The Very Eye of Night, the Glossary
The Very Eye of Night is 1955 American experimental silent short film written and directed by Maya Deren, and her last completed film.[1]
Table of Contents
14 relations: Anthology Film Archives, Antony Tudor, Black-and-white, DVD, Experimental film, Los Angeles Times, Maya Deren, Metropolitan Opera, Negative (photography), Port-au-Prince, Short film, Silent film, Teiji Ito, 16 mm film.
- 1950s avant-garde and experimental films
- 1958 short films
- Films directed by Maya Deren
Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema.
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Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor (born William Cook; 4 April 1908 – 19 April 1987) was an English ballet choreographer, teacher and dancer.
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Black-and-white
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey.
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DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
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Experimental film
Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Maya Deren
Maya Deren (born Eleonora Derenkovskaya, Елеоно́ра Деренко́вська; // ЦГИАК Украины. Ф. 1164. Оп. 1. Д. 161 (517 — по старой нумерации). Л. 73об–74. (russian) – October 13, 1961) was a Ukrainian-born (then part of the Russian Empire, now independent Ukraine) American experimental filmmaker and important part of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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Negative (photography)
In photography, a negative is an image, usually on a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film, in which the lightest areas of the photographed subject appear darkest and the darkest areas appear lightest.
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Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince (Pòtoprens) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti.
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Short film
A short film is a film with a low running time.
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Silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue).
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Teiji Ito
was a Japanese-born American composer and performer.
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16 mm film
16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film.
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See also
1950s avant-garde and experimental films
- A Movie
- Adebar
- Anticipation of the Night
- Broadway by Light
- Cat's Cradle (film)
- Dementia (1955 film)
- Eaux d'Artifice
- Ensemble for Somnambulists
- Glimpse of the Garden
- Hiroshima mon amour
- Hurlements en faveur de Sade
- Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
- List of avant-garde films of the 1950s
- N.Y., N.Y. (film)
- Nice Time
- Pull My Daisy
- Rabbit's Moon
- Schwechater
- Season of Strangers
- Shadows (1959 film)
- Sirius Remembered
- Song of Khartoum
- The Adventures of Jimmy
- The End (1953 film)
- The Miracle of St. Anne
- The Very Eye of Night
- The Way to Shadow Garden
- Venom and Eternity
- Window Water Baby Moving
1958 short films
- A Bird in a Bonnet
- A Movie
- A Pizza Tweety-Pie
- Amelia and the Angel
- Broadway by Light
- Cat Feud
- Chew Chew Baby
- Dog Tales (film)
- Don't Axe Me
- En 50 ans
- Feather Bluster
- Gopher Broke (1958 film)
- Hare-Less Wolf
- Hare-Way to the Stars
- Hip Hip-Hurry!
- Hook, Line and Stinker
- Journey into Spring
- Knighty Knight Bugs
- Money Minters
- Now Hare This
- Overture (1958 film)
- Paul Bunyan (film)
- Pigsy Eats Watermelon
- Pre-Hysterical Hare
- Robin Hood Daffy
- Schwechater
- The Kiss (1958 film)
- The Little Island (film)
- The Living Stone
- The Quest (1958 film)
- The Tall Country
- The Very Eye of Night
- Tortilla Flaps
- Tot Watchers
- Two Men and a Wardrobe
- Véronique et son cancre
- Weasel While You Work
- Whoa, Be-Gone!
Films directed by Maya Deren
- A Study in Choreography for Camera
- At Land
- Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
- Ensemble for Somnambulists
- Meditation on Violence
- Meshes of the Afternoon
- Ritual in Transfigured Time
- Season of Strangers
- The Private Life of a Cat
- The Very Eye of Night
- The Witch's Cradle