FILM IN FOCUS: Meshes of the Afternoon

FILM IN FOCUS: Meshes of the Afternoon


Alexander Hammid and Maya Deren’s enormously influential experimental film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) saturates everyday objects and settings with meanings that are obscure to the viewer. In the first moments of the film, the woman (Deren) enters a house and begins to explore.



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