Movies for the Day, Sunday, January 14, 2018

Today's movies mark the birthdays of the creator of an experimental film, controversial evangelist Marjoe Gunther, and Albert Schweitzer.

Dog Star Man (1964) is a series of short
experimental films by Stan Brakhage, born
January 14, 1933.  Brakhage wrote, directed, and
starred.  The films are about creation, the
universe and life.  The Dog Star is Sirius.  The
movie is on the National Film Registry.






Dog Star Man







Marjoe (1972) is a documentary expose
focused on evangelist Marjoe
Gortner, born January 14, 1944.
The movie won an Oscar as Best
Feature Documentary.






Marjoe








Light in the Jungle (1990) is a biography
of the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa.
The Nobel Prize winner was born January 14,
1875.






Light in the Jungle