Alexander Hammid – MRQE

Im Spiegel der Maya Deren

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

Invocation: Maya Deren

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures. Narrated by actress Helen Mirren, this definitive documentary offers startling insights into one of the most intriguing, accomplished figures in cinema history.

At Land

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A woman lies on the sand, left there by the tides and waves (and in a pose that would be copied in From Here to Eternity). She reaches up across tree roots and makes a difficult climb. Only to discover herself climbing horizontally along a long dinner table as bourgeoise black-tie guests chat and drink and smoke, oblivious to her. At the top of the table, a man is playing chess but abandons the game. Fascinated, she gazes at board, the pieces moving unaided. The woman chases a pawn as it falls to the floor. Falls down a waterfall. Is lost.

Meshes of the Afternoon

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.