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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. In it, Prelude contains many of images that recur throughout the rest of the film series, creating a visual leitmotif of the many symbols and concepts of the series. There are also many instances to what Brakhage calls “close-eyed vision“. Broadly, the Prelude exemplifies, among other things, the creation of the universe.
