In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Screening on Film
Directed by Martina Kudlacek.
Austria/Czech Republic, 2002, 35mm, color and b&w, 103 min.
Austria/Czech Republic, 2002, 35mm, color and b&w, 103 min.
Martina Kudlacek’s portrait of Deren is not so much a biography as a thoughtful introduction to the artist’s mesmerizing body of work. Using footage from Deren’s stunningly beautiful films of the 1940s—including the seminal Meshes of The Afternoon, At Land, and Ritual In Transfigured Time—along with archival audio interviews and observations from contemporaries such as experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage, actress and Living Theatre cofounder Judith Malina, and critics Amos Vogel and Jonas Mekas, Kudlacek provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind and life of this groundbreaking and influential artist.
