I found the Maya Deren films interesting, I especially liked the Meshes of the Afternoon, I think you can see how having a father as a psychologist might make you more inclined to have an interest in the mind and how it works and it shows in her films. She quotes in our reading "...the sub-conscious of an individual will develop, interpret and elaborate an apparently simple and casual incident into a critical emotional experience....". I much more enjoy films that make you think, not films that make you think "what were they thinking" when they made this film, such as Un Chein Andalou. For not having a script and doing the film on a whim the film gave us alot to think about. The actual filming was also very interesting, it is one of the first films to show what the protagonist is seeing or thinking and I'm sure the original audiences were entranced in the film.
As far as the reading for the week I personally don't see the connection to Un Chien Andalou. I think Meshes had so much more to offer. Andalou seemed to me as a mismatch of different ideas as Bunuel states "Nothing in the film symbolizes Anything" which contradicts our previous reading that claims Bunuel and Dali had messages or puns for the audience.
The last 3 weeks have been great films, the documentaries, propaganda and last weeks Deren films are getting better and better each week!
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