Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an influential experimental filmmaker whose short film Meshes of the Afternoon helped pave the way for other surrealist filmmakers, most notably David Lynch. Deren’s short film At Land follows an unnamed young woman who finds herself stranded somewhere on a beach. Her exploration of this land and journey through the island’s…
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David Lynch: “Rabbits” (2002)
Rabbits is a series of short surreal films with the overall running time of forty minutes. It features three humanoid rabbits (two female and one male) in one single room. They sit on a sofa, enter and go out of the room, talk to each other and recite poetry. Through eerie music, rabbits’ nonsensical dialogue…
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