23rd Psalm Branch Collection

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   23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

   1/27/196733m 6.2

   In this haunting but lyrical meditation on war, Brakhage intercuts 8-mm footage of Colorado with imagery from WWII newsreels. He responds to the violence and nightmare of war by painting directly on the filmstrip.

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   23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

   1/27/196731m 5.6

   The second part: Brakhage’s layering of images spends less time with images of war, and begins filtering in scenes of Vienna and his home in Colorado. He sets up a comparison between “Kubelka’s Vienna” and his own.

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6.2

23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

1967 ·

5.6

23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

1967 ·