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Water for Maya

UNITED STATES · 2000

Water for Maya

Stan Brakhage

experimental film hand-painted animation Maya Deren water imagery magic realism

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Synopsis

Water for Maya is a hand-painted work which came into being during a film interview with Martina Kudlacek about Maya Deren. There was a sudden recognition of Maya’s intrinsic love of water and thus of all Mayan liquidity in magic conjunction, reflection, etc. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

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