At Land (1944)
- Directed by
- Maya Deren
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 109 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 is washed up on a beach and then travels through a strange series of encounters. She meets other people and also comes across other versions of herself.
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What happens
At Land is a 1944 American experimental silent short film written, directed by, and starring Maya Deren. It has a dream-like narrative in which a woman, played by Deren, is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey encountering other people and other versions of herself. Deren once said that the film is about the struggle to maintain one's personal identity. The composer John Cage and the poet and film critic Parker Tyler were involved in making the film, and appear in the film, which was shot at Amagansett, Long Island. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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