Maya Deren is an important figure in experimental film making. She creates an experience for the viewer, bending time and playing with our sense of reality. The houses is like something out of an MC Escher painting. She dances around her house in Meshes of the Afternoon in a carefully choreographed short film to the twangs of dissonant strings. She depicts things on screen that can only be done on film, and then shes pushes the limits of the medium. It is surreal and as I've learned from watching Bunuel, when it comes to surrealism you just have to accept it and enjoy the ride.
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