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Witch's Cradle (1944) is an unfinished, silent experimental short film directed by the legendary avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren. It is a surrealist collaboration featuring the famous artist Marcel Duchamp and was filmed in Peggy Guggenheim’s iconic Art of This Century gallery in New York.
Maya Deren (1917–1961) was a pioneering Jewish-born American filmmaker who is often called the "mother of the American avant-garde". She is best known for creating poetic, dreamlike films that broke away from traditional Hollywood storytelling.
Witch's Cradle (1944) is an unfinished, silent experimental short film directed by the legendary avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren. It is a surrealist collaboration featuring the famous artist Marcel Duchamp and was filmed in Peggy Guggenheim’s iconic Art of This Century gallery in New York.
Maya Deren (1917–1961) was a pioneering Jewish-born American filmmaker who is often called the "mother of the American avant-garde". She is best known for creating poetic, dreamlike films that broke away from traditional Hollywood storytelling.
