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* StylisticSuck: Many shots are blurry and out-of-focus, with the camera whipping around madly in some of them. This is despite the rest of the film proving how Stan and his wife were both perfectly capable as cinematographers.
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* StylisticSuck: Many shots are blurry and out-of-focus, with out-of-focus while the camera whipping madly whips around madly in some of them. This is despite the rest of the film proving how Stan and his wife were both perfectly capable as cinematographers.
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* PublicDomainFeatureFilms: All five parts fall under this, along with the rest of Brakhage's filmography.
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* PublicDomainFeatureFilms: All five parts fall under this, along with The film was released without a copyright claim since Stan couldn't afford to add one in post. This is the rest of Brakhage's filmography.same reason why his other films are public domain as well.
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* StylisticSuck: Many, many, many shots which are blurry and out-of-focus, often with the camera whipping around madly. Obviously Stylistic Suck as other shots prove that Stan and his wife were perfectly capable of focusing it.
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* StylisticSuck: Many, many, many Many shots which are blurry and out-of-focus, often with the camera whipping around madly. Obviously Stylistic Suck as other shots prove that madly in some of them. This is despite the rest of the film proving how Stan and his wife were both perfectly capable of focusing it.as cinematographers.
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* DescendedCreator: The movie has Stan himself playing the titular man, while his wife and co-cinematographer Jane appears in a dream sequence as the naked woman.
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* DescendedCreator: The movie has Stan himself playing the titular man, while his wife and co-cinematographer Jane appears in a dream sequence as the naked woman.
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* StylisticSuck: Many, many, many shots which are blurry and out-of-focus, often with the camera whipping around madly. Obviously Stylistic Suck as other shots prove that Brakhage and/or whoever was holding the camera were perfectly capable of focusing it.
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* StylisticSuck: Many, many, many shots which are blurry and out-of-focus, often with the camera whipping around madly. Obviously Stylistic Suck as other shots prove that Brakhage and/or whoever was holding the camera Stan and his wife were perfectly capable of focusing it.
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* StylisticSuck: Many, many, many shots which are blurry and out-of-focus, often with the camera whipping around madly. Obviously Stylistic Suck as other shots prove that Brakhage and/or whoever was holding the camera were perfectly capable of focusing it.
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* StylisticSuck: Many, many, many shots which are blurry and out-of-focus, often with the camera whipping around madly. Obviously Stylistic Suck as other shots prove that Brakhage and/or whoever was holding the camera were perfectly capable of focusing it.it.
* WhipPan: Lots and lots of sequences of the camera whipping around.
* WhipPan: Lots and lots of sequences of the camera whipping around.
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It was originally made in five parts between 1961 and 1964. Specifically, the film consists of a "Prelude" (25 min), and four parts (30 min, 6 min, 8 min, and 6 min), totaling a 75 minute running time. The parts are typically shown together as a single film. The film has surreal and often incomprehensible imagery, with extreme closeups, shots out of focus, superimpositions, and film that was manually scratched or painted. The story, to the extent that there is one, mostly involves a man and his dog climbing a mountain and chopping down a dead tree. There are also many shots of the sun (the "star" in ''Dog Star Man''), suggesting creation. There are also shots of a woman who engages in sexual intercourse with the man, as well as shots of a crying child, suggesting family and birth.
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It was originally made in five parts between 1961 and 1964. Specifically, the film consists of a "Prelude" (25 min), and four parts Parts I, II, III, and IV (30 min, 6 min, 8 min, and 6 min), totaling a 75 minute running time. The parts are typically shown together as a single film. The film has surreal and often incomprehensible imagery, with extreme closeups, shots out of focus, superimpositions, and film that was manually scratched or painted. The story, to the extent that there is one, mostly involves a man and his dog climbing a mountain and chopping down a dead tree. There are also many shots of the sun (the "star" in ''Dog Star Man''), suggesting creation. There are also shots of a woman who engages in sexual intercourse with the man, as well as shots of a crying child, suggesting family and birth.
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* TheDeterminator: The man, who keeps trying to get up that mountain to chop down the tree. That's the whole of Part I. In some shots the image is tilted so that the incline the man is struggling up is nearly vertical.
