Maya Deren

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Meshes of the Afternoon
7.7

Meshes of the Afternoon

Jan 01, 1943

Meshes of the Afternoon
1943 14 min 384 vues
Une femme qui rentre chez elle s'endort et fait des rêves saisissants qui peuvent ou non se dérouler dans la réalité. Par le biais d'images répétitives et d'un décalage complet avec la vision objective du temps et de l'espace, ses sombres désirs intérieurs se manifestent à l'écran.
Fantasy
Dans le miroir de Maya Deren
7.4

Dans le miroir de Maya Deren

Mar 15, 2002

Dans le miroir de Maya Deren
2002 103 min 17 vues
Ce documentaire retrace la biographie surprenante de l'artiste légendaire Maya Deren. Née à Kiev en 1917, elle devint un personnage central de l'avant-garde américaine après la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Surtout connue pour son travail anticonformiste dans le film expérimental, elle était très active dans d'autres domaines politiques et culturels : elle fut poète, danseuse, et par-dessus tout une ethnographe renommée et une adepte des pratiques vaudou.
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Maya Deren - Experimental Films
1

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Feb 02, 2002

Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002 76 min 1 vues
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
Maya Deren, Take Zero
5

Maya Deren, Take Zero

Jan 30, 2012

Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012 29 min 1 vues
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander Hammid, Cecile Starr etc. Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an experimental filmmaker. In the 1940s and 1950s she made several influential avant-garde films, such as Meshes of the Afternoon (1943). Images from this and her other work are used in this documentary. You can also hear her voice, as well as accounts by contemporaries such as Jean Rouch and Jonas Mekas.
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At Land
7.3

At Land

Jan 01, 1944

At Land
1944 15 min 97 vues
A dream-like narrative in which a woman (Deren), is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey, a quest for personal identity, encountering other people and other versions of herself.
Fantasy
Invocation: Maya Deren
5

Invocation: Maya Deren

Apr 24, 1986

Invocation: Maya Deren
1986 53 min 2 vues
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures. Narrated by actress Helen Mirren, this definitive documentary offers startling insights into one of the most intriguing, accomplished figures in cinema history.
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Maya Deren's Sink
4.5

Maya Deren's Sink

Jan 05, 2011

Maya Deren's Sink
2011 30 min 2 vues
Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit of one who was larger than life as recounted by those who knew her. Teiji Ito's family, Carolee Schneemann and Judith Malvina, float through the homes recalling in tiny bits and pieces words of Deren's architectural and personal interior space. Clips from Maya Deren's films are projected back into the spaces where they were originally filmed appearing on the floorboard, furniture, and in the bowl of her former sink. Fluid light projections of intimate space provide an elusive agency for a filmmaker most of us will never know as film with its imaginary nature evokes a former time and space.
History
Vever (For Barbara)
1

Vever (For Barbara)

Oct 12, 2023

Vever (For Barbara)
2023 12 min 1 vues
Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with evocative sound, texts, and teachings from artist Maya Deren. Vever poetically draws connects between three generations of women filmmakers who separately, and now together, have taken on unknown challenges, and opened themselves up to reinterpretation in their filmmaking practices.
Documentary
Meshes of the Afternoon
7.7

Meshes of the Afternoon

Jan 01, 1943

Meshes of the Afternoon
1943 14 min 384 vues
Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with evocative sound, texts, and teachings from artist Maya Deren. Vever poetically draws connects between three generations of women filmmakers who separately, and now together, have taken on unknown challenges, and opened themselves up to reinterpretation in their filmmaking practices.
Fantasy
Meshes of the Afternoon
7.7

Meshes of the Afternoon

Jan 01, 1943

Meshes of the Afternoon
1943 14 min 384 vues
Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with evocative sound, texts, and teachings from artist Maya Deren. Vever poetically draws connects between three generations of women filmmakers who separately, and now together, have taken on unknown challenges, and opened themselves up to reinterpretation in their filmmaking practices.
Fantasy
At Land
7.3

