The Very eye of night

A cine-ballet of night, filmed in the negative, creating the illusion of movement in unlimited space. The dancers, resembling sleepwalkers, become cosmic and four-dimensional, advancing as if planets in the night sky. The dancers are students of the Metropolitan Opera School., Highlights a celestial cinematic ballet filmed entirely in the nagative.

Credits

Directed by
Maya Deren
Written by
Maya Deren
Music
Teiji Ito
Complete catalog record
A cine-ballet of night, filmed in the negative, creating the illusion of movement in unlimited space. The dancers, resembling sleepwalkers, become cosmic and four-dimensional, advancing as if planets in the night sky. The dancers are students of the Metropolitan Opera School.
, Highlights a celestial cinematic ballet filmed entirely in the nagative. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
  2. Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, year, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
  3. Wikidata · Q59647165 ↗ — country, genre, credits