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The very classification amateur has an apologetic ring. Kiev 1917 to her death aged 44 from a cerebral haemorrhage, deren was a tireless experimenter in both content and context. Documentary about the life of avantgarde filmmaker maya deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s. Watch in the mirror of maya deren online vimeo on demand. In spirit, if not also in form, the best documentaries about artists and thinkers find creative ways to reflect their subjects work, which means going beyond the usual cutandpaste of talking heads and archival materials, and expressing their vision with cinematic panache. The makers of in the mirror of maya deren clearly profited from the extensive research that went into producing the legend of maya deren. In the mirror of maya deren weaves together excerpts from ms. A documentary portrait of the legendary filmmaker and voodoo expert maya deren, a central figure of the american avantgarde of the 1940s and 1950s. The original half of the polygon mesh is duplicated across an axis of symmetry specified in the mirror options. With miriam arsham, stan brakhage, chao li chi, rita christiani. The major obstacle for amateur filmmakers is their own sense of inferiority visavis professional productions. In the mirror of maya deren is an ambitious documentary which examines the public and personal sides of deren s life and work, including interviews with a number of friends and contemporaries. In the mirror of maya deren, her first international success, won the vienna film prize 2001 at the viennale in austria and dance screen award for best documentary 2002 in monaco. Alexander sasha hammid, katherine dunham, chaoli chi, jonas mekas and stan brakhage.

The life and work of maya deren, avantgarde filmmaker, writer and dancer. Christian metz french film theorist, sally potter british film maker and. Looking again at maya deren minerva access university of. At anthology film archives in new york, the 66seat maya deren theater was erected for their film and video exhibitions.

Deemed fellini and bergman wrapped in one gloriously possessed body, maya deren is arguably the most important and innovative avantgarde filmmaker in the history of american cinema. Maya deren american director and actress britannica. In the mirror of maya deren 2001, directed by martina. It is based on the biography the legend of maya deren. Teiji ito the private life of a cat power among men, 1958 to be alive. Yet she was also a prolific writer of the theory of cinema, as well as an advocate for new modes of distribution and exhibition to counter the hollywood industry. In the mirror of maya deren features a score for film by john zorn. Maya deren april 29, 1917 october, 1961, born eleonora derenkowska ukrainian. With in the mirror of maya deren, documentary filmmaker martina. You can also merge the duplicated polygon mesh with the original mesh to create one resulting polygon mesh. It is also not to say that in the mirror of maya deren is not insightful, as it does have some interviews that elucidate who deren. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, writer, and photographer. Mesh mirror geometry maya lt autodesk knowledge network. A portrait on film of the legendary filmmaker and artist maya deren, who is a central figure in the american avantgarde.

The living god of haiti 1953, the result of a trip to haiti which was to be the basis of a film, and the seminal an anagram of ideas on art, form and film 1946. An insightful and articulate writer, she authored the divine horseman. In 1945, maya deren was awarded an honorable mention for her first film, meshes of the afternoon 1943, by the amateur cinema league. Using locations from the hollywood hills to haiti in the 1940s and 50s, deren made such mesmerizing films as at land, ritual in transfigured time, and her masterpiece, meshes of the afternoon, which won a. Maya deren was a 60s avantgarde filmmaker who experimented in visions of form and movement on film except she explored these imaginations in the 40s. I heard a film maker once call maya deren the fairy godmother of experimental film. The documentary in the mirror of maya deren is a film about avant garde filmmaker maya. When i speak french, i speak with a russian accent, they tell me. Her mother moved to paris, france, to be with her daughter while she. Documentary about the life of avantgarde filmmaker maya deren. In the mirror of maya deren 2001 archive footage historys mysteries 1999 invocation.

She is currently working on a film about the american pioneer avantgarde filmmaker and. Utne reader recently named deren one of 40 past masters who still matter in their 2003 arts extra edition. In the mirror of maya deren is a fine introduction to maya derens work but i would recommend her own films to anyone who wants to see something really different. Deren s surreal films with archival audio recordings of deren s voice and filmed interviews of her contemporaries.

In 2002, martina kudlacek directed a featurelength documentary about deren. Born eleanora derenkovsky in 1917, her family fled kiev in 1922 to avoid political and economic reprisals brought on by her fathers association with leon trotsky. Maya deren, dance, and gestural encounters in ritual in. Maya deren, born eleonora derenkowska, was a ukrainianborn american. Crowned fellini and bergman wrapped in one gloriously possessed body by the l. The album was released on zorns own label, tzadik records, in 2001 and contains music that zorn wrote and recorded for the documentary film in the mirror of maya deren on the life and. While limited to the technology of her time, and less concerned with the juxtaposition of flat images as with man ray, but the exploration of the human form in gender, movement, juxtaposed against a world of images and, at times, and underlying narrative or critical argument.

The living gods of haiti 1985 the very eye of night 1958. In the mirror of maya deren dvd kino lorber home video. In the mirror of maya deren films navigator film dokumentarfilme. As actor, producer, director and editor of her films, maya deren can. Change these options and click mirror if you want to mirror the object in another direction. The soundtrack to this documentary was made by the avantgarde composer john zorn external links. In the mirror of maya deren is an ambitious documentary which examines the public and personal sides of derens life and work, including interviews with a number of friends and contemporaries. According to zorns liner notes, most of the films music was comprised of pieces by derens companion, teiji ito, which were scored for her film and interspersed by field recordings of voodoo rituals. Maya deren great director profile senses of cinema. Her films are not only poetic but instructive, offering insight into the human body and pysche and demonstrating the potential of film. October, 1961, new york, new york, usa filmography bibliography articles in senses web resources maya deren. Maya deren was one of the pioneering figures of avantgarde cinema in america and also a noted author, poet, anthropologist, and alternative cultural figure of the 1940s and 1950s. In the mirror of maya deren 2002 directed by martina. But that very word from the latin amateur lover means one who does.

Shop in the mirror of maya deren dvd region 1 us import ntsc. In the mirror of maya deren 2002 maya deren was already a respected writer and artist by the time she picked up a film camera and created the groundbreaking avantgarde film meshes of the. Creates a duplicate of the selected polygons mirrored across an axis. Documentarian martina kudlacek examines the alltoobrief life of this aheadofhertime flower child whose film work is about the time quality of a woman in in the mirror of maya deren. In the mirror of maya deren 2002 stream and watch online maya deren was already a respected writer and artist by the time she picked up a film camera and created the groundbreaking avantgarde. Certain symbols recur on the screen, including a cloaked, mirrorfaced figure, and a key.

The high priestess of experimental cinema maya deren is recognizable as the woman with the enigmatic expression at the window, silently observing from within. This film, codirected with her husband alexander hammid, would go on to become one of the most influential avantgarde films of the 20th century. Maya deren created what is perhaps the most famous american avantgarde film, meshes of the afternoon, and is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of the avantgarde movement. Meditation on violence 1948, bw, with chao li chi. Related topics create symmetrical polygon meshes mesh mirror geometry mirror direction specifies the direction you want maya to mirror the selected polygonal object. In the mirror of maya deren 2002 in the mirror of maya deren 2002 ancient rome. With in the mirror of maya deren, documentary filmmaker martina kudlacek has fashioned not only fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking and. Facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter. Maya deren, influential director and performer who is often called the mother of american avantgarde filmmaking. In the mirror of maya deren dvd region 1 us import ntsc. Derens surreal films with archival audio recordings of derens voice and filmed interviews of her contemporaries.