Last night I watched a short film that I had first seen last year, Maya Deren's 1943 Meshes of the Afternoon. This is part of my goal to watch more short films this year, which, as I proposed earlier, I think I've ignored over the years. It's considered a foundational work in the surrealist canon, although I read an interesting review that argued that it was probably influenced more by the wave of film noir movies that were popular then. After the film I asked Janet if she had ever heard of Maya Deren, as they both went to Smith College (like so many intelligent, cool women I know). I'm jealous of folks who went to amazing schools like Smith, and it pains me that so many great small liberal arts schools are closing in this America where moronity and greed rule. Recommended - the film, not today's America.
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