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Maya Deren : Experimental Films

DVD - 2007 DVD Drama Maya 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.7 out of 5

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On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally released as motion pictures 1943-1959.
Features: excerpt from Deren's "Divine horsemen : the living gods of Haiti," excerpt from Alexander Hammid's "Private life of a cat," picture gallery, notes and quotes, biography.
Meshes of the afternoon (1943-59, 14 min.) / collaboration with Alexander Hammid -- At land (1944, 15 min.) -- A study in choreography for camera (1945, 4 min.) -- Ritual in transfigured time (1945-46, 15 min.) -- Meditation on violence (1948, 12 min.) -- The very eye of night (1952-59, 15 min.) / choreographic collaboration with Anthony Tudor.
Meshes of the afternoon: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid ; At land: John Cage, Parker Tyler ; A study in choreography for camera: Talley Beatty ; Ritual in transfigured time: Rita Christiani, Anaïs Nin ; Meditation on violence: Chao Li Chi ; The very eye of night: Metropolitan Opera Ballet School.
Collection of short films by surrealist Russian-American filmmaker Deren, studying identity, movement, and freedom.
DVD, Dolby digital stereo.

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