[3][4] Made in collaboration with Metropolitan Opera Ballet School,[5] the film was shot in black-and-white in the 16 mm format,[6] and is projected as photographed in the negative.

[4] It later screened in New York in 1959,[4] with an added musical score by Teiji Ito.

[6] The Very Eye of Night was made between 1952 and 1955 in collaboration with choreographer Antony Tudor.

[4] It later screened in New York in 1959,[4] by which time music by Teiji Ito was added.

[6] In 1990, the film was released on DVD in the United States by Mystic Fire Video.