Jane Wodening Movies

  • 2021
    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    7.62021HD

    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • 2013
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    7.42013HD

    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1959
    Window Water Baby Moving

    Window Water Baby Moving

    Window Water Baby Moving

    6.91959HD

    On a winter's day, a woman stretches near a window then sits in a bathtub of water. She's happy. Her lover is nearby; there are close ups of her...

    Window Water Baby Moving
  • 1962
    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    6.21962HD

    A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an...

    Prelude: Dog Star Man
  • 1964
    Song 5

    Song 5

    Song 5

    4.21964HD

    SONG 5: A childbirth song (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to...

    Song 5
  • 1965
    Dog Star Man

    Dog Star Man

    Dog Star Man

    6.61965HD

    Experimental film following a cycle of seasons as well as the stretch of a single day as a man and his dog slowly ascend a mountain.

    Dog Star Man
  • 1964
    Dog Star Man: Part III

    Dog Star Man: Part III

    Dog Star Man: Part III

    6.21964HD

    Sexual intimacy. Three kinds of images race past, superimposed on each other sometimes: two bodies, a man and a woman's, close up, nude - patches of...

    Dog Star Man: Part III
  • 1974
    The Stars Are Beautiful

    The Stars Are Beautiful

    The Stars Are Beautiful

    51974HD

    We move back and forth between scenes of a family at home and thoughts about the stars and creation. Children hold chickens while an adult clips...

    The Stars Are Beautiful
  • 1963
    Dog Star Man: Part I

    Dog Star Man: Part I

    Dog Star Man: Part I

    6.21963HD

    From a murky landscape, a wooded mountain emerges. We watch the sun. We see a bearded man climbing up the mountain through the snow. He carries an...

    Dog Star Man: Part I
  • 1959
    Cat's Cradle

    Cat's Cradle

    Cat's Cradle

    5.81959HD

    Images of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work...

    Cat's Cradle
  • 1959
    Wedlock House: An Intercourse

    Wedlock House: An Intercourse

    Wedlock House: An Intercourse

    5.61959HD

    We see a film negative of a nude couple embracing in bed. Then, back in regular black and white images, we see them alone and together, clothed, at...

    Wedlock House: An Intercourse
  • 1964
    Dog Star Man: Part IV

    Dog Star Man: Part IV

    Dog Star Man: Part IV

    6.21964HD

    A man is supine on a mountain side. Images rush past of nature and a stained glass saint. An infant is born. We see a lactating nipple. Images...

    Dog Star Man: Part IV
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1998
    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    71998HD

    BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic...

    Brakhage
  • 1978
    Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

    5.41978HD

    This film describes a psychological state "kin to moonstruck, its images emblems (not quite symbols) of suspension-of-self within consciousness and...

    Thot-Fal'N
  • 1965
    The Art of Vision

    The Art of Vision

    The Art of Vision

    71965HD

    A deconstruction of Dog Star Man that takes the four rolls and shows them first combined, then each combination of three rolls, then each combination...

    The Art of Vision
  • 1961
    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    5.11961HD

    Birth footage of one of Brakhage's children.

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular
  • 1964
    Song 1

    Song 1

    Song 1

    4.41964HD

    SONG 1: Portrait of a lady (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964...

    Song 1
  • 1975
    Jane Brakhage

    Jane Brakhage

    Jane Brakhage

    101975HD

    "I picked up Stan and Jane Brakhage at the airport and drove them to San Francisco State College where Stan spoke about his films to the student...

    Jane Brakhage
  • 1985
    Jane

    Jane

    Jane

    31985HD

    Someone said to me, of this film, that it was really about light; but Jane (who takes it as a portrait – i. e., sees herself in it) said: You...

    Jane