There's something haunting about this film from the get go, then music kicks in, and only makes it more so. I'm not a fan of the warped anamorphic lens stuff, but interesting nonetheless.

Starts off pretty dull, but when the soundtrack kicks in it gels in some surreal way.

Childhood is pleasantly strange when viewed from adulthood. Ergo, it's perfectly logical that Brakhage should make a pleasantly strange movie about his grandchildren

A good Brakhage, but one of his weaker efforts out of what I've seen.

One of Brakhage's most head-spinningly hallucinatory entries, Kindering might starve for the narrative crux that distinguishes the similarly surrealist Svankmajer's work, but as a revelation in ghoulishly eschewed imagery it succeeds. One question: Was it the bookends to Nightmare on Elm Street or merely his own coincidental insanity that inspired Brakhage?

Although it could be lumped into the "home movies" category, it's still a pretty odd take on childhood. The distortions of the film and the soundtrack, as well as the suggested master/slave nature of their play, gives it a sinister air.