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Anticipation of the Night
Anticipation of the Night
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ANTICIPATION OF THE NIGHT

Directed by Stan Brakhage
United States, 1958
Avant-Garde, Short

Synopsis

Working as a “diary” in which Brakhage recorded the events of his life and his feelings about them, Anticipation of the Night ushered in a new experimental model which synthesized a Romantic mythopoesis and the reflexive Modernism of Abstract Expressionism.

Synopsis

Working as a “diary” in which Brakhage recorded the events of his life and his feelings about them, Anticipation of the Night ushered in a new experimental model which synthesized a Romantic mythopoesis and the reflexive Modernism of Abstract Expressionism.