UNITED STATES · 1997

Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind

Stan Brakhage
European Art Cinema cosmology world tree mythology hand-painted animation spiritual transformation celestial imagery
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This film, a combination of hand-painting and photography, is a fulsome exposition of the themes of DOG STAR MAN. In that early epic I had envisioned The World Tree as dead, fit only for firewood; and at end of DOG STAR MAN I had chopped it up amidst a flurry of stars (finally Cassiopia's Chair): now, these many years later, I am compelled to comprehend YGGDRASILL as rooted in the complex electric

Year1997
CountryUnited States
DirectorStan Brakhage
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