"The quote is Joseph Conrad answering a critic who found his books too long. Conrad replied that he could write a novel on the inside of a match-book cover, thus (as above), but that he "preferred to elaborate." The "Life" of the film is scratched on black leader. The "elaboration" of color tonalities is as the mind's eye responds to hieroglyph." - S.B. (Note: it seems possible that Brakhage misattributed this quote, which appears to be from William Faulkner and/or W. Somerset Maugham). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.
Stan Brakhage
Director
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life73%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
The Girl61%
The Great Dictator82%
Milius70%
The Life of Chuck72%
Birdman of Alcatraz75%
Vicious59%
Corman's World70%
Alice in Wonderland60%
Seven Snipers58%
Mifune: The Last Samurai71%
Marley & Me71%
Jodorowsky's Dune78%
Reagan64%
Being James Bond77%
Gia71%
Dear Santa62%
Everybody’s Everything84%
