In the Mirror of Maya Deren

January. 24,2003

Rating：

7.3

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Woman Director Biography Feminism

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Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

Maya Deren as Herself

Stan Brakhage as Himself

Judith Malina as Herself

Alexander Hammid as Himself

Chi Chaoli as Himself

Jonas Mekas as Himself

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Reviews

TrueJoshNight

2003/01/24

Truly Dreadful Film

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Invaderbank

2003/01/25

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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FirstWitch

2003/01/26

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Ginger

2003/01/27

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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wildstrawbe

2003/01/28

... lists like the IMDB users' top 250 mean nothing to me and why I don't rate movies. Maya Deren was one of the pioneers of the experimental cinema movement and this documentary sheds light on her life, her relationship with the people she worked with, her 2 last husbands, her trip to Haiti and the sacrifices she has to go through in order to continue making movies. In the mirror of Maya Deren is a fine introduction to Maya Deren's work but I would recommend her own films to anyone who wants to see something really different.

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mingus_x

2003/01/29

wonderful soundtrack by john zornmeetings/interviews with stan brakhage, jonas mekas, ... (every time a great pleasure to see them)[besides: we need all brakhage films out on dvd!]a lot of original film clips of maya's movies (this is the best part, especially worth mentioning is the footage from the haitian voodoo documentary, since i had never seen it before - i love it, it is accompanied with original music from maya's magnetic tapes recorded at the time of shooting in haiti. a lot of vitality, a lot of energy - you can almost feel it !there are also a lot of original soundclips of maya's voice used in this picture (very good sound quality, it really brings her to life for all of us)a definite must see[so release it on dvd for repeated viewings include all of maya's movies in an uncut version on an extra disc, PLEASE !!!]

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