{"id":73055,"date":"2021-06-17T19:51:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T02:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73055"},"modified":"2021-06-20T17:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T00:40:07","slug":"dog-star-man-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73055","title":{"rendered":"Dog Star Man (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Poster-178x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-73056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Poster-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Poster-76x128.jpg 76w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Poster-160x270.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Poster.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA man (Stan Brakhage) walking up a snowy mountain with his dog sees visions of life and the cosmos.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experimental Films<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs noted <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stan_Brakhage\">by Wikipedia<\/a>, &#8220;Over the course of five decades&#8221; experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage &#8220;created a large and diverse body of work, exploring a variety of formats, approaches and techniques that included handheld camerawork, painting directly onto celluloid, fast cutting, in-camera editing, scratching on film, collage film and the use of multiple exposures.&#8221; <em>Dog Star Man<\/em> &#8212; a compilation of five short films &#8212; is likely an excellent representation of his style (at least at one point in time) given that it&#8217;s non-linear, highly experimental, and stone silent. Indeed, there was no quote available to choose from, and coming up with a plot synopsis was challenging given that the &#8220;film&#8221; was crafted as a strategic compilation of images rather than a cohesive narrative. According to Criterion&#8217;s essay, &#8220;In Brakhage films we enter into momentary perceptual transactions in which we trade unhindered assimilation of images for intensified contact with pictorial or sensory features that might otherwise go unnoticed&#8221; &#8212; in other words, his films are <em>experiences<\/em> rather than <em>stories<\/em> per se. Be forewarned. Like Jack Smith&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2554\"><em>Flaming Creatures<\/em> (1963)<\/a> and Michael Snow&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1747\"><em>Wavelength<\/em> (1967)<\/a>, this movie will surely test your patience but perhaps make you feel a little better informed about film-as-art during the 1960s. Selected into the National Film Registry in 1992 for being &#8220;culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Innovative cinematic techniques<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Innovative.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Innovative.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Innovative.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Innovative-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Innovative-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dog-Star-Man-Innovative-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course any viewer interested in the history of experimental cinema will want to check it out (and it&#8217;s easily available for viewing on YouTube these days). Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, which makes sense. <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5896468\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmreference.com\/Films-De-Dr\/Dog-Star-Man.html\">Film Reference Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/273\">Criterion Essay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: A man (Stan Brakhage) walking up a snowy mountain with his dog sees visions of life and the cosmos. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Experimental Films Silent Films Review: As noted by Wikipedia, &#8220;Over the course of five decades&#8221; experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage &#8220;created a large and diverse body of work, exploring a variety of formats, approaches and techniques that included handheld camerawork, painting directly onto celluloid, fast cutting, in-camera editing, scratching on film, collage film and the use&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73055\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73055"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73152,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73055\/revisions\/73152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}