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In the mirror of Maya Deren /

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Interweaves excerpts from some of Maya Deren's films with archival footage and commentary by acolytes and contemporaries, such as Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas. Includes excerpts from the films: At land, Ritual in transfigured time, and Meshes of the afternoon.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Zeitgeist Films
Other Authors: Deren, Maya, Kudláček, Martina, Zorn, John, 1953-, Brakhage, Stan
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Optional English subtitles (SDH).
Published: New York, NY : Zeitgeist Video, [2004]
Subjects:
Deren, Maya > Criticism and interpretation.
Independent filmmakers > United States.
Women motion picture producers and directors > United States.
Experimental films > United States > History and criticism.
Documentary films.
Cinéastes indépendants > États-Unis.
Description
Summary:Interweaves excerpts from some of Maya Deren's films with archival footage and commentary by acolytes and contemporaries, such as Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas. Includes excerpts from the films: At land, Ritual in transfigured time, and Meshes of the afternoon.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
Special features: Two rare film fragments (Witch's cradle (1943) and Ensemble for somnambulists (1951, 7 min.)); outtakes from a lost work starring Marcel Duchamp; Stan Brakhage's hand-painted film Water for Maya (2000); Maya Deren filmography
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Wolfgang Lehner ; editor, Henry Hills ; original music, John Zorn.