A Study in Choreography for Camera

Running at only two minutes long, "A Study in Choreography for Camera" boasts editing, ballet, and a mood wholly Deren's and intriguing.

Cameras are like women: we depend on them, they are fragile, but they can be docile and loyal if you know how to treat them properly. They bring out the best of us too. A camera is your very soul; it is the third eye that transcends time and space. "There are no rules subject to tangible constraints", Deren seems to be telling us, and plays with us a little. 89/100

I loved it. Short, but sweet. The editing is fantastic.

This two-minute short takes an idea from Maya Deren's third movie (this one is her fourth) and uses it again and it looks really good, but I think it's a bit short to really make an impact. On me at least.

As someone who was quite enamored with the art of the dance, she's really talented at beautifully capturing humans in motion. This was nice while it lasted, but I just think 4 minutes is way too short.

deren's first "pure" dance movie is a very short study in movement - that remains fascinating in it's brillant use of stylistic devices.

Deren rampages the motion picture.2 minutes is all she needs to preserve her semi-docu/positively genuine cinematic voice.A study lost in the organization pages of her philosophical brain.Otherwise,there's no explanation for this short trip amidst the dancing velocity.

visually pretty cool

Not one of her best works, but still worth a watch. The guy who dances is really good.

Short and sweet, you can almost hear the music in this excellent silent short.