At Land

Jan 01, 1944

At Land
1944 15 min 97 vues
A dream-like narrative in which a woman (Deren), is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey, a quest for personal identity, encountering other people and other versions of herself.
Fantasy
At Land
7.3

At Land

Jan 01, 1944

At Land
1944 15 min 97 vues
A dream-like narrative in which a woman (Deren), is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey, a quest for personal identity, encountering other people and other versions of herself.
Fantasy
Witch's Cradle
6.6

Witch's Cradle

Jan 01, 1944

Witch's Cradle
1944 12 min 36 vues
The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several individuals, most notably an unnamed young woman and an elderly gentleman. The film also shows a shadowy darkness and people filmed at odd angles, an exposed human heart, and other occult symbols and ritualistic imagery which evokes an unsettling and dream-like aura. Considered an unfinished film.
Fantasy
A Study in Choreography for Camera
5.9

A Study in Choreography for Camera

Oct 17, 1945

A Study in Choreography for Camera
1945 2 min 65 vues
Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on celluloid, which later on developed into her masterpieces such as Ritual in Transfigured Time and Meditation on Violence.
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Meditation on Violence
5.567

Meditation on Violence

Apr 24, 1949

Meditation on Violence
1949 12 min 30 vues
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees of traditional Chinese boxing, Wu-tang, Shao-lin, and Shao-lin with a sword. A long sequence of the ballet-like, sinuous Wu-tang becomes the more erratic Shao-lin; in the middle, there is an abrupt change to leaping sword movements, in the center of which, at the apogee of the leap, there is a long held freeze-frame.
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The Very Eye of Night
5.9

The Very Eye of Night

May 03, 1958

The Very Eye of Night
1958 15 min 37 vues
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.
Music
The Private Life of a Cat
7.1

The Private Life of a Cat

Dec 22, 1946

The Private Life of a Cat
1946 22 min 37 vues
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
Documentary
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
1

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Feb 02, 2002

Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002 76 min 1 vues
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
1

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Feb 02, 2002

Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002 76 min 1 vues
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
1

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Feb 02, 2002

Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002 76 min 1 vues
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
1

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Feb 02, 2002

Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002 76 min 1 vues
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
Ensemble for Somnambulists
6

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Jan 01, 1951

Ensemble for Somnambulists
1951 6 min 18 vues
Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is officially "unpublished," but this title has been restored and it screens occasionally along with her other films. It is sort of a preliminary sketch for The Very Eye of Night. ~ David Lewis, Rovi
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Ensemble for Somnambulists
6

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Jan 01, 1951

Ensemble for Somnambulists
1951 6 min 18 vues
Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is officially "unpublished," but this title has been restored and it screens occasionally along with her other films. It is sort of a preliminary sketch for The Very Eye of Night. ~ David Lewis, Rovi
Music
Ensemble for Somnambulists
6

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Jan 01, 1951

Ensemble for Somnambulists
1951 6 min 18 vues
Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is officially "unpublished," but this title has been restored and it screens occasionally along with her other films. It is sort of a preliminary sketch for The Very Eye of Night. ~ David Lewis, Rovi
Music
Cinema16: American Short Films
7.5

Cinema16: American Short Films

Jun 05, 2006

Cinema16: American Short Films
2006 209 min 2 vues
CINEMA16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and award-winning shorts on DVD. With over three hours of films CINEMA16: AMERICAN SHORT FILMS is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the moving image. Films include Gus Van Sant's 1982 adaptation of a William S. Burroughs short story, The Discipline Of DE, Tim Burton's early stop motion animated classic Vincent, George Lucas' USC short Freiheit, Alexander Payne's previously unreleased UCLA graduation short Carmen, Paperboys by Mike Mills, D.A. Pennebaker's Duke Ellington scored Daybreak Express, Todd Solondz's NYU short Feelings, along with Oscar Winner The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson, Stefan Nadelman's multi- award winning documentary Terminal Bar, Joe Nussbaum's cult classic George Lucas In Love and 2006 Sundance Winner The Wraith Of Cobble Hill by Adam Parrish King. Films are subtitled in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese, and include commentaries from many of the directors involved.
Maya Deren, Take Zero
5

