Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


After the title, a white screen gives way to a series of frames suggestive of abstract art, usually with one or two colors dominating and rapid change in the images. Two figures emerge from this jungle of color: the first, a shirtless man, appears twice, coming into focus, then disappearing behind the bursts and patterns of color, then reappearing; the second figure appears later, in the right foreground. This figure suggests someone older, someone of substance. The myth? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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Eye Myth (1972) | Stan Brakhage
Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.

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