Detail View: Stan Brakhage Collection: Stan Brakhage on Georges Méliès and Russian film makers

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narv_L50-1Lecture10-14-74.mp3
Title: 
Stan Brakhage on Georges Méliès and Russian film makers
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Stan Brakhage analyzes 'Train Pulling into a Station.' Brakhage compares Georges Méliès and the Lumière brothers. He describes Méliès and his brother Gaston Méliès. Brakhage explains Renaissance perspective. He analyzes Gaston Méliès' film 'The Gypsy's Warning.' Brakhage discusses grammar in relation to prose and poetry. He shows his own film 'Eye Myth.' Brakhage cites the influence of D. W. Griffith and Charlie Chaplin on notable Russian directors, such as Lev Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein. Brakhage gives a brief biography of Jack London. He explains how Eisenstein's homosexuality influenced his work.
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Abstract
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00:00 Questions from the audience begin 08:09 Questions from the audience end 08:10 Stan Brakhage begins 47:01 Brakhage ends 47:02 Questions from the audience begin 50:03 Questions from the audience end 50:04 Brakhage begins 1:02:53 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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Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79055178
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Lumière, Louis, 1864-1948
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85178097
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Train Pulling into a Station (Motion picture)
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local
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The Gypsy's Warning (Motion picture)
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local
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Eye myth (Motion picture)
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local
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Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79083582
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Kuleshov, L. V. (Lev Vladimirovich)
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82056423
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Homosexuality and art
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061787
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Méliès, Gaston, -1915
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87914047
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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
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Lumière, Auguste, 1862-1954
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85178098
Source: 
narv_L50-1Lecture10-14-74
Creator: 
Brakhage, Stan
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
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Date: 
1974-10-14
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audio/mp3
Language: 
English
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/wg140x83s9xd