"DOG STAR MAN is the most self-sufficient and innocent film ... in the sense that Chaplin is. No music is needed to watch Chaplin ... because his dance is all the music that we need.

"DOG STAR MAN is silent in the sense that the greatest silent films are.

"In DOG STAR MAN the film itself becomes a dance of editing and moves as the best silent actors do with their physical movements with arm, leg, to tongue and face .... The film breathes and is an organic and surging thing ... it is a colossal lyrical adventure-dance of image in every variation of color." - Michael McClure, Artforum