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Featuring stylized visual storytelling, this rarely seen film by famed experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage was produced for the Colorado Department of Public Relations and is one of two films (the other being “Colorado Legend”) to explore Colorado myths. This film tells the story of the Ute people and the tension between the youth, “the Braves”, and an elder, “Smoking Water”. The cultural objects were provided by the University of Colorado Museum and Denver Art Museum.

the watermark is unfortunate and throughout the entire video but better quality than the version on youtube

Stan Brakhage - 1961 - Ballad of the Colorado Ute.mkv

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Runtime: 	17 min 18 s
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https://nitro.download/view/C1779027977E99A/Stan_Brakhage_-_1961_-_Ballad_of_the_Colorado_Ute.mkv

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The post Stan Phillips, Stan Brakhage – Ballad of the Colorado Ute (1961) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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In 1960 the “Colorado Department of Public Relations”, undoubtedly eager to have more tourists falling down abandoned mine shafts in search of lost treasure, brought in Stan Brakhage to film this archetypal gold rush yarn. Stan gets to do a little urbex in a gorgeous snowy ghost town and then materializes a couple long-dead miners through double-exposed pipes, beer steins, and flashing knives. Narrated, naturally, through song.

A tale of two gold miners of the old west who struck it rich. The lonely life made them heavy drinkers, and one night when the heavyset and silent Dutchman wouldn’t talk to the feisty little Irishman, he was knifed to death. The Irishman was hanged and the whereabouts of the mine lies buried with him.

Stan Brakhage - 1960 - Colorado Legend (directed by Stan Phillips).mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	10 min 51 s
Size: 	122 MiB
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https://nitro.download/view/34307E4E7071D7E/Stan_Brakhage_-_1960_-_Colorado_Legend_(directed_by_Stan_Phillips).mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Stan Phillips, Stan Brakhage – Colorado Legend (1960)  first appeared on Cinema of the World.