Short film

Meshes of the Afternoon
1943 · 14 min
A hypnotic, dreamlike spiral of repeating images that unsettles and demands close attention, blurring reality and illusion.
- Directed by
- Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren
- Genres
- Mystery, Horror
- Starring
- Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Identity, obsession, death, madness
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren
- Genres
- Mystery, Horror
- Starring
- Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid


