Stan Brakhage - Burial Path/The Process/The Machine of Eden


The Machine of Eden (1970)
"Stan Brakhage's Burial Path, as its title implies, seems to be concerned with the burying of the dead, with mortality. If it can be said to have a narrative, it's a simple story: finding a dead bird in one's garden and burying it. But Brakhage takes this simple moment, this prosaic story, and expands upon it, free-associating around the ideas and images conjured up by this dead bird. The film opens with an image of a bird, a drawing like those found in science textbooks or bird-watching guides, and then an image of the dead bird itself, lying in the dirt. Then the associations start."
Only the Cinema: Burial Path/The Process/The Machine of Eden
YouTube: The Machine of Eden (1970), Burial Path (1978), The Process (1972)

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