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Meshes of the Afternoon , short film maya deren

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSY0TA-ttMA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshes_of_the_Afternoon I started watching this then started zoning out, so decided to make notes as I was watching. Im v glad i did as not only did it help me keep up with it, but i think some interesting words/sentences came out of it...

The Very Eye of the Night, Maya Deren, 15min Short 1958

 https://vimeo.com/617779367 Dont know how I came across this, but it was on my to watch list, so i watched it while eating ravioli. It was delicious (both the film And the ravioli!) It has a very interesting effect through out and is projected in negative format. Interesting character names: Don Freisinger as Gemini Richard Sandifer as Gemini Patricia Ferrier as Ariel Bud Bready as Oberon Genaro Gomez as Umbriel Barbara Levin as Titania Richard Englund as Uranus Rosemary Williams as Urania Phillip Salem as Noctambulo  Noctambulo is spanish and means: ADj: tending to be awake or up and about at night Noun: one who is awake at night; a night owl Off wiki: The function of film, Deren believed, was to create an experience. She combined her expertise in dance and choreography, ethnography, the African spirit religion of Haitian Vodou, symbolist poetry and gestalt psychology (student of Kurt Koffka) in a series of perceptual, black-and-white short films. Using editing, mu...