A "found foliage" film composed of insects, leaves, and other detritus sandwiched between two strips of perforated tape.
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@432hzjamz93 жыл бұрын
This is MY birthday party and we're watching MOTHLIGHT BY STAN BRAKHAGE
@samfartson8813 жыл бұрын
This is the best comment
@lupegimenez86343 жыл бұрын
bueno
@user-ju6hw4oy9x3 жыл бұрын
lol
@adinavalianatos24492 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday
@greycatturtle71325 ай бұрын
Great
@anasfarahi44018 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: No camera was used to make this short movie: legs, wings and other parts of butterflies were glued directly on the filmstrip, thus creating a shifting pattern of unsurpassed beauty. Purely experimental stuff here.
@dgarza4217 жыл бұрын
Judging by the length of the movie the artist used about 50ft of film. Can't imagine gluing that many butterflies.
@yogawarriorgirl7 жыл бұрын
Never underestimate Avant-garde artists, my friend :).
@Ziadibrahim19854 жыл бұрын
it's supposed to be a silent film
@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive Жыл бұрын
@@Ziadibrahim1985There were musical scores that were supposed to accompany it.
@kaseywang67957 жыл бұрын
You're supposed to be hearing the film reel perforations going "tktktktktk, which emulates the flapping of moth wings at the same time as each frame. And seeing the film's light projected through the theater air... Thus, Mothlight. This KZbin silent rendition loses half of the meaning. But it's still beautiful.
@MajorTom886 жыл бұрын
Ah, thank you !
@th4nkyoub3n5 жыл бұрын
My computer is humming. Does that count for anything?
@SuperNitpicker4 жыл бұрын
Now I know
@Kavalistik4 жыл бұрын
Thank u :D
@tedgangersongs3 жыл бұрын
Not true. It's intended by Brakhage as a silent film, and btw it's poorly represented here visually. For a much better version, see kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5ellYepoc92js0&ab_channel=StanBrakhage See also "Stan Brakhage's" replies there to viewer's questions for more information about this film.
@nicolasduerinck2 жыл бұрын
This movie still slaps in 2022. Who’s still watching?
@rebecasandstrom65265 жыл бұрын
This film is so beautiful it makes me cry... you can feel Brakhage's desperation to imitate something no human can imitate-- life. We cannot control anything in nature, no matter how hard we try. It is the human way to try to control everything we can, but with nature, it's a struggle to understand and accept that it is beyond our control. We can never replicate the delicacy of a moth's wing or the beauty of a flower petal, and even if we could, we could never control their death. This is the raw, pure despair of realization that everything around us will die, including us, and there is nothing we can do to change it. This is the scrambling fingers of Brakhage attempting to piece together the fragments of the remains of life, trying to let them soar one more time as they did so naturally while they were alive, beyond our control. This is the passion humans have in trying so hard to see ourselves around us and preserve beauty. And this is the frantic, pleading attempts to save what cannot be saved and that in itself is beautiful. I love this film.
@marissajoly70293 жыл бұрын
wonderful interpretation !!
@haqimdanialnikjohari82543 жыл бұрын
i want whatever you're smoking
@gameworldmaster59162 жыл бұрын
It’s a fucking moth
@rebecasandstrom65262 жыл бұрын
@@gameworldmaster5916 the cool thing about beauty is that we can have different opinions on it and both be right!
@brotherhoodofsteel98 Жыл бұрын
Man, this is why I adore arthouse films. I'm not a huge film buff but these are the type of flicks that encourages you to formulate gibberish based on whatever emotion you think the film gives you. Frankly, I find this one a poignant, experimental garbage of moth pics.
@surfercrow11 ай бұрын
My 11th grade h.s. filmmaking teacher, Richard Olderman showed this film at 9am, (‘82). RiP, Richard & thanks 🙏 🖤
@psychbomb3617 жыл бұрын
so beautiful, it passes so fast between each frame that you don't have a chance to fully absorb the complexities you're seeing at every moment, like when you see an actual moth or other insect in person, it's fleeting beauty~~~
@fredgreentomatoes12 жыл бұрын
surprisingly, mothlight's awesomeness holds up somewhat, even on youtube. one of cinema's great moments. if you ever get the opportunity to see the film version projected on a screen, run for it.
