The Very Eye of Night (1958)
- Directed by
- Maya Deren
- Genre
- experimental film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 39 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
Dancers move through a black void in negative imagery. Their bodies become ghostly silhouettes against a dark sky. The film uses ballet to create a surreal, weightless atmosphere.
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What happens
The Very Eye of Night is 1955 American experimental silent short film written and directed by Maya Deren. Made in collaboration with Metropolitan Opera Ballet School, the film was shot in black-and-white in the 16 mm format, and is projected as photographed in the negative. The Very of Eye of Night premiered in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1955. It later screened in New York in 1959, with an added musical score by Teiji Ito. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.