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Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
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Maya Deren (writer)
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A solitary flower on a long driveway, a key falling, a door unlocked, a knife in a loaf of bread, a...
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Most unusual use of transition devices; even to date today
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This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Libary of Congress, in 1990.
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Revealing mistakes: When The Woman tries to open the supposedly locked door for the first time, it gives way a little (too much).
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Referenced in The Commune (2009/I)
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Like "Un Chien Andalou" by Bunuel & Dali, "Meshes" might appear to hold some psychological symbolism, dream imagery, hidden significances or inside jokes. Where Bunuel & Dali insisted that all they filmed was to make "no sense at all," Deren's could have a hidden commentary on the woman's role in the home; time spent alone, to be drawn out is to fall deeper into oneself. The overall look of the film (shot over several years) is one of a camera experiment; one which carries the viewer scene to scene via strange footfalls on shifting soils, stairs, paths and floors. The sense of continuity is held through reoccurring imagery, and this film uses a mask to give the appearance of multiple Mayas at a table VERY effectively. Some of the stop-action (disappearing/reappearing objects) is rough, given the complexity of her camera, but given these limitations the film is a technical feat as well. Mesmerizing, re-watchable.