The collected shorts of Maya Deren the \"Mother of the trance film\" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
Using footage from filmmaker Maya Deren's avant-garde films of the 1940s, including the seminal Meshes of the Afternoon (1942) , At Land (1943) , and Ritual in Transfigured Time (1948) ; archival audio interviews and observances from contemporaries such as Stan Brakhage, Amos Vogel, and Jonas Mekas, the documentary provides a glimpse into the mind and life of this groundbreaking and influential artist.
Juxtaposing archival footage spanning 35 years, as well as rare film excerpts and vintage and contemporary interviews with Brakhage, his friends, family, colleagues and critics, BRAKHAGE is the perfect complement to the Criterion Collection’s BY BRAKHAGE
Criterion is proud to present 26 masterworks by Stan Brakhage in high-definition digital transfers made from newly minted film elements. For the first time on DVD, viewers will be able to look at Brakhage’s meticulously crafted frames one by one.
Recently restored by the UCLA Film Archive, Kenneth Anger\'s difficult-to-see early films are finally collected here onto DVD, alongside optional fascinating commentary by Anger himself.
Covering the second half of Anger\'s career, from his legendary SCORPIO RISING to his breathtaking phantasmagoria LUCIFER RISING, Fantoma is very proud to complete the cycle with this long-awaited final volume of films by this revolutionary and groundbrea
Fourteen films from Stephen Dwoskin, one of the most emotionally intense and underexposed filmmakers in British film. Includes Take Me, Dirty, Girl, Dad, Grandpere'pear, Dear Frances (in memoriam), Pain Is..., Intoxicated By My Illness, Tod Und Teufel, Face Anthea, Behindert, Outside In, Trying To Kiss The Moon and Lost Dreams.
This new series begins with William Raban, a leading figure in his field, whose work ranges from multi-screen gallery pieces to perfectly crafted short films. His particular interests - the City of London and the British landscape - are in the tradition oThis new series begins with William Raban, a leading figure in his field, whose work ranges from multi-screen gallery pieces to perfectly crafted short films. His particular interests - the City of London and the British landscape - are in the tradition of the romantic landscape painters.
This DVD focuses on the work of Chris Welsby, landscape artist and pioneer of the moving-image installation in Britain, whose subtle meditations are exhibited in museums and galleries around the world.
The third release in the BFI's British Artists' Films DVD series features Ian Breakwell (1943-2005), an artist who worked in many different mediums, with the moving image a constant part of his art-making.
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