Edition |
Authorized edition. |
Description |
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital stereo. |
Cast |
Meshes of the afternoon: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid ; At land: John Cage, Parker Tyler ; A study in choreography for camera: Talley Beatty ; Ritual in transfigured time: Rita Christiani, Anaïs Nin ; Meditation on violence: Chao Li Chi ; The very eye of night: Metropolitan Opera Ballet School. |
Note |
Originally released as motion pictures 1943-1959. |
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Features: excerpt from Deren's "Divine horsemen : the living gods of Haiti," excerpt from Alexander Hammid's "Private life of a cat," picture gallery, notes and quotes, biography. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Collection of short films by surrealist Russian-American filmmaker Deren, studying identity, movement, and freedom. |
Contents |
Meshes of the afternoon (1943-59, 14 min.) / collaboration with Alexander Hammid -- At land (1944, 15 min.) -- A study in choreography for camera (1945, 4 min.) -- Ritual in transfigured time (1945-46, 15 min.) -- Meditation on violence (1948, 12 min.) -- The very eye of night (1952-59, 15 min.) / choreographic collaboration with Anthony Tudor. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Dreams -- Drama.
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Dance -- Drama.
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Martial arts -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Short films.
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Experimental films.
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Silent films.
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Motion picture film collections.
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Added Author |
Deren, Maya.
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Hammid, Alexander.
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Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987.
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Cage, John.
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Tyler, Parker.
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Beatty, Talley.
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Christiani, Rita.
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Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977.
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Chi, Ch'ao-Li.
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Mystic Fire Video, Inc.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet.
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Added Title |
Experimental films |
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Meshes of the afternoon (Motion picture)
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At land (Motion picture)
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Study in choreography for the camera (Motion picture)
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Ritual in transfigured time (Motion picture)
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Meditation on violence (Motion picture)
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Very eye of night (Motion picture)
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Standard No. |
880198037794 |
Music No. |
MC377 Mystic Fire Video |
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