A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea
1991, English. Directed by Stan Brakhage.
"In his description for A CHILD'S GARDEN, Brakhage quotes from poets Ronald Johnson and Charles Olson (and cites Johnson's poem "Beam 29" as inspiration). But the film also vaguely calls to mind William Blake—more perhaps for his art than his poetry: there is both a sense of darkness and of mystical transport in Brakhage's images. The first film in the loose "Vancouver Island" quartet, Brakhage films locations around the British Columbia locale where his second wife, Marilyn, grew up. He films land, sea, and sky and intercuts frequently between them. Shots are often out-of-focus, to accentuate color and light; they are hand-held, upside down, and fleeting. All of this is no surprise for those who know Brakhage's work: anything and everything is valid, as long as it works." - Cine-File.info
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- 1 January 1991
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Next in the series: The Mammals of Victoria (1994), The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (2000), and Panels for the Walls of Heaven (2002).
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A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea runs 74 minutes (1h 14m).
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A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1991. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea?
If you liked A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea, try To Kill a Tiger, Naqoyqatsi, A Toxic Love Story.
Who directed A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea?
A Child’s Garden and the Serious Sea (1991) was directed by Stan Brakhage.