Teijo Ito - MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (us, Deren 1943 - st, 1959)

Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid's Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) presumably needs no introduction, pretty much the pinnacle of mid-century experimental cinema. There are those (talking bout you, Brakhage) who consider it to be more a work by husband #2 Hammid (and conversely, Maya the driving force behind his Private Life Of A Cat, 1945) but her mesmerising central presence, its unassailable cultural position and definition, and not least her other films, have made it hers forever.

Originally the film was silent. In 1959 husband #3, Teijo Ito, made this fantastic, semi-abstract soundtrack. Enjoy!

MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON SOUNDTRACK