VERY EYE OF NIGHT, THE

VERY EYE OF NIGHT, THE

(director/writer: Maya Deren; cinematographer: Maya Deren; editor: Maya Deren; music: Teiji Ito; cast: Don Freisinger (Gemini ), Richard Sandifer (Gemini ), Patricia Ferrier(Ariel), Bud Bready (Oberon), Genaro Gomez(Umbriel), Barbara Levin (Titania), Richard Englund(Uranus); Runtime: 15; MPAA Rating: NR; Mystic Fire Video; 1958)

“It’s all very arty and enjoyable.“

Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz

Noted experimental filmmaker Maya Deren (“Meshes of the Afternoon”)directs her last completed short. Dancers are shown in photographic negatives as they perform some ballet moves against the background of the night’s starry sky. The music is conducted by the Metropolitan Opera’s Anthony Tudor and consists of a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion. It’s all very arty and enjoyable.

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REVIEWED ON 5/11/2011 GRADE: B

Dennis Schwartz: “Ozus’ World Movie Reviews”

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