Avant Garde Movies

  • 2018
    Liminality & Communitas

    Liminality & Communitas

    Liminality & Communitas

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    After the sunset, a man wonders between the edges of the highways gathering edible roadkill animals.

    Liminality & Communitas
  • 1928
    The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

    The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

    The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

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    This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by...

    The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra
  • 2011
    Dear God No!

    Dear God No!

    Dear God No!

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    A gang of outlaw bikers pull a home invasion on a disgraced Anthropologist hiding a secret locked in his cabin basement.

    Dear God No!
  • 2025
    Swinging Light

    Swinging Light

    Swinging Light

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    An experience of a camera swinging in different gestures facing the optical distortion of the Sun. The last appearance of the smudge.

    Swinging Light
  • 2014
    Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers

    Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers

    Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers

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    After disbanding the original Mothers of Invention in '69, Frank Zappa unleashed a second incarnation of the band by '70. This film focuses on the...

    Frank Zappa - Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers
  • 1944
    Witch's Cradle

    Witch's Cradle

    Witch's Cradle

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    The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several...

    Witch's Cradle
  • 1971
    Fata Morgana

    Fata Morgana

    Fata Morgana

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    Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility of capturing...

    Fata Morgana
  • 2007
    Matouqin Nocturne

    Matouqin Nocturne

    Matouqin Nocturne

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    A baby, John, who was abandoned in the church with a horse-headed koto on his side. His grandfather was once a Morin Khuur player and died in the...

    Matouqin Nocturne
  • 1970
    The Afterlife

    The Afterlife

    The Afterlife

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    A young adult's first-hand account of "accidentally becoming human again" after, and with, trauma induced depression. Lo-fi, vulnerable, and uniquely...

    The Afterlife
  • 2010
    Non Plus One

    Non Plus One

    Non Plus One

    4.82010HD

    A young writer struggling to create a good story meets a cute waitress and imagination and fantasy blossom.

    Non Plus One
  • 2010
    Conversation

    Conversation

    Conversation

    9.52010HD

    To the idly meditating musician received a call from his distant friend with a proposal to write a song about the untimely departed Lady Diana.

    Conversation
  • 2004
    Hokus Fokus

    Hokus Fokus

    Hokus Fokus

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    A filmmaker gets lost in a world of his own creation, literally. He is plotted against by his outer demons, searches for his lost sex scene and...

    Hokus Fokus
  • 2024
    Another Stardust

    Another Stardust

    Another Stardust

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    A woman comes to terms with her life on her last day in town.

    Another Stardust
  • 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
  • 2017
    Vortex

    Vortex

    Vortex

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    A corridor of an apartment is transformed into a claustrophobic and vertiginous vortex that swallows and imprisons you in an infinite fall through a...

    Vortex
  • 2025
    Motion Pictures are Your Best Entertainment

    Motion Pictures are Your Best Entertainment

    Motion Pictures are Your Best Entertainment

    02025HD

    Television was invented as a result of scientific and technical research. Its power as a medium of news and entertainment altered all preceding media...

    Motion Pictures are Your Best Entertainment
  • 2024
    Running Fields III

    Running Fields III

    Running Fields III

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    Twenty images of a camera running next to a chemical platform and capturing abstract light throught improvised gestures and asymmetrical motion

    Running Fields III
  • 1930
    À propos de Nice

    À propos de Nice

    À propos de Nice

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    What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its...

    À propos de Nice
  • 1971
    Centers

    Centers

    Centers

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    Poet and artist Vito Acconci points his finger towards the camera and his own reflection in an offscreen video monitor.

    Centers
  • 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

    02022HD

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

    When I Close My Eyes I See Everything