The Text of light
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A film in which nearly every image was photographed through a crystal ashtray. The camera concentrates on a small area of glass and records multiple patterns of light and color. Brakhage uses the ashtray as an extension of the camera lens, as a window on various shape and light patterns and visions. The filmmaker identifies two statements as being integral to the work: Duns Scotus Erigena's All that is is light, and William Blakes's To see the world in a grain of sand. Images that seem similar or repetitious reveal subtle variations which become increasingly important.
Credits
- Directed by
- Stan Brakhage
Copyright
Registered 2Oct74 · MP25816 (Jul-Dec 1974) Copyright holder: Stan Brakhage
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q48671147 ↗ — country, credits
- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
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