Review of Prelude: Dog Star Man (1962) by Luc L — 24 Aug 2011
Well, there's a hairy man with an axe (Stan Brakhage himself) and his dog, futilely hacking their way up a snowy mountain. Plus throbbing internal organs, sun flares, a lactating nipple and an infant. And it's all looped, re-looped and overlaid with insertions of abstract texture and manually doctored frames.
This film is not recommended for epileptics.
I yearned for "Dog Star Man" to hit me on a level deeper than "Whoa...trippy," but it never managed to get there. Should have I taken mushrooms first?
This review of Prelude: Dog Star Man (1962) was written by Luc L on 24 Aug 2011.
Prelude: Dog Star Man has generally received positive reviews.
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