Maya Deren: experimental films Meshes of the afternoon

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: New York, NY : Mystic Fire Video, 2002Description: 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound., black & white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • video disc
Other title:
  • Experimental films [Distinctive title]
  • At land [Distinctive title]
  • A study in choreography for camera [Distinctive title]
  • Ritual in transfigured time [Distinctive title]
  • Meditation on violence [Distinctive title]
  • The very eye of night [Distinctive title]
  • Private life of a cat [Distinctive title]
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Contents:
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.
Cast: 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 SchoolSummary: Collection of short films by surrealist Russian-American filmmaker Deren, studying identity, movement, and freedom
List(s) this item appears in: Wellpark Film & Documentary
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Multimedia Multimedia ATU Wellpark Road Audio Visual 791.43611 MAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J144635

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

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