Maya Deren: Experimental Films

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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. Includes: "Meshes Of The Afternoon" (1943-59, in collaboration with Alexander Hammid, music by Teiji Ito, 14 min.), "At Land" (1944, silent, 15 min.), "A Study In Choreography For Camera" (1945, silent, 4 min.), "Ritual In Transfigured Time" (1945-6, silent, 15 min.); "Meditation On Violence" (1948, music arranged by Maya Deren, 12 min.) and "The Very Eye Of Night" (1952-59, choreographic collaboration by Anthony Tudor, music by Teiji Ito, 15 min.).

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