In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002)
3.8 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
Deemed Fellini and Bergman wrapped in one gloriously possessed body, Maya Deren is arguably the most important and innovative avant-garde filmmaker in the history of American cinema. Using locations from the Hollywood hills to Haiti in the 1940's and '50s, Deren made such mesmerizing films as 'At Land', 'Ritual in Transfigured Time', and her masterpiece, 'Meshes of the Afternoon', which won a prestigious international experimental film-making prize at the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. Starting with excerpts from these films, 'In The Mirror of Maya Deren' seamlessly and effectively interweaves archival footage and observances from acolytes and contemporaries such as Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas with an original score by experimental jazz legend John Zorn. Documentarian Martina Kudlácek has fashioned not only a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking and influential artist, but a pitch-perfect introduction to her strikingly beautiful and poetic body of work. - Actors:
- Miriam Arsham, Stan Brakhage, Chao Li Chi, Rita Christiani, Maya Deren, Katherine Dunham, Graeme Ferguson, Alexander Hammid, Teiji Ito, Judith Malina, Jonas Mekas, André Pierre, Amos Vogel
- Directors:
- Martina Kudlácek
- Producers:
- Constantin Wulff, Johannes Holzhausen, Johannes Rosenberger, Thomas Korschil
- Writers:
- Martina Kudlácek
- Aka:
- Im Spiegel der Maya Deren
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Countries:
- Switzerland
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