Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
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Cast

as The Woman

as The Man
Critic Reviews for Meshes of the Afternoon
All Critics (3) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (0)
Deren is one of the great screen presences; with her billowing hair and lugubrious gaze, she incarnates the eternal bohemian, rendering morbidity alluring and turning the air of idealistic purpose into a dance of seduction.

Decades later, this avant-garde, experimental film holds up extremely well
Maya Deren from 1943 until her death in 1961 led the avant-garde movement in cinema.
Audience Reviews for Meshes of the Afternoon
A woman sees a figure walking around a corner on a garden path, fumbles her key when trying to enter her apartment, sees a knife fall out of the loaf of bread it was lodged in, and then goes upstairs and takes a nap; she has a series of recurring dreams where these incidents and objects repeat themselves in new combinations, building up to a nightmarish conclusion. This mysterious and poetic riddle without a solution becomes more fascinating with each subsequent viewing.

Super Reviewer
If you're into David Lynch, this will be right up your alley.
Super Reviewer
This is pretty good for an experimental film, but I still didn't like it.
Super Reviewer
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