Movie: Invocations of Canyons and Boulders (for Stan Brakhage)

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    "INVOCATION is Higgins' Satie movie... the purest attempt to clear art from any or all historical, esthetic, thematic, ornamental claptrap to regain the lost-eye consciousness." - Jonas Mekas

  • Release Date

    1966-01-01

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    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    Fluxfilm No. 2

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