Meditation on Violence

{{short description|1949 experimental short film}}

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| name = Meditation on Violence

| image = Still from Meditation on Violence (1948).jpg

| caption = Chao-Li Chi in a scene from the film

| director = Maya Deren

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| screenplay = Maya Deren, Chao-Li Chi

| story = Maya Deren, Chao-Li Chi

| starring = Chao-Li Chi

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| music = Teiji Ito

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| released = {{Film date|1948}}

| runtime = 15 minutes

| country = United States

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Meditation on Violence is a 1948 American experimental short film directed by Maya Deren. Shot in 16 mm, It explores in playing out the movements and performance of the Wu-tang ritual.{{cite web |last1=Pinchetti |first1=Sophie |title=Meditation on Violence |url=http://www.thethird-eye.co.uk/meditation-on-violence/ |website=thethird-eye.co.uk |publisher=The Third Eye |accessdate=11 July 2019 |date=21 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711103231/http://www.thethird-eye.co.uk/meditation-on-violence/ |archive-date=11 July 2019 |url-status=live }} It also obscures the distinction between violence and beauty.{{cite web |title=Maya Deren - Meditation On Violence (1948) |url=https://expcinema.org/site/en/videos/maya-deren-meditation-violence-1948 |website=expcinema.org |publisher=expcinema.org |accessdate=11 July 2019}} The film stars Chao-Li Chi and music by Teiji Ito.{{cite journal |url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/deren-2/ |title=Great Directors: Maya Deren |first=Wendy |last=Haslem |journal=Senses of Cinema |issue=23 |date=12 December 2002 |accessdate=19 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006131106/http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/deren-2/ |archive-date=6 October 2012 |url-status=live }}