Lamplightings

Dog Star Man
Directed by Stan Brakhage

Sunday, February 16, 12:30 pm

Free, first come, first served

“Dog Star Man is a colossal lyrical adventure-dance of image in every variation of color.” – Michael McClure, Artforum

Over the course of three years, from 1961 to 1964, experimental auteur and leading figure of underground cinema Stan Brakhage dispatched his early masterwork Dog Star Man in five parts. A mystical epic, Dog Star Man follows a woodsman (Brakhage) ascending a mountain to fell a tree while being struck by abstract and mythic visions. The film marks a stage of maturation in Brakhage’s career as he further explored combining captured footage with direct manipulation of the film itself. A work that is both deeply personal and cosmologically epic, Dog Star Man represents one of the greatest accomplishments of underground cinema and remains as expansive today as when it was first released. 1961-64, U.S., 16mm, silent, 78 minutes. Recommended for 16+