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First Hymn to the Night - Novalis

First Hymn to the Night - Novalis

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FIRST HYMN TO THE NIGHT - NOVALIS

Directed by Stan Brakhage

United States, 1994

Avant-Garde, Short

3

Synopsis

This is a hand-painted film whose emotionally referential shapes and colours are interwoven with words (in English) from the first “Hymn to the Night” by the late 18th century mystic poet Friedrich Philipp von Hardenberg, whose pen name was Novalis.

Synopsis

This is a hand-painted film whose emotionally referential shapes and colours are interwoven with words (in English) from the first “Hymn to the Night” by the late 18th century mystic poet Friedrich Philipp von Hardenberg, whose pen name was Novalis.