Maya Deren At Land Pt.2
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Uploaded by videosdaclarice on Oct 2, 2007
Deren's second experimental film, At Land (1944), reinforces her interest in the juxtaposition of anachronistic spaces and introduces a critique of social rituals. This film begins by reversing the natural rhythm with images of waves breaking and descending back into the sea. Starring again, Deren is seen climbing up a dead tree trunk on the beach, magically emerging onto a table where a formal dinner party is in progress. This 'civilized' world ignores Deren as she crawls along their dinner table. By depicting herself as invisible to the diners, Deren highlights the myopia of the guests. The dinner sequence in At Land ends with an enchanted chess game. A pawn falls from the table and descends back into the dead wood on the beach, it falls over rocks, into the water and is washed away over the waterfalls. Chasing the pawn, Deren is restored to her original landscape. - Wendy Haslem
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In a trance... Fantastic...!
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I guess it also goes out of its way to avoid annoying considerations such as sound.
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WHY IS IT GREEN
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Maya Deren, as basferatu touched on in his/her interpretation, was a master of the use of "dream logic" in her movies. Most of the time, events progressed as they would in a dream.
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Right on Bro... just love the way you said it- I thought it, but couldn't say as well as you. Have you seen, "Last Year at Marienbad"? ...talk about flow and wonderful b & w..... Bless you for posting this Nectar, Clarice....
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I'm sorry if I sounded rude.
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The thing about Maya's films, Especially this one, is that they are not supposed to have any linking narrative structure. Just like Meshes, the film is supposed to evoke a dream like ambivalence that does not have a concrete meaning. Even more than Meshes the film goes out of its way to avoid a clear narrative. What you're supposed to take from the film is more or less the 'flow' of energy continued from shot to shot, rather than what its saying narratively speaking
basfaratu 2 years ago 11
The chessboard on the beach reminds me of The Seventh Seal. Maya makes creative use of the cuts/transitions, eschewing a traditional narrative for dream logic. And if I may say so, she exudes a real onscreen presence.
fakersfield 10 months ago 3