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Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) By Zenari, Vivian

DOI: 10.4324/9781135000356-REM1699-1
Published: 01/10/2017
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Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), an experimental film by Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, is considered an American avant-garde watershed. The husband–wife team played the parts of the unnamed man and woman and filmed in their Hollywood home.

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Zenari, Vivian. "Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)." The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. : Taylor and Francis, 2016. Date Accessed 20 Mar. 2023 https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/meshes-of-the-afternoon-1943. doi:10.4324/9781135000356-REM1699-1

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