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Ritual in Transfigured Time

1946

Fantasy

Ritual in Transfigured Time

1946

Fantasy

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84% AUDIENCE · 250 ratings

6.9/10 · 2.1K

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dance woman director short film

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Plot summary

A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek legend; one of filmmaker Maya Deren's most intriguing works.

Director

Maya Deren

Top cast

Maya Deren as

Gore Vidal as Man

Rita Christiani as

Anaïs Nin as Haughty Woman

Tech specs

720p.BLU 1080p.BLU

132.03 MB

1280*960

English 2.0

Not Rated

23.976 fps

12 hr 14 min

Seeds ...

249.79 MB

1440*1080

English 2.0

Not Rated

23.976 fps

12 hr 14 min

Seeds 8

Comments 5

RandyMantooth 264 days ago

OMG! Maya Deren HERE?? Thank you!!!

Ditirambo 267 days ago

It's a silent film, with no sound at all, so you just have to turn the volume down to watch the original version

annierower 267 days ago

Sadly only commentary audio track.

JCarnelian 268 days ago

720p audio is also commentary. No original audio track.

atheistsodomite 268 days ago

Audio track (at least on 1080) is commentary track

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IMDb reviews

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8 / 10

After completing Meshes of the Afternoon in collaboration

R T

After completing Meshes of the Afternoon in collaboration with Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren went on to make four more short films that helped to flesh out and…

After completing Meshes of the Afternoon in collaboration with Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren went on to make four more short films that helped to flesh out and clarify her ideas. In At Land, she sets off from Meshes's juxtaposition of four steps each on a different terrain to show herself climbing up a tree into a dinner party and onward to other locales; P. Adams Sitney (whose book I am reading) notes how she edits time as well as space, moving more swiftly than possible from one sand dune to the next in the closing minutes. A Study in Choreography briefly shows a dancer transposed (across three minutes) into different locations as the dance continues, cutting on movement to keep a smooth flow. Meditation on Violence similarly shows a Chinese martial artist demonstrating Shaolin and Wu Tang styles (as well as some swordplay) first forwards on different sets and then in reverse (although unless you looked closely perhaps this might not be so noticeable). Sitney spends most of the remainder of the chapter discussing Ritual in Transfigured Time which does seem the most complex of the films. Here Deren plays a smaller role while another woman first rolls up yarn that Deren gives her and then is beckoned to a party. The party itself involves numerous repeated sequences of people embracing or reaching out to greet each other which is a masterful demonstration of editing (and prolonging of time). Then, we are treated to sensuous dancing which takes a Greek turn when the male dancer, naked from the waist up, is then seen on a pedestal, soon leaping off in slow and interrupted motion. Unlike in her first film, these later films do not contain much of a narrative that allows any psychodramatic interpretation to be laid upon them - everything is form rather than content (as far as I can tell). Deren then left for Haiti where she had intended (with the help of a grant from Guggenheim) to continue an examination of local rituals (Voudoun) in comparison to children's games - but her experiences there changed her views and she made few subsequent films, dying young. Nevertheless, her contribution to avant-garde film, focused on shifting time and space perspectives as well as movement and choreography are thought-provoking and deep.

4 / 10

Some interesting and occasionally pleasing sequences of images

R T

Some interesting and occasionally pleasing sequences of images. And some that don't achieve the level of interesting or pleasing.

10 / 10

The poetess confesses her soul out: she loves

R T

The poetess confesses her soul out: she loves the art of dancing and the endless private emotional signals it stands for. You can see her clear and present…

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