COLLECTION NAME:
Stan Brakhage Collection
Record
Identifier:
narv_#50-27LectureOrigTestamentOfOrpheusLuciferRising.mp3
Title:
Stan Brakhage on Jean Cocteau and Kenneth Anger #27
Description:
Stan Brakhage gives his thoughts on barber small talk and Eurocentric thinking and how this relates to appreciating Jean Cocteau's work. He plays 'Testament of Orpheus' and analyzes it. Brakhage discusses the music in 'Testament of Orpheus,' which leads to a discussion about music and Stravinsky. Brakhage then tells how films are unreliable testimony in court and recalls a personal story about being a witness for the trial of Dennis Banks. Brakhage notes how Cocteau and Anger use masks in their films. Brakhage describes Anger's personal beliefs and his filmmaking process. Brakhage then analyzes 'Lucifer Rising.'
Description Type:
Abstract
Description:
00:00 Brakhage begins 16:30 Brakhage ends 16:43 Clip from film begins 21:09 Clip from film ends 21:15 Questions from the audience begin 1:33:16 End
Description Type:
SegmentSequence
Description:
Course title: History of Film: "I as Eye" (Film and First Person Singular) - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Description Type:
Venue
Subject:
Anger, Kenneth
Subject:
Testament of Orpheus (Motion picture)
Subject:
Motion picture music
Subject:
Banks, Dennis
Subject:
Witnesses
Subject:
Lucifer Rising (Motion picture)
Subject Type:
local
Subject:
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Subject:
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963
Subject:
Motion picture authorship
Subject:
Masks in motion pictures
Source:
narv_#50-27LectureOrigTestamentOfOrpheusLuciferRising
Creator:
Brakhage, Stan
Creator Type:
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
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Date:
1975-11-03
Format Medium:
audio/mp3
Language:
English