Film

Divertimento

1997 · 2m

IMDb

6.7

This, painted in the hospital while recovering from cancer surgery in 1996, is - it seems to me - very related to De Kooning's Alzheimer's paintings. The mind, here, is seeking a "blank" and/or holding fast to tendrils of meaning which are stripped so bare as to be purely reflective of flesh tissue and irregular strands of cells. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

• Stan BrakhageDirector

Release date

January 1, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2m

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