The Very Eye of Night

The Very Eye of Night

Directed by Maya Deren

195815 min6.1 / 10

A transcendent avant-garde ballet film where weightless dancers move through a cosmic void, creating a meditative, visually stunning exploration of movement and grace.

Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Very Eye of Night scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Is The Very Eye of Night violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is The Very Eye of Night easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Does The Very Eye of Night end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is The Very Eye of Night sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love25

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