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The Fur of Home
UNITED STATES · 1996

The Fur of Home

Stan Brakhage
abstract texture hand-painted film color abstraction organic forms sensory perception
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Synopsis

A hand-painted double-frame printed film which begins with textures reminiscent of a gray shag rug that is fretted by green and golden flashes-of-shape deepening into darker solid purples and even black solidities at brief intervals: this evolves into black hair-like lines which curl and trace circularities midst all earlier textures, forms and colors until, finally, tanned flesh and blood tones p

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