"The Very Eye of Night" is one of Maya Deren's longer films at 15 minutes. It is also her last work as writer and director counting her known movies. She was 40 when this one was made here and unfortunately dead 3 years later already. There is not too much to this short movie. We see a starry sky early on and after this introduction ballet dancers appear in the sky. We do not really see their faces though as this one is probably mostly about the aesthetics of dancing and the figures they are presenting. Still Ihave to say this is not really that much content and even starts to drag a bit, even at 15 minutes. It does not get too interesting in the first place. I felt this film looks like it could have been 50 years older maybe, not only because of the black-and-white, but also because of how simple it is. Hands down, some movies from 1898 told more of a story. Really only worth a watch for ballet lovers.
Review of The Very Eye of Night
