Detail View: Stan Brakhage Collection: Stan Brakhage on Charlie Chaplin and Sergei Eisenstein

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narv_4th10Lecture10-28-74EisensteinTheGeneralLine.mp3
Title: 
Stan Brakhage on Charlie Chaplin and Sergei Eisenstein
Description: 
Stan Brakhage gives a history of film projection and music. This transitions into a discussion about Charlie Chaplin and Baruch Spinoza. Brakhage shows 'The Vagabond' and analyses it, mentioning how the film follows a "circular pattern." He also discusses the archetypes for heroes and villains of Chaplin's time. Brakhage discusses his own film 'Dominion.' He explores the symbolism of light representing knowledge. Brakhage describes the making Sergei Eisenstein's film 'The General Line.' He also mentions the conditions in the Soviet Union.
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Abstract
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00:00 Questions from the audience begin 41:57 Questions from the audience end 41:58 Brakhage begins 1:02:57 Brakhage ends 1:02:58 Questions from the audience begin 1:26:24 End
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SegmentSequence
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Course title: History of Film: Sex/Death, Eisenstein, Etcetera) - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Venue
Subject: 
Motion picture music
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088056
Subject: 
Heroes -- Psychology
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local
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Villains in popular culture
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004002864
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Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79126907
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Eisenstein, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1898-1948
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006562
Subject: 
Brakhage, Stan
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
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Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018753
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Vagabond (Motion picture)
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local
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Dominion (Motion picture)
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local
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Light -- Symbolic aspects
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004607
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The general line (Motion picture)
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local
Source: 
narv_4th10Lecture10-28-74EisensteinTheGeneralLine
Creator: 
Brakhage, Stan
Creator Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
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Date: 
1974-10-28
Format Medium: 
audio/mp3
Language: 
English
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/xz0t557146jj