Maya Deren - Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)

Ritual in Transfigured Time may be the piece in which Maya Deren puts all her interests and achievements: a surrealistic narrative and dance choreographies. It is beautiful and powerful, but may have too many elements to be coherent and to possess her earlier works' strength.

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Film & Animation

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• Maya
• Deren
• Ritual
• in
• Transfigured
• Time

[cubanzombie]

Listening to Schoenberg, feels like it goes together.

[Zucasa]

maya deren: The Mother!

[olgachefugge]

@jlovebirch i think it is perfect..this no sound gives you a feeling that becomes all one flux with the image mood, and it matches perfectly with movie itself..sometimes i can hear noises, like imagining them so well ican hear them..or letting me fall in the silence,living where no sounds are needed.besides i can watch it now,in the night, while my brother is sleeping in this room in which i am now, without using headphones!!!!!

[ghostofdayinperson]

Why did she run away from that hot young statue? "Hey! Hot statue guy-- you can chase me a-n-y time you liiiiiiiiiike ;)"

[jlovebirch]

A terrific little film - but why the hell didn't she add music or something to the soundtrack? It feels unfinished with no sound.

[iraprusia]

i love it this way /watch?v=E3R2WvuLB_E

[futuristfood]

wow amazing! add the song among dreams by ariel pink.. yummy.. the album doldrums goes great with this clip.

[futuristfood]

wow amazing!

[ghostofdayinperson]

Something about the silence and how it is used here is similar to the way I dream. I was both transfixed and deeply moved by this film

[lookalike23]

This isn't Ritual in.... this is the study in choreography