Maya Deren, Take Zero

Jan 30, 2012

Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012 29 min 1 vues
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander Hammid, Cecile Starr etc. Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an experimental filmmaker. In the 1940s and 1950s she made several influential avant-garde films, such as Meshes of the Afternoon (1943). Images from this and her other work are used in this documentary. You can also hear her voice, as well as accounts by contemporaries such as Jean Rouch and Jonas Mekas.
Documentary
The Private Life of a Cat
7.1

The Private Life of a Cat

Dec 22, 1946

The Private Life of a Cat
1946 22 min 37 vues
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
Documentary
Meditation on Violence
5.567

Meditation on Violence

Apr 24, 1949

Meditation on Violence
1949 12 min 30 vues
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees of traditional Chinese boxing, Wu-tang, Shao-lin, and Shao-lin with a sword. A long sequence of the ballet-like, sinuous Wu-tang becomes the more erratic Shao-lin; in the middle, there is an abrupt change to leaping sword movements, in the center of which, at the apogee of the leap, there is a long held freeze-frame.
Documentary
Meditation on Violence
5.567

Meditation on Violence

Apr 24, 1949

Meditation on Violence
1949 12 min 30 vues
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees of traditional Chinese boxing, Wu-tang, Shao-lin, and Shao-lin with a sword. A long sequence of the ballet-like, sinuous Wu-tang becomes the more erratic Shao-lin; in the middle, there is an abrupt change to leaping sword movements, in the center of which, at the apogee of the leap, there is a long held freeze-frame.
Documentary
Meshes of the Afternoon
7.7

Meshes of the Afternoon

Jan 01, 1943

Meshes of the Afternoon
1943 14 min 384 vues
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees of traditional Chinese boxing, Wu-tang, Shao-lin, and Shao-lin with a sword. A long sequence of the ballet-like, sinuous Wu-tang becomes the more erratic Shao-lin; in the middle, there is an abrupt change to leaping sword movements, in the center of which, at the apogee of the leap, there is a long held freeze-frame.
Fantasy
Alter Ego Film Project
1

Alter Ego Film Project

Nov 18, 2024

Alter Ego Film Project
2024 72 min 1 vues
5 short films, from 5 directors and 4 different countries on the theme of the Alter-Ego. The "Alter Ego Film Project" is inspired by the spirit of Maya Deren and her way of making films. Between double personality, secret identity, doppelgänger and impossible love we have discovered several unconventional stories halfway between narrative and experimental.
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Medusa
1

Medusa

Jan 01, 1949

Medusa
1949 10 min 1 vues
Unfinished, 16mm, b&w silent film directed by Maya Deren.
Vever (For Barbara)
1

Vever (For Barbara)

Oct 12, 2023

Vever (For Barbara)
2023 12 min 1 vues
Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with evocative sound, texts, and teachings from artist Maya Deren. Vever poetically draws connects between three generations of women filmmakers who separately, and now together, have taken on unknown challenges, and opened themselves up to reinterpretation in their filmmaking practices.
Documentary
The Very Eye of Night
5.9

The Very Eye of Night

May 03, 1958

The Very Eye of Night
1958 15 min 37 vues
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.
Music
The Very Eye of Night
5.9

The Very Eye of Night

May 03, 1958

The Very Eye of Night
1958 15 min 37 vues
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.
Music
The Very Eye of Night
5.9

The Very Eye of Night

May 03, 1958

The Very Eye of Night
1958 15 min 37 vues
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.
Music