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Maya Deren [videorecording] : experimental films /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 76493 | Mystic Fire VideoPublication details: New York, NY : Mystic Fire Video, c2002.Description: 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound and silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Experimental films
  • Collected experimental films
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Meshes of the afternoon (1943; 14min.) -- At land (1944; 15 min.) -- A study in choreography for camera (1945; 4 min.) -- Ritual in transfigured time (1945; 15 min.) -- Meditation on violence (1948; 12 min.) -- The very eye of night (1952-1959; 15 min.).
Production credits:
  • Music by Teiji Ito (1st, 6th works), Maya Deren (5th work).
Summary: Examples of Maya Deren's work, considered to exemplify the American avant-garde film movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0720 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050096309

Collective title from disc menu.

Individual titles from features.

Originally produced as a series of motion pictures from 1943-1959.

Special features: "Private life of a cat" experimental short by Alexander Hammid (22 min.); "Divine horseman" excerpt (8 min.); biography; bibliography; picture gallery; "Writings" biographical diary notes by Anais Nin; "Writings" comments by Le Corbusier; "Notes and quotes" text comments for each work.

Meshes of the afternoon (1943; 14min.) -- At land (1944; 15 min.) -- A study in choreography for camera (1945; 4 min.) -- Ritual in transfigured time (1945; 15 min.) -- Meditation on violence (1948; 12 min.) -- The very eye of night (1952-1959; 15 min.).

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