#22 out of 22 (maya deren)!

so i finally caught back up with the posts. woo! but i still haven't posted my flip book yet... i should get on that. oh well. and maybe my first post doesn't count cause basically i was just like "i'm not used to getting up early yet."

a few random things first:
1. herr's cheddar & sour cream chips are the shit.
2. orange juice is also the shit, but these two do not mix well.
3. insomnia sucks- especially when you have an 8:30 class.
4. writing class is a waste of time at the college level.
5. my "i" key fell off my laptop and won't go back on- this makes typing difficult.


okay, well. the basic things about maya deren:

• born eleanora duse on april 29th, 1917 in kiev, ukraine


• died october 13, 1961 new york city, usa


• became a naturalized citizen of the usa at age 11


• began college at syracuse university, finished at new york university; started master's n english literature at the new school for social research, completed it at smith college


• awarded a guggenheim fellowship for "creative work in the field of motion pictures" in 1946
  
• first and most well known film is meshes of the afternoon (1943)- with alexander hammid, music added in 1957 by teij ito


• at land (1944), photographed by hella heyman and alexander hammid


• a study in choregraphy (1945), choreographed collaboration with frank westbrook and rita christiani, featuring anaïs nin and gore vidal


• the private life of a cat (1947), co directed by alexander hammid- boooooringgg
  
• meditation on violence (1948), performance by chao-li chi, musical collage by maya deren


• the very eye of night )1952-55), with metropolitan opera ballet school and antony tudor, music by teiji ito


• four unfinished films, one unreleased film


• worked with 16mm film

the oddities i found interesting:

• married gregory bardacke at age 18 (married 1935- 1939)


• married to alexandr hackenschmied (aka, alexander hammid) from 1942- ????


• married to teiji ito from late 50s- death (who was 18 years younger than her and later married someone 12 years younger than himself)


• became a personal secretary after earning master's


• practiced voodoo


• claimed to make her pictures "for what hollywood spends on lipstick"


• died from a brain hemorrhage due to extreme malnutrition and 20ish years of amphetamihes (adderall and the like) and sleeping pills, which she was taking on a daily basis when she died

as always- thanks to wikipedia.


at land (1944)



i like the frantic/ crazed/ desperate/ confused nature of the beach part during the last 5min. a lot. more than the other sections. although her expression at the very first section's pretty sweet... and i don't know much what else to say. i'm kinda bad at interpreting stuff.