Watch HD Download HD

Faustfilm: An Opera: Part I 1987

Name: Faustfilm: An Opera: Part I
Released: 13 Mar 1987
Rating: 7.00
Cast: Joel Haertling, Gretchen Le Maistre, Phillip Hathaway, Paul Lundahl

Subscribe to Watch | $0.00

7.00/10 by 1 users

This is the realization of a 30 year old dream, a wish of the young filmmaker to film a modern Faust which finally came to a fulfillment as unpredictable and as absolute as, say, three decades of living experience. Like earlier artists who have treated the Faust legend,he uses it to explore the nature of obsession. But reversing the familiar idea of Faust as an old man yearning to be young, Brakhage makes him a world-weary young man who longs to be old... What makes the film striking is its rich imagery, superbly photographed in dark-hued tones, and its insistent visual rhythms. Brakhage is close to his peak as a bard of the camera and the editing table. – David Sterritt