The Maya Deren Collection (1943-1977)
Genre: Short | Experimental
Country: USA | Director: Maya Deren
Language: English / Music / Silent | Subtitles: None
Bdrip H264 Mkv – Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 – 23.976fps – Length: 208mn
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220305/
Born in Kiev in 1917, Maya Deren emigrated to the United States with her parents a few years later, grew up mainly in Syracuse, New York, and attended Syracuse University. A social activist from her teens, she became interested first in dance and subsequently in filmmaking. Throughout the 1950s, until her premature death in 1961 at the age of 44, Maya Deren was a leading exponent of experimental cinema and considered one of its most influential artists. She first traveled to Haiti to film dances in 1947, and returned in following years for lengthy stays. The work in Haiti led to the classic ethnographic study, Divine Horsemen, written with the encouragement of Joseph Campbell, as well as audio recordings and a documentary film which was later edited by Teiji and Cherel Ito
The Maya Deren Collection includes the following short films:
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) (HD, 14:18) with Audio Commentary by film curator Thomas Beard
At Land (1944) (HD, 15:29) with Audio Commentary by film curator Thomas Beard
A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945) (HD, 2:53)
The Private Life of a Cat (1946) (HD, 29:32)
Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946) (HD, 15:02) with Audio Commentary by film scholar Moira Jean Sullivan
Meditation on Violence (1948) (HD, 12:52) with Audio Commentary by film scholar Moira Jean Sullivan
The Very Eye of Night (1958) (HD, 15:26) with Audio Commentary by film curator Thomas Beard
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1947-1954, 1977) (HD, 50:36) with Audio Commentary by film scholar Moira Jean Sullivan
Bonus:
Invocation: Maya Deren (1987) (SD, 55:26) is a feature-length documentary provided to Kino Lorber by the BFI (British Film Institute).
wow
I used to have this on VHS…my ladyfriend stole it from the goth dudes in the city…some of my early experience with arthouse cinema back in the 90s
This is incredible—thank you!
An important artist in film history. Best collection of her work that has appeared to date. If this was all on a single Blu-Ray, it might have been nice to have an option for a full rip of it, along with the menu for selection, even if the file size got to be huge. But I see the practicalities surrounding that Just my notion, many might disagree. Thanks for this though, any way you needed to arrange it !
It would have been easier to post the full bluray but 44gb is too much for most users.