The Dark Tower
1999·3m
7.0
★
This hand-painted, step-printed film begins with streaks of light and vibrantly colored forms. There appears, frame center, the tapered shape of a tower-- An imposing silhouette against the backdrop of the flaring sky.
Directed by Stan Brakhage
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13 reviews
Epicpizzacat
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Sepia GorePRO
Fuck that black thing that’s standing in the way of me seeing, touching and existing with the colors. So far yet so close, (I) never forever been, (I) patience forever been, always blocked by the dark (tower). I have money, I have the right blood levels, I have been on HRT for a year now, I have fought for everything and now am here only to find, the dark tower still obscuring my way towards reaching the lights, towards becoming the colors and for only what? For only I am doomed. We viewers, patients, people are doomed to what the tellers has to say, show and do. Evensurely our hopes and existence blends with the fear and crisis, what exactly can I touch anymore? Am I in hell? Am I cursed? What I have done to be told yes am allowed to but that I still couldn’t, proceeding is meaningless. atleast here is a silence but all I can see is still the (dark) tower. Whatever happens, this silence will belong to me, it is my calling.
Fuck that black thing that’s standing in the way of me seeing, touching and existing with the colors. So far yet so close, (I) never forever been, (I) patience forever been, always blocked by the dark (tower). I have money, I have the right blood levels, I have been on HRT for a year now, I have fought for everything and now am here only to find, the dark tower still obscuring my way towards reaching the lights, towards becoming the colors and for only what? For only I am doomed. We viewers, patients, people are doomed to what the tellers has to say, show and do. Evensurely our hopes and existence blends with the fear and crisis, what exactly can I touch anymore? Am I in hell? Am I cursed? What I have done to be told yes am allowed to but that I still couldn’t, proceeding is meaningless. atleast here is a silence but all I can see is still the (dark) tower. Whatever happens, this silence will belong to me, it is my calling.
Sepia GorePRO
Fuck that black thing that’s standing in the way of me seeing, touching and existing with the colors. So far yet so close, (I) never forever been, (I) patience forever been, always blocked by the dark (tower). I have money, I have the right blood levels, I have been on HRT for a year now, I have fought for everything and now am here only to find, the dark tower still obscuring my way towards reaching the lights, towards becoming the colors and for only what? For only I am doomed. We viewers, patients, people are doomed to what the tellers has to say, show and do. Evensurely our hopes and existence blends with the fear and crisis, what exactly can I touch anymore? Am I in hell? Am I cursed? What I have done to be told yes am allowed to but that I still couldn’t, proceeding is meaningless. atleast here is a silence but all I can see is still the (dark) tower. Whatever happens, this silence will belong to me, it is my calling.
Fuck that black thing that’s standing in the way of me seeing, touching and existing with the colors. So far yet so close, (I) never forever been, (I) patience forever been, always blocked by the dark (tower). I have money, I have the right blood levels, I have been on HRT for a year now, I have fought for everything and now am here only to find, the dark tower still obscuring my way towards reaching the lights, towards becoming the colors and for only what? For only I am doomed. We viewers, patients, people are doomed to what the tellers has to say, show and do. Evensurely our hopes and existence blends with the fear and crisis, what exactly can I touch anymore? Am I in hell? Am I cursed? What I have done to be told yes am allowed to but that I still couldn’t, proceeding is meaningless. atleast here is a silence but all I can see is still the (dark) tower. Whatever happens, this silence will belong to me, it is my calling.
Miguel
6.0★ · 01/24/24
Just sharp, it’s poignant and sharp edged. I’ve yet to fall for Brakhage but I brace knowing it will eventually be.
Just sharp, it’s poignant and sharp edged. I’ve yet to fall for Brakhage but I brace knowing it will eventually be.
Timothy Kandra
Only about a 2 minute short, it really has no plot or characters or anything. Just random colors. But that's exactly what makes it beautiful is that you try to make up what the artist is trying to say. Awesome
Only about a 2 minute short, it really has no plot or characters or anything. Just random colors. But that's exactly what makes it beautiful is that you try to make up what the artist is trying to say. Awesome