@amypriestess1314 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. I got to see it live several years ago with Stan Brakhage speaking. It is such an inspiration!
@SockyStudios11 ай бұрын
Truly one of the videos of all time
@velalala13 жыл бұрын
well, someone sure put a lot of work into... something
@mxsantander8 жыл бұрын
Meh, characters were so one-dimensional
@lucasaguilarebolledo55197 жыл бұрын
two-dimensional, actually
@Winduct6 жыл бұрын
ROFLOL!!!
@verilyheld5 жыл бұрын
Yes, and the dialogue is no improvement.
@BboyDarknessGambler11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant plot twist at the end.
@Winduct6 жыл бұрын
The plot twist is that this is ultimately not art.
@AdoraVivos5 ай бұрын
@@Winductlmao get a load of this smart fella who thinks hes the self-appointed arbiter of art
@Winduct5 ай бұрын
@@AdoraVivos 😄
@markbickford50624 жыл бұрын
Tip: Set the playback speed to 0.25 and watch again!
@poughkeepsiejohn114 жыл бұрын
Watch this short while listening to "Nearly Lost You" by Screaming Trees. Now, THAT is trippy.
@josephrussio4612 жыл бұрын
I like the part with the moth wings.
@18Carlisle1813 жыл бұрын
watching this hurts my eyes...
@japeth32134 жыл бұрын
Oh.... now I get it.
@jpberman13 жыл бұрын
just beautiful.....
@HangTheDJ1614 жыл бұрын
I can't take my eyes off this... wow..
@setomanda32725 жыл бұрын
absolute kinography
@HeyYouTallGirl12 жыл бұрын
oddly beautiful
@rimbaudification2 жыл бұрын
Casey Reas’ studies of this film are amazing.
@yidanzhang51076 жыл бұрын
Ok that's quite special work in 60's: beautiful frames with dead lives.
@rommix05 жыл бұрын
Stan Brakhage: I got a brilliant idea. Why don't I collect some insect corpses and glue them onto film. Kinda creepy if you think about it.
@CancunMimosa14 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you should see it in DVD quality too.
@TashJonesUk14 жыл бұрын
this is actually mind-blowing!
@ChristopherRigby12 жыл бұрын
Visionary
@britishwisejake14 жыл бұрын
fucking amazing. that took my breath away.
@PKIllusion17 жыл бұрын
Is Boom in the shot?
@gir82444 жыл бұрын
k so i think this guys' art is way too out there for me i legit cant understand what the hell hes trying to get at
@weldin8 жыл бұрын
Soooo many continuity errors.
@HenryConway00713 жыл бұрын
Heh heh! Good one. Did you use Final Cut Pro or something?
@dylanburns87595 жыл бұрын
i dont get it
@Tincarlo11 ай бұрын
Sometimes i can see in this video people, their silhouettes and thier faces
@tugbars46907 жыл бұрын
"How to make music without sound by using just a magnetic film."
@powdowski2 жыл бұрын
i highly reccomend watching this 2 the song viva vida by daedelus
@DominicJones12 жыл бұрын
Has anyone seen this shown at half speed? It seems like a really good song playing at 78 instead of 33.
@th4nkyoub3n5 жыл бұрын
oh shoot there's colors
@fredgreentomatoes12 жыл бұрын
@MonsieurRondu once upon a time...but in 16mm
@whitezombie9312 жыл бұрын
Anyone seen 'The Jacket' with Adrien Brody? The opening sequence is just like this.
@MonsieurRondu12 жыл бұрын
@fredgreentomatoes You got to see this on the big screen?? I assume you are a film student (or you just have access to amazing underground cinemas)
@yidanzhang51076 жыл бұрын
where is my commentary .
@user-ju6hw4oy9x3 жыл бұрын
I can't understand it...
