Murder Psalm

Murder Psalm

1980
Short Film
16m
Murder Psalm is made from found footage which is drawn from a variety of sources, from potentialities of child abuse to the simplest of cruelties of children, that is, of one human to another that can destroy life. In this case part of the film came from footage on epilepsy. I have wrenched it into something much larger in my urgency and necessity. At any rate that film was made in three days. And I was damn glad to get rid of it because it is not a film I would ever have wanted to have made.... (Stan Brakhage)
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Murder Psalm

1980
Short Film
16m
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Avg Percentile 51.63% from 40 total ratings

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Rated 24 Aug 2014
77
55th
A cacophony of different images, all splashed together incoherently. There's a lot of great visual techniques here I haven't seen in any other (Brakhage) short and despite some blatant silliness here, it does have some cartoonish and humorous edits.
Rated 13 Jul 2008
90
94th
There is a very intriguing juxtaposition of images here: industrial reels, cartoons, footage of violence and death, and several unrecognizable bits. I ended up thinking more about the nature of art than the content itself. And I came to the temporary conclusion that when it comes to purely artistic works, what matters most is how it affects the viewer. To get away from this tangent, I'll just say that I found this one interesting.
Rated 15 Feb 2015
3
30th
some spooky imagery related to the title. could've done without mickey mouse really.

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