Editing Dog Star Man (section)

=== Prelude ===
The opening of ''Dog Star Man'' is entitled ''Prelude'' and runs at around 26 minutes, making it one of the longer parts of the film cycle. Brakhage described the ''Prelude'' as a "created dream" for the film as opposed to [[Surrealism]] in which the work itself is inspired by the dream of the artist.<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=22|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> In it, the ''Prelude'' contains many of the images that recur throughout the rest of the film series, creating a visual [[leitmotif]] of the many symbols and concepts of the series of films. There are also many instances to what Brakhage calls "close-eyed vision".<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=23}}</ref> Broadly, the ''Prelude'' exemplifies, among other things, the creation of the universe.