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Meshes of the Afternoon (short) (1943)
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.Director: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
OVERALL: R0-
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Extras:DISCS ONE & TWO (Blu-ray Copy)
DISC THREE (DVD)
The Films (with Play All) (207:23)
* "Manhatta"
* "Ballet Mechanique"
* "Anémic cinéma"
* "The Life and Death of 9413 - A Hollywood Extra"
* "Skyscraper Symphony
* "Mechanical Principles"
* "A Bronx Morning"
* "Lot in Sodom"
* "Poem 8"
* "An Optical Poem"
* "Thimble Theater"
* "Tarantella"
* "The Pursuit of Happiness"
* "1941"
* "Meshes of the Afternoon"
* "Meditation on Violence"
* "In the Street"
DISC FOUR (DVD)
The Films (with Play All) (210:31)
* "Four in the Afternoon"
* "Abstronic"
* "Eaux d'artifice"
* "Bells of Atlantis"
* "Evolution"
* "Gyromorphosis"
* "Hurry, Hurry!"
* "N.Y., N.Y."
* "9 Variations on a Dance Theme"
* "Castro Street (The Coming of Consciousness)"
* "Film That Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter"
* "Walden: Diaries, Notes and Sketches" (excerpt)
* "Our Lady of the Sphere"
* "Love It, Leave It"
* "DL2 (Disintegration Line #2)"
* "Transport"
* "Sappho and Jerry, Part 1-3"
* "Ch'an"
* "Seasons..."
* "Manhatta" (with new music composed and performed by Henry Wolfe and Phil Carluzzo) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.45:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Silent Dolby Digital 0.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 28 page booklet with an essay and extensive notes on every restoration by curator, filmmaker and film historian Bruce Posner.
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Extras:DISCS ONE - THREE (Blu-ray Copy)
DISC FOUR (DVD)
Alice Guy Blaché
* "Les chiens savants" (1902) (5:49)
* "Une histoire roulante" (1906) (2:53)
* "La barricade" (1907) (5:52)
* "Falling Leaves" (1912) (14:34)
* "Making an American Citizen" (1912) (14:36)
* "The Girl in the Arm-Chair" (1912) (13:17)
Lois Weber
* "Suspense" (1913) (11:02)
* "Discontent" (1916) (25:12)
* "The Blot" (1921) (93:55)
Mabel Normand
* "Mabel's Strange Predicament" (1914) (12:31)
Audio commentary on "The Blot" by author and professor Shelley Stamp
DISC FIVE (DVD)
Madeline Brandeis
* "The Star Prince" (1918) (58:50)
Germaine Dulac
* "La cigarette" (1919) (51:01)
* "La Souriante Mme. Beudet" (1922) (42:42)
Olga Preobrazhesnkaia
* "The Peasant Women of Ryazan" (1927) (89:33)
DISC SIX (DVD)
Marie-Louise Iribe
* "Le Roi des Aulnes" (1929) (45:54)
Lotte Reiniger
* "Harlequin" (1931) (25:51)
* "The Stolen Heart" (1934) (10:49)
* "Papageno" (1935) (11:14)
Claire Parker
* "A Night on Bald Mountain" (1933) (9:58)
Mrs. Wallace Reid (Dorothy Davenport)
* "The Woman Condemned" (1934) (65:01)
Leni Riefenstahl
* "Day of Freedom" (1933) (17:46)
Mary Ellen Bute
* "Parabola" (1937) (9:27)
* "Spook Sport" (1939) (8:24)
Dorothy Arzner
* "Dance, Girl, Dance" (excerpt) (1940) (4:42) [3:53]
Maya Deren
* "Meshes of the Afternoon" (1943) (15:05) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.43:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Silent Dolby Digital 0.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: R0
Both releases have differing exclusive content.
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CUTS:
- R0 Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film America- Flicker Alley - No cuts.
- R1 Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology America- Flicker Alley - No cuts (15:05 NTSC)
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 07/10/23
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 24/04/24UPDATE LOG:
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