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It was originally made in five parts, or specifically a "Prelude" (25 min), and four parts (30 min, 6 min, 8 min, and 6 min), totaling a 75 minute running time. The parts are typically shown together as a single film. The film has surreal and often incomprehensible imagery, with extreme closeups, shots out of focus, superimpositions, and film that was manually scratched or painted. The story, to the extent that there is one, mostly involves a man and his dog climbing a mountain and chopping down a dead tree. There are also many shots of the sun (the "star" in ''Dog Star Man''), suggesting creation. There are also shots of a woman who engages in sexual intercourse with the man, as well as shots of a crying child, suggesting family and birth.
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It was originally made in five parts, or specifically parts between 1961 and 1964. Specifically, the film consists of a "Prelude" (25 min), and four parts (30 min, 6 min, 8 min, and 6 min), totaling a 75 minute running time. The parts are typically shown together as a single film. The film has surreal and often incomprehensible imagery, with extreme closeups, shots out of focus, superimpositions, and film that was manually scratched or painted. The story, to the extent that there is one, mostly involves a man and his dog climbing a mountain and chopping down a dead tree. There are also many shots of the sun (the "star" in ''Dog Star Man''), suggesting creation. There are also shots of a woman who engages in sexual intercourse with the man, as well as shots of a crying child, suggesting family and birth.
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* StockFootage: Stock footage of the sun and moon and especially the sun's corona is a motif.
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* StockFootage: Stock footage of the sun and moon and especially the sun's corona is a motif.motif.
* StylisticSuck: Many, many, many shots which are blurry and out-of-focus, often with the camera whipping around madly. Obviously Stylistic Suck as other shots prove that Brakhage and/or whoever was holding the camera were perfectly capable of focusing it.
* StylisticSuck: Many, many, many shots which are blurry and out-of-focus, often with the camera whipping around madly. Obviously Stylistic Suck as other shots prove that Brakhage and/or whoever was holding the camera were perfectly capable of focusing it.
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* BladeOfGrassCut: Many. One shot has the camera positioned in front of bare twigs on what must be a tree in winter. The focus of the camera changes, starting with the farthest away twigs and then gradually moving to the twigs that are closest to the camera.
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* SilenceIsGolden: No dialogue or soundtrack of any sort.
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* SilenceIsGolden: No dialogue or soundtrack of any sort.sort.
* StockFootage: Stock footage of the sun and moon and especially the sun's corona is a motif.
* StockFootage: Stock footage of the sun and moon and especially the sun's corona is a motif.
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* GrossUpCloseUp: Many extreme and unappealing close-ups of what appears to be the man's stubbly face.
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''Dog Star Man'' is an experimental 1964 film by Stan Brakhage.
It was originally made in five parts, or specifically a "Prelude" (25 min), and four parts (30 min, 6 min, 8 min, and 6 min), totaling a 75 minute running time. The parts are typically shown together as a single film. The film has surreal and often incomprehensible imagery, with extreme closeups, shots out of focus, superimpositions, and film that was manually scratched or painted. The story, to the extent that there is one, mostly involves a man and his dog climbing a mountain and chopping down a dead tree. There are also many shots of the sun (the "star" in ''Dog Star Man''), suggesting creation. There are also shots of a woman who engages in sexual intercourse with the man, as well as shots of a crying child, suggesting family and birth.
LeFilmArtistique, big-time.
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* {{Fanservice}}: A naked woman in what appears to be a sex dream the man has.
* NoPlotNoProblem: A surrealistic portrait of creation and life, but little attempt at a coherent narrative.
* SilenceIsGolden: No dialogue or soundtrack of any sort.
It was originally made in five parts, or specifically a "Prelude" (25 min), and four parts (30 min, 6 min, 8 min, and 6 min), totaling a 75 minute running time. The parts are typically shown together as a single film. The film has surreal and often incomprehensible imagery, with extreme closeups, shots out of focus, superimpositions, and film that was manually scratched or painted. The story, to the extent that there is one, mostly involves a man and his dog climbing a mountain and chopping down a dead tree. There are also many shots of the sun (the "star" in ''Dog Star Man''), suggesting creation. There are also shots of a woman who engages in sexual intercourse with the man, as well as shots of a crying child, suggesting family and birth.
LeFilmArtistique, big-time.
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* {{Fanservice}}: A naked woman in what appears to be a sex dream the man has.
* NoPlotNoProblem: A surrealistic portrait of creation and life, but little attempt at a coherent narrative.
* SilenceIsGolden: No dialogue or soundtrack of any sort.
