Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
- Directed by
- Alexandr Hackenschmied, Maya Deren
- Genre
- avant-garde, silent film, experimental film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 14 min
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 441 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman follows a mysterious figure through a series of surreal domestic scenes. Reality and imagination blur as she encounters symbolic objects and events.
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What happens
Meshes of the Afternoon is a 1943 American experimental silent short film directed by and starring married couple Maya Deren and Alexandr Hackenschmied. Deren also wrote, produced, and edited it, whilst Hackenschmied served as cinematographer. The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1990 for its cultural and historical significance. It is in the public domain in the U.S. because it was published between 1928 and 1977 without a copyright notice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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