Stan Brakhage shows Michael Putnam's film 'The Hard Swing.' He calls this film "a document," since it was the first "documentary." Brakhage also analyses the film. Brakhage then reads a poem about Chicago. He discusses the structure about Chinese characters, etymology, and Ezra Pound. Brakhage gives a biography of Paul Sharits and mentions some of Sharits' work. He plays Sharits' film, 'T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G.' Brakhage then discusses colors and the various meaning they can have. Brakhage gives a biography of George Landow [aka Land Owen] and reads a letter from Landow. Continued on 'Stan Brakhage on Michael Putnam, Paul Sharits, and George Landow - Part 2.'
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Stan Brakhage shows Michael Putnam's film 'The Hard Swing.' He calls this film "a document," since it was the first "documentary." Brakhage also analyses the film. Brakhage then reads a poem about Chicago. He discusses the structure about Chinese characters, etymology, and Ezra Pound. Brakhage gives a biography of Paul Sharits and mentions some of Sharits' work. He plays Sharits' film, 'T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G.' Brakhage then discusses colors and the various meaning they can have. Brakhage gives a biography of George Landow [aka Land Owen] and reads a letter from Landow. Continued on 'Stan Brakhage on Michael Putnam, Paul Sharits, and George Landow - Part 2.'
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