Dir. Martina Kudlacek Austria/Switz/Ger 2002
In the Mirror of Maya Deren is both a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking and
influential artist, and a pitch-perfect introduction to her strikingly beautiful and poetic body of work.
Maya Deren is arguably the most important and innovative avant-garde filmmaker in the history of American cinema.
Deren made such mesmerizing films as At Land, Ritual in Transfigured Time, and her masterpiece, Meshes
of the Afternoon. Starting with excerpts from these films, In the Mirror... effectively
interweaves archival footage with observances from her contemporaries such as filmmakers
Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, dance pioneer Katherine Dunham, and Living Theater founder Judith Malina.
The film also features an original score by experimental composer John Zorn.(104m)
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