If I call a film one of the director's best and give it only a 4/10, you can probably guess my general perception of Stan Brakhage. I find the majority of his body of work uninteresting and pretty much the same to an extent that it's even pretty much impossible to say which film is which because they all look so similar. However, I always liked the color combination of black and blue, so I could somewhat enjoy these 90 seconds here. The occasional use of white and very rare use of other colors such as red works out okay too. Still, this collection of nicely looking colors cannot make up for the lack of a story. Brakhage shot this one when he was roughly 60, divorced and remarried again. I think "Black Ice" is among his more known works and at clearly under 2 minutes, it's also the perfect runtime as his films that run 10 minutes or longer really do drag a lot. This one here is good by Brakhage standards, but still weak by general standards. Not recommended.
Review of Black Ice
