Mothlight
Mothlight

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Seemingly at random, the wings and other bits of moths and insects move rapidly across the screen. Most are brown or sepia; up close, we can see patterns within wings, similar to the veins in a leaf. Sometimes the images look like paper cutouts, like Matisse. Green objects occasionally appear. Most wings are translucent. The technique makes them appear to be stuck directly to the film.... (Full plot summary below)

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Seemingly at random, the wings and other bits of moths and insects move rapidly across the screen. Most are brown or sepia; up close, we can see patterns within wings, similar to the veins in a leaf. Sometimes the images look like paper cutouts, like Matisse. Green objects occasionally appear. Most wings are translucent. The technique makes them appear to be stuck directly to the film.

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User Review - 10/10 by Garry JThis 4 minute film was made without a camera. Brakhage literally pasted twigs, leaves and the wings of dead moths onto the film and printed it. With his fingernails, he scratched his name onto a few feet of film, resulting in his signatured, literally scratched into the film. What I liked about it is how creative and unique his approach was. I don't think he's the only one to make a short film without a camera but still, what a way to experiment. The end result is a barrage of sometimes barely decipherable messes of foliage and insect wings. Very interesting and experimental.
User Review - 10/10 by Donovan DOne of the most brilliant experimental films ever made, Brakhage's Mothlight plays the ultimate reversal; moths killed by their attraction to the light are reanimated on screen, given life again in the world of cinema and in a sense, Brakhage lives on through this film.
User Review - 10/10 by Jon GUnder ten minutes of film + bits of natural flotsom and jetsom + light projection = absolutely breathtaking filmmaking.
User Review - 10/10 by Private UOne of the most beautiful films I know. An example of how our minds search for order in chaos, and find rhythm and narrative within random movement.
User Review - 10/10 by Edgar C"What a moth might see from birth to death if black were white and white were black." - Stan Brakhage I think those words are enough, but before showing you my final grade, I MUST highlight the painstaking labor that this early experimental genius went through just for creating 3 and a half minutes of pure environmentalist gorgeousness! This is one of the cleverest concepts ever applied to a short film. 98/100
User Review - 8/10 by Hunter DBrakhage will always find ways to interest me with what he puts on film, even if it sucks. But Mothlight does not suck, it's pretty beautiful.
User Review - 8/10 by Jack PAesthetically interesting and hugely influential. Pretty good I guess.
User Review - 8/10 by Joshua LShort and old experimental project that was somehow made without the use of a camera. I think everyone needs to experience at least one Brakhage short.
User Review - 8/10 by Martin TBeautiful, dancing interplay of machine and nature. I really love when Brakhage toys with the medium like this. Although there are films of his that I like more as a whole, this is what I generally look to him for.
User Review - 8/10 by Vincent DTo be seen in the original 16 mm format only...

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