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Meditation on Violence

Meditation on Violence

1948
Short Film
12m
A young Oriental man with a headscarf and bare torso shadowboxes indoors in front of a series of unadorned walls, light, dark, both shades. He is then shown exercising outside with a sword in an area surrounded by a low stone wall and overlooking a river, before there is a return to the first sequence. (imdb)
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Meditation on Violence

1948
Short Film
12m
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Avg Percentile 34.29% from 133 total ratings

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Rated 09 Jul 2008
1
4th
I bet Natalie Portman's character in Garden State could find something beautiful in this.
Rated 28 May 2008
15
7th
I'm sorry but take any ol' feature kung fu movie and you'll see more of a meditation on violence than this pretentious, boring piece of crap.
Rated 06 Mar 2010
62
37th
Seeing this made me realize how much I hate fast edits in modern Wuxia film: Bruce Lee has more in common with Gene Kelly than Chuck Norris. This is a good film for allowing meditation on similar themes.
Rated 08 Mar 2008
45
16th
09 Mart 08 & ne bu simdi? meditasyon yapan bir insan ve...? deneme katagorisine giren bir kisa calisma. / I can agree what FarCryss said: I bet Natalie Portman's character in Garden State could find something beautiful in this. Thankfully, I'm not a tool like she was.
Rated 29 Feb 2008
3
61st
A beautiful film/motion and editting study, I can hardly recommend it to anyone unless they want to know about experimental film.
Rated 26 Aug 2008
40
5th
I prefer the Afro Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs
Rated 28 Nov 2010
11
0th
This narcissistic showcase shouldn't have got me as angry as it did, but there's a really nasty violent underlying feeling to this ritual, as if the man is preparing for battle, but regardless if it be defensive or offensive.
Rated 02 Jan 2015
50
0th
Maya Deren #1
Rated 12 Aug 2008
35
6th
The way the young man moves is certainly poetic and a meditation, but unfortunately that can't save how boring this is. It needed to be a little shorter.
Rated 16 Aug 2017
59
21st
A fluid study on male physique in action. Lose a couple of minutes and you've got a decent warmup for a martial arts movie. I have no idea what it's supposed to say about violence, except that it can apparently look pretty hot.
Rated 27 Dec 2009
24
5th
WTF?
Rated 18 Feb 2016
11
58th
Star Rating: ★★★
Rated 01 Mar 2015
4
52nd
very nice interpretive dance that gets more and then less violent over the course. just ignore the stupid and pretentious title. easily my favourite maya deren movie. it seems i enjoy them inversely proportional to their reputation.
Rated 08 Dec 2018
40
57th
Probable went a little longer than I would have wanted, but the I was kind of mesmerized by this meditating war dance. The guy had charisma for it.
Rated 06 Mar 2009
20
12th
Interesting, but not too much.

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