I went to a lecture tonight, and in the latter half, the secretary of the music department showed a few Stan Brakhage films. I think Megs was there? I was just wondering if anyone was familiar with any of his films (Dr. C?). They were collages where he physically put items onto the film, like dead moths or paint strokes. It actually looked really cool.
The fourth one was 30 minutes long and consisted solely of autopsy footage…I found it extremely disgusting and disturbing…not just for its horrificly graphic images, but for the ideas that it proposed in its stoic silence. I mean, it was INCREDIBLY graphic, like an extreme closeup of a guy’s face being peeled off revealing his skull.
Is anyone else familiar with Brakhage?