The Very Eye of Night

The Very Eye of Night
Stills from The Very Eye of Night
Directed byMaya Deren
Written byMaya Deren
Starring
  • Don Freisinger
  • Richard Sandifer
  • Patricia Ferrier
  • Bud Bready
  • Genaro Gomez
  • Barbara Levin
  • Richard Englund
  • Rosemary Williams
  • Phillip Salem
CinematographyMaya Deren
Edited byMaya Deren
Music byTeiji Ito
Release dates
  • 1955 (1955) (Haiti)
  • 1959 (1959) (New York)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

The Very Eye of Night is 1955 American experimental silent short film written and directed by Maya Deren. Made in collaboration with Metropolitan Opera Ballet School, the film was shot in black-and-white in the 16 mm format, and is projected as photographed in the negative.

The Very of Eye of Night premiered in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1955. It later screened in New York in 1959, with an added musical score by Teiji Ito.