A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

This epic documentary subtly introduces the complex worldview of iconic filmmaker and theoretician Peter Kubelka (born 1934, Vienna). While Kubelka’s radical and pioneering body of films is a highly condensed work of about an hour, focusing on the essence of cinema, his legendary lectures often unfold over many hours. These lectures on “what is cinema” and “cooking as an art form” are frequently illuminated by presentation of archaeological artefacts from Kubelka’s eclectic collection. He considers his ongoing collecting to be an expanded film practice which explores the evolution of humanity.
 Martina Kudláček has carefully woven an open-ended portrait which goes beyond the biographical to reveal fresh insights into the phenomenon of film.

影片是一部影人传记式的纪录片，《玛雅黛伦的魔镜》（In the Mirror of Maya Deren）是一位醉心于实验电影的女导演玛蒂娜库拉席克，追溯前辈玛雅黛伦生平的作品，玛雅黛伦不仅对前卫电影与女性电影多有启发，她对巫毒教的热中，也是这部片的另一条重要线索。