Kino Classics is proud to announce the release of the Maya Deren Collection, an eight-film retrospective of the director's work presented by in new 2K restorations by Kino Classics and Re:Voir.
Regarded as one of the most important of all avant garde filmmakers, and called the 'Mother of the American Avant Garde Film' by Cecile Starr in The New York Times, Maya Deren (1917-1961) created an influential body of work that pushed new boundaries in experimental cinema.
This Blu-ray contains:
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
At Land (1944)
A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
The Private Life of a Cat (1947)
Meditation on Violence (1948)
The Very Eye of Night (1958)
Divine Horsemen (1947-54, 1977)
All rights of the producer and of the owner of the work are reserved. Unless authorized by the rights holder, no duplication, hiring, lending or public screenings are allowed. For institutional purchase please contact Re:Voir directly.
Extras
Special Features:
Audio commentaries on Divine Horsemen, Meditation on Violence, and Ritual in Transfigured Time by film scholar Moira Jean Sullivan
Audio commentaries on At Land, Meshes of the Afternoon, and The Very Eye of Night by film curator Thomas Beard
Never-released outtakes from the original soundtrack recording sessions with Teiji Ito on Meshes of the Afternoon and The Very Eye of Night
Invocation: Maya Deren (1987, a documentary by Jo Ann Kaplan)
Booket Essays by film scholar Moira Jean Sullivan
Alternate French audio for Divine Horsemen recorded by Raymonde Carasco
