Mothlight
MovieTitle | Mothlight |
User score | 5.7 |
Release date | Dec 2, 1963 |
Genre | Animation |
Director | Stan Brakhage |
Production country | United States of America |
Run time | 4 min. |
Seemingly at random, the wings and other bits of moths and insects move rapidly across the screen. Most are brown or sepia; up close, we can see patterns within wings, similar to the veins in a leaf. Sometimes the images look like paper cutouts, like Matisse. Green objects occasionally appear. Most wings are translucent. The technique makes them appear to be stuck directly to the film.