Release Year: 2002
Runtime: 103 min
Director: Martina Kudlácek
Cast: Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Judith Malina, Alexander Hammid, Chao Li Chi
Studios: ARTE France Cinéma, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, Navigator Film, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, OFI
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
Special Features:
Two rare Maya Deren film “fragments”
WITCH’S CRADLE (1943), outtakes from a lost work starring Marcel Duchamp; and ENSEMBLE FOR SOMNAMBULISTS (1951), an unpublished choreographic work
Stan Brakhage’s hand-painted film WATER FOR MAYA (2000)
A tribute to Deren that he is seen creating during IN THE MIRROR
Maya Deren filmography
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
Technical Specifications:
- Color/B&W
- English
- 1.33:1 aspect ratio
