Meshes of the Afternoon

I found all of last Thursday's films interesting, but I found Maya Deren's Meshes of the Afternoon to be the most captivating. The film is complex on many levels. It has its own creepy feeling that is a combination of the music, the main character's trance-like expressions, the mirror-faced figure, the recurring symbols, and the editing that distorts time and space, yet flows so perfectly. The plot of film is so interesting. I don't know if anyone could correctly analyze it to fit Maya's vision as it is clearly a very personal film. I do think that Maya was able to create a film that shows how the sub-conscious of an individual interprets a normal event into something more complex and emotional. I find that many of my dreams include elements of my experiences, but somehow they are distorted and random. However, the use of the several out-of-body experiences may suggest that this film is much more complex than a dream. I do see how the film suggests themes that go along with the ideas of guilt and secrecy. I'm beginning to think that the film doesn't have to do with infertility, but maybe with sexual abuse that leads to Maya's character's suicide.