Happy Birthday, Maya Deren! Born on this day in 1917, the celebrated Ukrainian-born American experimental filmmaker was an important part of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Her short film "Meshes of the Afternoon" is considered one of the most influential works in American experimental cinema. She was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, writer, and photographer. 1/2
#MayaDeren #MeshesOfTheAfternoon #BOTD #FilmHistory #WomenInFilm @film
@nojarama As a fan of #MayaDeren's #AtLand and #IngmarBergman's #SeventhSeal, I think this music video is one of the best I've seen in years! (And the song ain't too shabby either.)
#DepecheMode #GhostsAgain
Our first piece is the short documentary “The Private Life of a Cat” by wife-and-husband creative team Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid (https://youtu.be/_6e1O_NtK24?si=w3azU0YqbrKo9Hw0)
#LaEsoterica #ThePrivateLifeOfACat #MayaDeren #AlexanderHammid #cats
Maya Deren & Marcel Duchamp ~ Witch's Cradle, 1943.
(Evocative music added by Enric Chalaux)
An unfinished, silent experimental short film written and directed by Deren, featuring Duchamp and filmed in Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century gallery.
@analgesicsleep Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946) #SilentFlickerSunday #RitualinTransfiguredTime #MayaDeren #cinema #film #movies
If you have never seen this 14 minute, #experimental silent #film by #MayaDeren, I encourage you to do so. It's strange, hard to explain, #Jungian, and beautiful in it's own way. It's considered one of the most important films in the history of #cinema and, especially, of #ExperimentalFilm. Some might think it's a little rough around the edges, and it is, but the #creativity carries it. Also, it's total budget was only $275. Amazing.
MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)
https://youtu.be/dWQcJyn981M
Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, 1943) #MeshesoftheAfternoon #MayaDeren #AlexanderHammid #Film #Cinema #Movies #ShortFilm #ExperimentalFilm
