Teiji Ito Trailers
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Teiji Ito was a Japanese composer and performer. He is best known for his scores for the avant-garde films by Maya Deren.
Most Popular Teiji Ito Trailers
Total trailers found: 19
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger Trailer (1961)
29 December 1961
Filmed at the Alhambra in Spain in just one day, according to Marie Menken. Arabesque for Kenneth Anger concentrates on visual details found in Moorish architecture and in ancient Spanish tile.
Maya Deren's Sink Trailer (2011)
05 January 2011
Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film.
Vever (For Barbara) Trailer (2023)
12 October 2023
Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with evocative sound, texts, and teachings from artist Maya Deren.
The Virgin President Trailer (1968)
18 November 1968
The President of the U.S. is suceeded by his naive, wide-eyed son, and his advisors try to take advantage of the situation by planning to drop an atomic bomb on Manhattan and blaming it on the Red Chinese.
Dionysus Trailer (1964)
21 December 1964
In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.
The Dragon's Tears Trailer (1963)
01 January 1963
John Korty's animated adaptation of Hirosuke Hamada's story (Ryu no Me no Namida) of a little boy's fearless act of inviting a dragon to his birthday party.
Henry James' Memories of Old New York Trailer (1959)
01 January 1959
Because of the film's choices of text and illustration were made so well – and because the natural anatomy of memory is so like that of cinema montage– the movie's effectiveness is very great, and it stands as a worthy initial exploration of the medium in which Mr.
Meshes of the Afternoon Trailer (1943)
01 January 1943
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality.
Invocation: Maya Deren Trailer (1986)
24 April 1986
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures.
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti Trailer (1993)
20 March 1993
This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the footage, so this “finished” version was made by Teiji Ito and Cherel Ito after Deren’s death.
The Very Eye of Night Trailer (1958)
03 May 1958
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings.
Meditation on Violence Trailer (1949)
24 April 1949
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees of traditional Chinese boxing, Wu-tang, Shao-lin, and Shao-lin with a sword.
In the Mirror of Maya Deren Trailer (2002)
15 March 2002
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
Maya Deren, Take Zero Trailer (2012)
30 January 2012
This documentary interweaves films and voice recordings by Maya Deren with interviews featuring colleagues and contemporaries who worked with or knew her firsthand.
The Language of Faces Trailer (1961)
03 March 1961
Pacifist plea sponsored by a Quaker group. To a voice-over commentary describing the arms race, Language of Faces presents a montage of human faces and activities that culminates in a silent vigil at the Pentagon.
Lifelines Trailer (1960)
13 August 1960
A combination of animated line drawings with live photography of a nude model. A play on the title (living lines, life model, procreation and hand life line).
Bagatelle for Willard Maas Trailer (1961)
29 December 1961
"This is a new version of the now famous film made for her husband, the poet and film-maker. Returning from the Brussels fair, she shot this at Versailles and the Louvre.
Moonplay Trailer (1962)
01 June 1962
An expansion upon an idea put forward in Marie Menken's film Notebook; single-frame footage of the moon shot on various nights, blinking and darting around within Menken's field of vision.
Dwightiana Trailer (1959)
27 April 1959
Menken's 16mm, stop-motion tribute to the art of Dwight Ripley was filmed in 1959 in his apartment at 416 East Fifty-eighth Street in New York.
