Mystery · Fantasy
American
1943 · Directed by Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid · 14 min
A woman comes home on a sunlit afternoon, and the house, the street and her own movements begin to repeat with small, unsettling variations. A fourteen-minute silent dream-film made at home by two artists with almost no money.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the American avant-garde, it moved experimental cinema from European surrealist influence toward a personal, psychological and distinctly home-made American form.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a piece of rhythm and variation, where repeated images matter more than any story you try to assemble.
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