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The Very Eye of Night is 1958 American experimental silent black and white short written, cinematography and directed by Maya Deren and her last completed film.[2][3] The film was made in collaboration with Metropolitan Opera Ballet School.[4] The film editing by Deren into a 16 mm format[5] and music by Teiji Ito.[1][6] The entire film is projected as photographed in the negative.[7]

The Very Eye of Night
Stills from The Very Eye of Night
Directed by	Maya Deren
Written by	Maya Deren
Starring	Don Freisinger as Gemini Richard Sandifer as Gemini Patricia Ferrier as Ariel Bud Bready as Oberon Genaro Gomez as Umbriel Barbara Levin as Titania Richard Englund as Uranus Rosemary Williams as Urania Phillip Salem as Noctambulo
Cinematography	Maya Deren
Edited by	Maya Deren
Music by	Teiji Ito
Distributed by	Mystic Fire Video (1990 in DVD)
Release date	3 May 1958 (1958-05-03) (Haiti)
Running time	15 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Cast

• Don Freisinger as Gemini
• Richard Sandifer as Gemini
• Patricia Ferrier as Ariel
• Bud Bready as Oberon
• Genaro Gomez as Umbriel
• Barbara Levin as Titania
• Richard Englund as Uranus
• Rosemary Williams as Urania
• Phillip Salem as Noctambulo

Release

The film was made between 1952 and 1955 in collaboration with choreographer Antony Tudor, though it was not released until 1959 when the musical score by Teiji Ito was added. The film was initially premiered on 3 May 1958[8] in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[3]

In 1990 a home DVD was released under Mystic Fire Video in United States.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• The Very Eye of Night at AlloCiné (in French)
• The Very Eye of Night at IMDb 
• Stills From The Very Eye of Night by Deren, Maya director from Anthology Film Archives

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