The Very Eye of Night

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The Very Eye of Night
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Stills from The Very Eye of Night
Directed by Maya Deren
Written byMaya Deren
Starring
  • Don Freisinger
  • Richard Sandifer
  • Patricia Ferrier
  • Bud Bready
  • Genaro Gomez
  • Barbara Levin
  • Richard Englund
  • Rosemary Williams
  • Phillip Salem
CinematographyMaya Deren
Edited byMaya Deren
Music by Teiji Ito [1] [2]
Release dates
  • 1955 (1955)(Haiti)
  • 1959 (1959)(New York)
Running time
15 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
Language Silent

The Very Eye of Night is 1955 American experimental silent short film written and directed by Maya Deren. [3] [4] Made in collaboration with Metropolitan Opera Ballet School, [5] the film was shot in black-and-white in the 16 mm format, [6] and is projected as photographed in the negative. [7]

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The Very of Eye of Night premiered in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1955. [4] It later screened in New York in 1959, [4] with an added musical score by Teiji Ito. [6]

Cast

Release

The Very Eye of Night was made between 1952 and 1955 in collaboration with choreographer Antony Tudor. The film first premiered in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1955. [4] It later screened in New York in 1959, [4] by which time music by Teiji Ito was added. [6]

In 1990, the film was released on DVD in the United States by Mystic Fire Video.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ Haslem, Wendy (12 December 2002). "Great Directors: Maya Deren". Senses of Cinema (23). Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Maya Deren The Very Eye of Night". film-makerscoop.com. The Film-Makers' Cooperative. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Maya Deren: seven films that guarantee her legend". bfi.org. BFI. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "In the Mirror of Maya Deren" (PDF). Zeitgeist Films. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Very Eye of Night". cinematheque.qc.ca. Cinematheque. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "The Very Eye of Night". lightcone.org. Light Cone. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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