Songs (1964)

Directed by

Stan Brakhage

Genre

independent film

Country

United States

How it feels

Stan Brakhage made a cycle of silent color 8mm films between 1964 and 1969. The longest one, 23rd Psalm Branch, is often seen as his response to the Vietnam War.

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What happens

The Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969. They are seen as one of Brakhage's major works and include the feature-length 23rd Psalm Branch, considered by some to be one of the filmmaker's masterworks and described by film historian P. Adams Sitney as "an apocalypse of imagination." One of the filmmaker's most overtly political films, 23rd Psalm Branch is often interpreted as being Brakhage's reaction to the Vietnam War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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