{"id":3011,"date":"2009-12-06T21:24:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T04:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2009-12-06T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T05:13:00","slug":"stan-brakhage-film-water-for-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2009\/12\/06\/stan-brakhage-film-water-for-maya\/","title":{"rendered":"Stan Brakhage Film: Water For Maya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media\"><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/s5i1pZPPzZ8&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/s5i1pZPPzZ8&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stan_Brakhage\"><em>Stan Brakhage<\/em><\/a> was one the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century.  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