COLLECTION NAME:
Stan Brakhage Collection
Record
Identifier:
narv_L50-5Lecture9-16-74.mp3
Title:
Stan Brakhage on Charlie Chaplin and D. W. Griffith
Description:
Stan Brakhage recommends an essay called 'The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry' by Ernest Fenollosa and says the essay cites movement as the source for language. Brakhage plays Charlie Chaplin's film 'Making a Living' and analyzes it. Brakhage relates Freudian psychoanalysis to slapstick humor. Brakhage analyzes 'Rescued from an Eagle's Nest' and plays it. Brakhage notes the influence Chaplin and D.W. Griffith had on many Russian directors. Brakhage analyzes Griffith's film 'A Corner in Wheat.'
Description Type:
Abstract
Description:
00:00 Stan Brakhage begins 40:37 Brakhage begins 40:38 Questions from the audience begin 49:18 Questions from the audience end 49:19 Brakhage begins 54:17 Brakhage ends 54:18 Questions from the audience begin 56:05 Questions from the audience end 56:06 Brakhage begins 1:06:01 End
Description Type:
SegmentSequence
Description:
Course title: History of Film: Sex/Death, Eisenstein, Etcetera) - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Description Type:
Venue
Subject:
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
Subject:
Slapstick comedy films
Subject:
Chinese characters
Subject:
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948
Subject:
Fenollosa, Ernest, 1853-1908
Subject:
Making a living (Motion picture)
Subject:
Psychoanalysis and culture
Subject:
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (Motion picture)
Subject Type:
local
Subject:
A Corner in wheat (Motion picture)
Subject Type:
local
Source:
narv_L50-5Lecture9-16-74
Creator:
Brakhage, Stan
Creator Type:
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
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Date:
1974-09-16
Format Medium:
audio/mp3
Language:
English