I... Dreaming

1988
8m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

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Phrases of Stephen Foster, set to music by Joel Heartling, are set to film in this autobiographical piece: a solitary female voice, occasionally joined by a chorus, sings phrases of sorrow a... Read allPhrases of Stephen Foster, set to music by Joel Heartling, are set to film in this autobiographical piece: a solitary female voice, occasionally joined by a chorus, sings phrases of sorrow as we watch a solitary man in shadows in an unadorned house: he stretches out, he picks his... Read allPhrases of Stephen Foster, set to music by Joel Heartling, are set to film in this autobiographical piece: a solitary female voice, occasionally joined by a chorus, sings phrases of sorrow as we watch a solitary man in shadows in an unadorned house: he stretches out, he picks his feet, he walks across a room, he rocks in a chair. Occasionally he watches two young chil... Read all

Director
- Stan Brakhage
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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

676

YOUR RATING

Director
- Stan Brakhage
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
This film is included on "By Brakhage: an Anthology", which is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #184.

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Featured in By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One (2003)

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10/10

DJ Brakhage

This feels sinister. And pretty. And captures an isolation and loneliness; on the DVD he confirms he was at a low point in his life when he made this. Captivating imagery how he uses text over the screen (often he just uses the shaking and glittering text at the beginning and end), and the intercutting with the kids makes for a curious choice. Maybe Brakhage just suffered from garden-variety clinical depression, and the kids being there is not going to help save him or bring him out from his toe-picking and naked wanderings around his confinement. This is beautiful and scary all at once.