Maya Deren At Land Pt.1
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@aairtrafficc I can respect the film editing techniques she pioneered. Absolutely no problem with any of that. I guess I could credit my film class and the readings I was given with trying to force some sort of "story" into it if there isn't one. I don't like forced interpretations because they are subjective and it makes things like this seem... perhaps more pretentious than they were meant to be.
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@Aceticacidplease the key to viewing avant garde films is to not focus on what it "means" or to try to make sense of it - because you will get incredibly frustrated by doing so. You just have to take it all in with a completely open mind without the intention of drawing some sort of conclusion. Also - Maya Deren was completely ahead of her time in regards to film editing - watch it again and pick up on her great editing techniques - it's really amazing!
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wow, just watched this with Colin Stetson's "Clothed in the skin of the dead" playing. Pure coincidence, but it worked magically. Gotta love beautiful mistakes.
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Lasiren Labalen, chapeau m tombe dan la mer
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OMG, I haven't seen a Maya Deren film since my film classes 30 years ago. This is what inspired me to want to make movies. Stunning! Does anyone make film as good as this now? Where do I find it?
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@Aceticacidplease, just start with the wikipedia article and go as deep as you want. One assumption avate-garde films *don't* make is that there has to be a "conclusive" meaning in (from?) a work of art.
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@James1954May Before you talkn about what is a masterpiece or what is not. Look at how many restrictions there are imposed upon films have in Hollywood to the point that Individualism is erased.
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Check out Lucid Who in the video response. Made it years ago but recently recut it. Was strongly influenced by this film and meshes of the afternoon. Enjoy!
I love it how cats flushing the toilets get 5,00000 views on YouTube, but Maya Deren's masterpieces get 578 views!
diegosemerene 4 years ago 53
That's true ... we have the attention span of a tennis ball, now.
splattproductions 3 years ago 8