Maya Deren - Meditation on Violence (1948)

A young Oriental man with a headscarf and bare torso shadowboxes indoors in front of a series of unadorned walls, light, dark, both shades. He is then shown exercising outside with a sword in an area surrounded by a low stone wall and overlooking a river, before there is a return to the first sequence.

Deren's Meditation on Violence was made in 1948. Chao-Li Chi's performance obscures the distinction between violence and beauty. Halfway through the film, the sequence is rewound, producing a film loop.

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Film & Animation

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• Deren
• Meditation
• on
• Violence

[JRAproject]

very relaxing film great transition to outside...this was worth watching