23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

1967
Short Film
33m
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. (art.meetup.com)
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23rd Psalm Branch: Part I

1967
Short Film
33m
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Rated 13 Feb 2012
60
12th
There are some interesting images with stories to tell, but I'd rather see films about those images than this frantic collage. The editing is just too rapid fire for me to take in even the base repulsion and despair that I imagine Brakhage was going for.
Rated 11 Oct 2015
30
5th
Anti-war anguish of this type has been eloquently expressed in literature, fine art, the occasional narrative film, even comic books. But from what I've seen the medium of found-footage collage has given us nothing but dross on the subject and this is no exception.
Rated 12 Jul 2008
70
35th
A violent (but meticulously timed) collision of war footage, death, hand-painted sections, flashing lights, and other odds n' ends. It's a dizzying and often fascinating sight, but the problem is there's too damn much of it. With this kind of visual overload, eventually the brain starts to treat it as background noise. The second part is the weaker of the two; it's got a lot of stuff in it that doesn't seem to fit. I'm sure Brakhage had his reasons for this, the first part feels more focused.

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