Films

Meshes of the Afternoon

Meshes of the Afternoon

Director: Maya Deren

Starring: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid

Year: 1943

Runtime: 14 mins.

Synopsis: A woman returns to her home and has various surreal encounters with several different doppelgangers and a mysterious hooded figure with a mirrored face.

DVD: Maya Deren: Experimental Films (compilation)

Official Website: None

Reviews: TV Guide
All Movie (Lucia Bozzola)

Underground Film Timeline: 1940 — 1949

Video: None

Underground Film Feedback (2 Notes)

  1. [...] structure for his screenplays, does appear to reference the legendary 1943 underground dream film Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid in Mulholland [...]

    Posted by Me And You And Memento And Fargo | Bad Lit | July 16, 2010, 6:02 am
  2. [...] very limited. Luckily, I was able to see things like Scorpio Rising and Sins of the Fleshapoids and Meshes of the Afternoon on my own at the Dryden Theater at the George Eastman House. I always ended up going to those [...]

    Posted by Skip Battaglia: Parataxis | Bad Lit | August 25, 2010, 2:00 pm

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