Editing Dog Star Man (section)

== Background ==
After editing and completing [[Cat's Cradle (film)|''Cat's Cradle,'']] Brakhage began filming ''Dog Star Man.'' At the time when he began work on the project, Brakhage had not set on any particular idea on what the project would be about.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Metaphors on Vision|last=Brakhage|first=Stan|publisher=Anthology Film Archives|year=1963|isbn=978-0317559569|location=New York, New York|pages=14|quote=The next film that I edited was the CAT'S CRADLE. We moved from Princeton back into the mountains of Boulder, Colorado where I began working on CAT'S CRADLE. We lived in Silver Spruce, then, the same place that we lived during the whole shooting of DOG STAR MAN. Right before I started shooting DOG STAR MAN, I edited CAT'S CRADLE.|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Metaphors on Vision|last=Brakhage|first=Stan|publisher=Anthology Film Archives|year=1963|isbn=978-0317559569|location=New York, New York|pages=14|quote="Did you have any idea of what DOG STAR MAN would be?" No. At least all the ideas I had subsequently proved to be irrelevant.|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> In addition to this, he had also faced different sets of crisis including the questioning of his distant relationship with his wife Jane at the time, experiencing visions, and contemplations of death and decay.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Metaphors on Vision|last=Brakhage|first=Stan|publisher=Anthology Film Archives|year=1963|isbn=978-0317559569|location=New York, New York|pages=16–17}}</ref> The filming of ''Dog Star Man'' took on gradually as Brakhage also worked on ''The Dead.''