The title track is A-1 Davis. It doesn't really go anywhere cool from there but it's never less than solid.
Bliss (Gregory Markopoulos, 1967) (theatrical)
I couldn't find any screenshot for this one. I didn't make any connection between the title and the film at the time, but it's pretty aptly named in retrospect. Markopoulos isn't my favorite experimental filmmaker, but his ability to capture something so soothing in ordinary spaces is matched only by Brakhage.
First of all, a film about an abandoned castle with no people in it couldn't fail to be my cup of tea, but this is immaculate. There are a lot of people who moved in similar circles to Markopoulos interested in stripping film down to its basic components, but I've never seen them use that technique to make something so monumental. This doesn't sacrifice any of the quietness or reflection that I appreciate in his other place films but it leaves an impression of something much bigger and more important than those. Probably tops even The Illiac Passion for me.
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