Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection (1953) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1953 · 30 mins

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Directed by

Stan Brakhage

Starring

Eva Neumann, Lawrence Jordan, Robert Benson, Walter Newcomb, Yvonne Fair, Taggart Deike

Six young travelers—four men and two women—are stranded when their car breaks down on a remote road. Two men vie for the same woman, and the intrepid girl leads the group toward a deserted mining complex. Inside she sees something terrifying, screams, and the rivalry erupts into a violent confrontation. One of the men, reading a book, walks away in disgust. The short film, an anatomy of violence, was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.