In the mirror of the Maya Deren

Movie
German title	In the mirror of the Maya Deren
Original title	In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Country of production	Austria , Switzerland , Germany
original language	English
Publishing year	2001
length	103 minutes
Rod
Director	Martina Kudláček
script	Martina Kudláček
production	Johannes Rosenberger
music	John anger
camera	Wolfgang Lehner , Stéphane Kuthy
cut	Henry Hills
occupation
Miriam Arsham Stan Brakhage Chao-Li Chi Rita Christiani Jean-Léon Destiné Katherine Dunham Graeme Ferguson Alexander Hackenschmied Judith Malina Jonas Mekas André Pierre Amos bird Archive material: Maya Deren Teiji Ito

In the Mirror of Maya Deren (Original title: In the Mirror of Maya Deren ) is a documentary film biography about the avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren by Martina Kudláček from 2001 .

background

The documentary was presented at the Viennale in October 2001 and won the Vienna Film Prize there . The cinema release in Germany was May 29, 2003.

Reviews

This section consists only of a cunning collection of quotes from movie reviews. Instead, a summary of the reception of the film should be provided as continuous text, which can also include striking quotations, see also the explanations in the film format .

“The documentary by filmmaker Martina Kudláček is based on the extensive biography ' The Legend of Maya Deren ' and takes on the avant-garde in essayistic images. Kudláček visits places of the experimental filmmaker's work, lets contemporary witnesses have their say and thus condenses the whole thing into an exciting portrait of this unusual woman. "

- prisma.de

“The director provides a competent insight into the cinematic work also through previously unpublished archive material. Music recordings by Maya Deren in Haiti and the film music by John Zorn enrich this biography of a unique woman. "

- dok.at

"The film conveys the image of a fascinating woman who not only played a key role in the field of poetic-abstract film, but also drew attention to herself through her ethnographic studies."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

• 2001: Vienna Film Prize (shared with Jessica Hausner )

Web links

• Official page for the film
• In the Mirror of Maya Deren in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• In the mirror of Maya Deren at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In the mirror of the Maya Deren. In: zelluloid.de. Archived from the original ; accessed on April 3, 2018 . 
2. ↑ In the mirror of the Maya Deren. In: prisma.de . Retrieved April 3, 2018 . 
3. ↑ In the Mirror of Maya Deren. In: dok.at . Retrieved April 3, 2018 . 
4. ↑ In the mirror of the Maya Deren. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 3, 2018 .  
5. ^ Vienna Film Prize 2001. In: viennale.at. Viennale , accessed on April 3, 2018 .