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Meshes of the Afternoon

1943 · 14 min

A hypnotic, dreamlike spiral of repeating images that unsettles and demands close attention, blurring reality and illusion.

Genres
Mystery, Horror
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
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour1
Realism3
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
mystery, horror
Directed by
Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren
Written by
Maya Deren
Starring
Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Music
Teiji Ito
Cinematography
Alexander Hammid
Runtime
14 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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