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The Dead (1960)

Directed by Stan Brakhage

Experimental | Short

Overview

“The Dead became my first work in which things that might very easily be taken as symbols were so photographed as to destroy all their symbolic potential. The action of making The Dead kept me alive.”  Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2013.

Length 11 minutes

Actors

Kenneth Anger

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
02/08/2025TVDVDLibrary6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Picked up the Criterion dvd By Brakhage Volume Two from the library and watched the first two shorts tonight. This one is neat bc it’s mostly imagery of a cemetery and the gravestones.

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