The Very Eye of Night is one of the most talked-about Music, Fantasy movies released in 1958, attracting audiences with its cinematic storytelling and memorable performances.
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.