in my own short film-making. Looking for some inspiration.

[knives]

His films are somewhere between Kenneth Anger and Jeff Keen if that makes sense to you. It's a lot of slow edited abstracts that manage to tell oddly personal stories. I'm sure youtube has a few (if not the best) if you want to test them out. It's a very worthwhile purchase.

[SternDiet]

His films are somewhere between Kenneth Anger and Jeff Keen if that makes sense to you. It's a lot of slow edited abstracts that manage to tell oddly personal stories. I'm sure youtube has a few (if not the best) if you want to test them out. It's a very worthwhile purchase.

Slow edited? You must be joking!