Editing Meshes of the Afternoon (section)

=== Jean Cocteau ===
''Meshes of the Afternoon'' resembles [[Jean Cocteau|Jean Cocteau's]] 1930 film ''[[Blood of a Poet]]'' in its representation of a subjective point of view. ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' and Cocteau's film also share the same imagery in many instances;{{Example needed|s|date=December 2022}} however, Deren repeatedly claimed to have never seen the film and denied any influence by Cocteau.<ref name="Anthology Film Archives/Film Culture">{{cite book |last1=Clark |first1=VeVe A. |last2=Hudson |first2=Millicent |last3=Neiman |first3=Catrina |editor1-last=Melton |editor1-first=Hollis |title=The Legend of Maya Deren: A Documentary Biography and Collected Works |date=1988 |publisher=Anthology Film Archives/Film Culture |location=New York City |isbn=0-911689-17-6 |edition=Volume 1 Part Two}}</ref>

In the fall of 1945, Deren wrote to Victor Animatograph Corp. that she had now seen Cocteau's film multiple times and expressed interest in publishing a commentary on it. The proposed article was never written.<ref name="Anthology Film Archives/Film Culture"/>