@yt8co2 жыл бұрын
Here because of The Duke of Burgundy
@xinyawang68586 жыл бұрын
1:00
@Feralgater8 жыл бұрын
sup /tv/
@johnjohn25704 жыл бұрын
I don’t get it
@michaelisaslin Жыл бұрын
definitive proof i dont have epilepsy
@kitdynasty37886 жыл бұрын
the book was better :'( 4.5/10. get gud scrubs
@70n243 жыл бұрын
What's that star shaped thing at the 0:30 ? Fucking beautiful. Also the moths.
@setomanda32724 жыл бұрын
true kinography
@shosannarevuor8262 жыл бұрын
Bi ince yükseliyorum sana Ceren
@_HappyRadio_3 жыл бұрын
Too bad it's so crudely interpolated. But a beautiful film nonetheless
@tichuang7 ай бұрын
seizure warning…
@woosh20557 жыл бұрын
holy shit
@nightcoreexodused66163 жыл бұрын
Hello MMA12
@MartinB-ot3jp6 жыл бұрын
Trash 0/10 -Not enough fanservice
@rocketboii940027 күн бұрын
0:25
@allenhan5378 жыл бұрын
I don't understand this kind of art =0=
@dorukcankaya6 жыл бұрын
Even though it's been a year since your comment I will just try to briefly explain this type of art for you. This type of art is actually all about experimenting( thus the name experimental art). Artists experiment with ideas, their medium of art and the concept of art as a whole. I will be talking really generally since most experimental artists have different visions, the thing they have in common is an instinct to find the boundaries of the art and break them. Doing something which hasn't been done is the philosophy. These pieces of art aren't really similar to other pieces of art becuase they are more about the philosophy of art rather than giving an aesthetical pleasure to the viewer. For example in this movie Stan Brakhage is expanding the answer of the question "What is a movie?". Does moth pieces glued to film and shown in a projector count as a movie or art? Or another possible questioning is about having a plot etc. In my opinion what makes experimental artists so important is the new doors they open. Dada movement is perhaps the most known experimental art movement and it changed the whole perception of art in the 20th century. Without Dada there wouldnt have been Andy Warhol for example. Even though at first they don't seem to be connected, all upcoming artists feed from the artists of the past and especially from the artists who are defining the art and the medium they are using for expressing their art. I know this is far from the best explanation possible but I hope it helps. And I would love to answer if you have more questions.
@UCl84z13 жыл бұрын
whats up with these horribele interlaced crap copies of this wonderful film. daymn what a disgrase.
@Ortonsault2 жыл бұрын
kino
@BevelDude5 жыл бұрын
i bims 1 trololololo
@allclear72678 жыл бұрын
ill shit
@RB-.-2 ай бұрын
Nonsense and everything wrong with pretension
@glassineheart13 жыл бұрын
you can't watch this fucking movie on youtube. what a joke. i'm glad i was lucky enough to see it in school along with many other brakhage films. just sad.
@seakwenz12 жыл бұрын
Ugh, watching this and seeing Charlie Sheen in the related videos with 3,000,000+ views disgusts me.
@parisferguson24304 жыл бұрын
This makes me angry as it is pointless. I disagree with this as a valid film.
@7p7m74 жыл бұрын
Paris Ferguson ‘Avant Garde’
@marissajoly70293 жыл бұрын
the point of avant garde was to break away and rebel from the societal norms of art making
@parisferguson24303 жыл бұрын
@@marissajoly7029 I agree completely. I hate it
@herobrineapril8451 Жыл бұрын
@@parisferguson2430 its the experimental stuff like that, that influence new mainstream film types.
@parisferguson2430 Жыл бұрын
@@herobrineapril8451 I do wish that was the world we lived in but unfortunately it's the current cult of cash that dictates how films are made. While certain directors are still make passionate projects that push the medium most mainstream films are influenced by whatever success came before e.g. Marvel and Star Wars. Don't get me wrong I really like a lot of films made this way but I also think it leads to a lot of trash films. Anyway, it would cool if filmmakers could take more influence from art pieces like this one (even if I hate them) and make something fresh and interesting.
@KevinTatum886 жыл бұрын
even for 1963, this was cheaply unoriginal and dull at its core