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Tortured Dust

Tortured Dust

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 13, 1984

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

70%

Original Title

Tortured Dust

Director

Stan Brakhage

Description

The culmination of a series of autobiographical films that Brakhage made about his family (collectively known as The Book of Family), Tortured Dust was shot as the filmmaker's children from his first marriage were beginning to leave the house, and edited during Brakhage and his first wife Jane's impending separation. The first half concentrates on Brakhage's teenage sons as they move around the cabin that has been their home for almost 20 years, and the second half turns towards the filmmaker's three daughters.