Meshes of the Afternoon Hammid's desire to create an avant garde personal film that dealt with devastating psychological problems, like the French surrealist films of the 1920s such as Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel's "Un Chien Andalou" (1929) and "L'Age d'Or" (1930). Deren and Hammid wrote, directed and performed in the film. Although Deren is usually credited as its principal artistic creator, filmmaker Stan Brakhage, who knew the couple, has claimed in his book "Film at Wit's End" that "Meshes" was in fact largely Hammid's creation, and that their marriage began to suffer when Deren received more credit. The original print had no score.
Neat Beats with the film Un Chien Andalou. Fenner currently lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife. Neat Beats Alvin Fenner is a Seattle-based trip hop artist and multi-instrumentalist, releasing works under the moniker Neat Beats. Fenner's first recordings sprung up in 2004 and were self-released in San Diego. In 2009 he released the EP "Science is My Girlfriend" which garnered local attention by receiving an "ExtraSpecialGood" designation in the San Diego City Beat. In 2011, he released his debut album "Cosmic Surgery". Following a move to San Francisco he released his second LP "Sleep Cycles" in 2015. His latest release is