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In the mirror of Maya Deren

Title
In the mirror of Maya Deren [videorecording] / Navigator Film in coproduction with Dschoint Ventschr and TAG/Traum presents ; producer, Johannes Rosenberger ; conceived and directed by Martina Kubláček.
Publication
[United States] : Zeitgeist Video, 2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Kudláček, Martina
  • Deren, Maya
  • Brakhage, Stan
  • Rosenberger, Johannes, 1965-
  • Zeitgeist Films.
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Interweaves excerpts from some of Maya Deren's films with archival footage and commentary by acolytes and contemporaries, such as Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas. Includes excerpts from the films: At land, Ritual in transfigured time, and Meshes of the afternoon.
Alternative Title
  • Water for Maya.
  • Ensemble for somnambulists.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
Note
  • Original production: c2001.
  • Includes: "Water for Maya" (c2000; 5 min.) hand-painted film by Stan Brakhage that is a tribute to Deren; two rare film "fragments": outtakes from "Witch's cradle" (c1943) an unfinished Deren film starring Marcel Duchamp; and "Ensemble for somnambulists" (c1951; 7 min.), an unpublished choreographic work; Maya Deren filmography.
  • Additional DVD booklet located in Dance Division's *MGZIDVD 5-8308 [Notes].
Credits (note)
  • Cinematography, Wolfgang Lehner ; editor, Henry Hills ; original music, John Zorn.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Language (note)
  • Closed-captioned.
Contents
Chapter Selections. 1. Holy Grail of cinema -- 2. Meshes of the Afternoon -- 3. At Land -- 4. Ahead of her time -- 5. Ritual & choreography -- 6. Haiti -- 7. Meditation on Violence -- 8. A burning person -- 9. Teiji Ito -- 10. The Very Eye of Night -- 11. Dying of anger -- 12. End credits.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-8308
OCLC
56058619
Title
In the mirror of Maya Deren [videorecording] / Navigator Film in coproduction with Dschoint Ventschr and TAG/Traum presents ; producer, Johannes Rosenberger ; conceived and directed by Martina Kubláček.
Imprint
[United States] : Zeitgeist Video, 2004.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
System Details
DVD.
Credits
Cinematography, Wolfgang Lehner ; editor, Henry Hills ; original music, John Zorn.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Added Author
Kudláček, Martina, film director.
Kudláček, Martina, conceptor.
Deren, Maya, filmmaker.
Brakhage, Stan, designer.
Rosenberger, Johannes, 1965- producer.
Zeitgeist Films.
Added Title
Water for Maya.
Ensemble for somnambulists.
Publisher No.
Z1055 Zeitgeist Video
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-8308
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