Maya Deren: Incomplete Control

by Sarah Keller

Book Overview

Maya Deren (1917-1961) was a Russian-born American filmmaker, theorist, poet, and photographer working at the forefront of the American avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Influenced by Jean Cocteau and Marcel Duchamp, she is best known for her seminal film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), a dream-like experiment with time and symbol, looped narrative and provocative imagery, setting the stage for the twentieth-century's groundbreaking aesthetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231162219
• ISBN13: 9780231162210
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher