The Text of Light

5.9
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 71 min
  • Premiere: 1974. October 26.

Time-lapse photography of books, paintings, reflections, and light falling on textures, shot entirely through a glass ashtray. "'All that is is light.' – Dun Scotus Erigena. 'To see the world in a grain of sand.' – William Blake. These are the primary impulses while working on this film. It is dedicated to Jim Davis who showed me the first spark of refracted film light." - S.B.

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Stan Brakhage

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Stan Brakhage

Director

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Stan Brakhage

Director of Photography

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Stan Brakhage

Director