Prelude: Dog Star Man (1964)
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Avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage has labelled his 1963 film Dog Star Man his "cosmological epic." This virtually indescribable film was released in a prelude and four parts. These were not titled but dated instead: Prelude, 1962; Part One, 1963; Part Two 1964 and so forth. While toiling on this project, Brakhage also managed to finish The Art of Vision, derived from Dog Star Man leftovers, and wrote the script for Metaphors of Vision. If you're looking for a plot, you've come to the wrong
Aug 2, 1962 Limited
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A multilayered, self-consciously Joycean, naturally psychedelic epic.
Top CriticWhatever one thinks, and however much the film may seem dated now in relation to Brakhage's subsequent output, it is an achievement to be reckoned with.
Regarded by Brakhage fans as his masterpiece.
A jaw-dropping declaration of principles.
A meditation on the individual's place in the universe.
Dog Star Man is a work of realism into which abstraction intrudes.
Clearly, Brakhage's film has had a tremendous impact on both the avant-garde film movement and mainstream cinema, but uneasy rests the crown of a self-important classic.
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This film is not recommended for epileptics.
I yearned for "Dog Star Man" to hit me on a level deeper than "Whoa...trippy," but it never managed to get there. Should have I taken mushrooms first?