Ieri al festival di Venezia è stato molto applaudito "Meshes of the afternoon", il corto completamente restaurato di Maya Deren, la regista su cui ho fatto la mia tesi di laurea. Enigmatica, esuberante, iper creativa, fuori dagli schemi, problematica, ma soprattutto molto complessa, Maya Deren è considerata la madre del cinema underground americano tanto che la sala principale dell'Anthology film archive di New York, il tempio dei film indipendenti, è dedicata proprio a lei. "Meshes of the Afternoon" è il primo corto di Maya Deren, forse anche il più riuscito. E' stato girato nel 1943 dalla regista appena venticinquenne insieme al marito Alexander Hammid con una cinpresa Bolex 16mm di seconda mano. E' un corto lirico e suerreale, dalle immagini fortemente simboliche tra le più belle mai viste sullo schermo ( riprese anche da David Lynch nel suo "Strade perdute"). Ho trovato la versione non restaurata su Youtube e ve la posto qua, mi racomendo non struggetevi per trovare un senso univoco, perché il senso lo crea lo spettatore con la sua interpretazione!
Yesterday at the Venice Film Festival was a lot applauded "Meshes of the afternoon", the short film by Maya Deren, the director I did my thesis on, fully restored. Enigmatic, exuberant, hyper creative, unconventional and problematic, but also very complex, Maya Deren is considered the mother of American underground cinema so that the main hall of the Anthology film archive in New York, the temple of independent films, is dedicated to her. "Meshes of the Afternoon" is the first short film by Maya Deren, perhaps the most successful. It 'was filmed in 1943 by the director that was just twenty-five years old with her husband Alexander Hammid with a secon hand Bolex 16mm. The short film is surreal and lyric with highly symbolic images, some of the most beautiful ever seen on the screen (shooting also by David Lynch in his "Lost Highway"). I found the not restored version on Youtube and I post it here. Don’t worry if you don’t find a unique sense, the sense is created by the viewer!
Yesterday at the Venice Film Festival was a lot applauded "Meshes of the afternoon", the short film by Maya Deren, the director I did my thesis on, fully restored. Enigmatic, exuberant, hyper creative, unconventional and problematic, but also very complex, Maya Deren is considered the mother of American underground cinema so that the main hall of the Anthology film archive in New York, the temple of independent films, is dedicated to her. "Meshes of the Afternoon" is the first short film by Maya Deren, perhaps the most successful. It 'was filmed in 1943 by the director that was just twenty-five years old with her husband Alexander Hammid with a secon hand Bolex 16mm. The short film is surreal and lyric with highly symbolic images, some of the most beautiful ever seen on the screen (shooting also by David Lynch in his "Lost Highway"). I found the not restored version on Youtube and I post it here. Don’t worry if you don’t find a unique sense, the sense is created by the viewer!
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