What can someone say that about a 9 second film that doesn't
sound pretentious, and ultimately take longer to read that viewing
the film itself? Nothing, but I'll spill it anyway...
EYE MYTH (1967) is worth seeing, several times if possible.
Utilizing a piece of pre-photographed celluloid Brakhage then
proceeded to paint over and etch into the images (only a seated
man is briefly discernable) to achieve a roiling miasma of visceral
colours and fractured shades. It's short and sweet and
surprisingly effective. More important probably was the fact that it
was, for Brakhage, a stepping-stone towards achieving a
"mastery" over purely visual mythos with his films, a "confidence- booster" that would lead to the incredible hand-painted
masterpieces of the following decades. {I'd highly recommend
purchasing the "by Brakhage: an anthology" DVD for a chance to
see this film manually on a slower speed, and thereby catch the
richness of the images and colour-washed movements all the
clearer.}
7/10. You'll be surprised what tricks the eyes play on the mind with
this one.
sound pretentious, and ultimately take longer to read that viewing
the film itself? Nothing, but I'll spill it anyway...
EYE MYTH (1967) is worth seeing, several times if possible.
Utilizing a piece of pre-photographed celluloid Brakhage then
proceeded to paint over and etch into the images (only a seated
man is briefly discernable) to achieve a roiling miasma of visceral
colours and fractured shades. It's short and sweet and
surprisingly effective. More important probably was the fact that it
was, for Brakhage, a stepping-stone towards achieving a
"mastery" over purely visual mythos with his films, a "confidence- booster" that would lead to the incredible hand-painted
masterpieces of the following decades. {I'd highly recommend
purchasing the "by Brakhage: an anthology" DVD for a chance to
see this film manually on a slower speed, and thereby catch the
richness of the images and colour-washed movements all the
clearer.}
7/10. You'll be surprised what tricks the eyes play on the mind with
this one.