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

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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