Meshes of the Afternoon
A flower, a key, a bread knife, a figure with a mirror for a face — and a woman looping through her own home in a dream that keeps forking into more copies of her. The founding text of American avant-garde film, and still the most-imitated fourteen minutes in the form.
Awards
- Selected for Preservation — National Film Registry, 1990 (Winner)
Credits
- Starring: Maya Deren
- Music (1959): Teiji Ito
Genres
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