In this latest installment we take a slightly more focused looked at Deren's (possible) influence on Nicolas Winding Refn's underseen/underrated Fear X, along with a few other films that share some coincidental visual similarities.
Enjoy...
While preparing for a podcast on Fear X, I noticed a lot of specific moments in the film share a lot of visual & thematic similarities with Deren's Meshes Of The Afternoon...
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| Meshes Of The Afternoon / Fear X |
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| Meshes Of The Afternoon / Fear X |
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| Meshes Of The Afternoon / Fear X |
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| Meshes Of The Afternoon / Fear X |
Deren's iconic & most well known visual has been borrowed by many art films, but what about more popular films like Scrooged?
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| Meshes Of The Afternoon / Scrooged |
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| Meshes Of The Afternoon / Scrooge |
Claire Denis' mixture of abstract dance & multi-media/experimental filmmaking in Vers Mathilde is right out of Deren's The Very Eye Of Night
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The Very Eye Of Night /
Vers Mathilde |
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| The Very Eye Of Night / High Life |
While the above comparison is a lot more plausible (Claire Denis borrowing from Maya Deren), I
know I'm swinging for the fences on this one (and I'm probably missing). But my subconscious can't let this one go. Hulk floating through space reminds me of the figures floating in space in Deren's
The Very Eye Of Night...
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| A Study In Choreography For Camera / Un Chant D'Amour |
