Avant Garde Movies

  • 1985
    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

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    The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents...

    Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
  • 2024
    After James Benning's YouTube

    After James Benning's YouTube

    After James Benning's YouTube

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    Divided into 26 parts, an attempt to remake James Benning's film, YouTube (2011) with similar internet footage after 13 years.

    After James Benning's YouTube
  • 1977
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

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    "Untitled begins with a flat, out-of-focus, reddish-pink screen on which blurry white patterns quickly appear and disappear. After awhile a space...

    Untitled
  • 2013
    R

    R

    R

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    In a surreal meeting filled with countless individuals from a variety of backgrounds, nine people recount how sex and sexuality have been used to...

    R
  • 1970
    Dull Hope

    Dull Hope

    Dull Hope

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    Suppressed memories reach a boiling point. An animated tale of longing. “The Experimental section saw Non Films’ Dull Hope scoop the...

    Dull Hope
  • 1967
    Bliss

    Bliss

    Bliss

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    The first film made by Markopoulos after moving to Europe, Bliss was shot over the course of two days using only available light to create a lyrical...

    Bliss
  • 1971
    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

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    Paper-Scissor-Rock wars draws an episode where the two generals portray the Second World War, mostly through the rock-scissors-bag, but also by some...

    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon
  • 1991
    The Bigmoon Nights

    The Bigmoon Nights

    The Bigmoon Nights

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    The film "Nights full moon" shows the tendency of moral decay in society. The main character is torn apart by internal contradictions, leading him to...

    The Bigmoon Nights
  • 1952
    Panta Rhei

    Panta Rhei

    Panta Rhei

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    In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

    Panta Rhei
  • 1970
    Formications

    Formications

    Formications

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    A foreign girl arrives to her new apartment. Her three roommates welcome her rather distantly, for no reason at all, and she can smell that there is...

    Formications
  • 2022
    When I Close My Eyes I See Everything

    When I Close My Eyes I See Everything

    When I Close My Eyes I See Everything

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    A Sunday walk in a forest turns into a poetic journey on perception.

    When I Close My Eyes I See Everything
  • 1970
    A Chair

    A Chair

    A Chair

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    One of Takahiko Iimura's (and modern art's) earliest works in conceptual video, A Chair entirely consists of a steady (and usually ghosted) image of...

    A Chair
  • 2022
    The Art of Un-War

    The Art of Un-War

    The Art of Un-War

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    Renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko creates powerful responses to the inequities and horrors of war. This in-depth investigation into the artist...

    The Art of Un-War
  • 1971
    Mangúe-Bangúe

    Mangúe-Bangúe

    Mangúe-Bangúe

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    The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a...

    Mangúe-Bangúe
  • 1986
    Blind Eye Sees All

    Blind Eye Sees All

    Blind Eye Sees All

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    Blind Eye Sees All is a concert video by Butthole Surfers, which was released on VHS tape in 1985 through Touch and Go Video. The bulk of the video...

    Blind Eye Sees All
  • 1984
    King Crimson: The Noise (Live at Frejus)

    King Crimson: The Noise (Live at Frejus)

    King Crimson: The Noise (Live at Frejus)

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    A concert by King Crimson recorded at the Arena Frejus, France on August 27th, 1982. Track Listing: Waiting Man, Matte Kudasai, The Sheltering...

    King Crimson: The Noise (Live at Frejus)
  • 2006
    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

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    An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling,...

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
  • 1944
    At Land

    At Land

    At Land

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    A woman washes up on a beach and embarks on a surreal journey, encountering others and fragmented versions of herself in a quest for identity.

    At Land
  • 1971
    Plastic Jesus

    Plastic Jesus

    Plastic Jesus

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    Tom is a young guy from Zagreb, completely without money, trying to make films in Belgrade. He somehow manages to survive with a help of women. He...

    Plastic Jesus
  • 2016
    Night Flight: Born Again

    Night Flight: Born Again

    Night Flight: Born Again

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    Documentary tribute to what VH1 called “the single greatest rock omnibus program ever aired” and Brooklyn Vegan named “the most...

    Night Flight: Born Again