Avant Garde Movies

  • 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
  • 1999
    RUMBA

    RUMBA

    RUMBA

    5.51999HD

    Lumiere's The Arrival Of A Train in Russian.

    RUMBA
  • 1967
    Fuses

    Fuses

    Fuses

    5.7731967HD

    A silent film of collaged and painted sequences of lovemaking between Schneemann and her then partner, composer James Tenney; observed by the cat,...

    Fuses
  • 1970
    Dull Hope

    Dull Hope

    Dull Hope

    101970HD

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

    Dull Hope
  • 2025
    Pura Sangre

    Pura Sangre

    Pura Sangre

    02025HD

    Frankie and Lucky, two young artists navigating love and identity in New York City, cross paths again after years of separation. Their reunion in a...

    Pura Sangre
  • 1974
    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

    01974HD

    A lone man walking across the video screen is the starting point for this dynamic formal exercise. This image and its accompanying sound are...

    Crossings and Meetings
  • 2011
    Dear God No!

    Dear God No!

    Dear God No!

    3.42011HD

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

    Dear God No!
  • 2024
    Running Fields II

    Running Fields II

    Running Fields II

    02024HD

    Fifteen images of a camera running in a park and in obscurity searching the space of light through distorsion and the sensory of rapid motion.

    Running Fields II
  • 2023
    Third Shift Coming Home

    Third Shift Coming Home

    Third Shift Coming Home

    02023HD

    This audio-visual tone poem uses the language of filmmaking to offer a first-hand evocation of the turbulent psychological effects one can experience...

    Third Shift Coming Home
  • 1959
    Eyewash

    Eyewash

    Eyewash

    4.91959HD

    A free flow from photography to geometric abstraction hand-painted by Breer. - Harvard Film Archive

    Eyewash
  • 2019
    Embodiment of Darkness

    Embodiment of Darkness

    Embodiment of Darkness

    02019HD

    A dark formless body moves . Formlessness of an entity is because a constant change in form is perceived as formless

    Embodiment of Darkness
  • 1978
    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around

    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around

    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around

    4.51978HD

    Tracklisting: 1. Pound for a Brown 2. Baby Snakes 3. Deathless Horsie 4. Dancin' Fool 5. Easy Meat 6. Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me 7....

    Frank Zappa: We Don't Mess Around
  • 1998
    The Little Sotmaid

    The Little Sotmaid

    The Little Sotmaid

    101998HD

    On a remote almost uninhabited island, there are two gently friendly representatives of the once opposing sides. They have long been accustomed to...

    The Little Sotmaid
  • 2012
    Theodore of the Absurd

    Theodore of the Absurd

    Theodore of the Absurd

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    A surreal musical comedy set in a world where the avant-garde and the mainstream are reversed.

    Theodore of the Absurd
  • 1969
    Vite

    Vite

    Vite

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    In 1969, the painter-sculptor Daniel Pommereulle made his third film, this one financed by Sylvina Boissonnas. Although only a short, Vite was one of...

    Vite
  • 2010
    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

    02010HD

    On the liner notes to Freak Out!, the 1967 debut album by Zappa's original band the Mothers of Invention, Zappa listed some seventy-two names on the...

    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
  • 2012
    WSTYD

    WSTYD

    WSTYD

    02012HD

    Here I am. A mind backed up by delusion of previous condition. Free or humiliated? Who is ashamed? Me or you? It is so hard to share one's secret.

    WSTYD
  • 1962
    The Sluice

    The Sluice

    The Sluice

    01962HD

    Sky and walls, a liana of water pipes, dilapidated backyards, cracks in walls, cracked walls full of lost, enigmatic children's signs, rusty railway...

    The Sluice
  • 2021
    Winter Will Not Be

    Winter Will Not Be

    Winter Will Not Be

    02021HD

    "There will be no winters" - a film consisting of 14 short novels, each with its own plot and a musical theme. In fact, this is a screen version of...

    Winter Will Not Be
  • 1988
    Tapestry

    Tapestry

    Tapestry

    21988HD

    TAPESTRY, part of Lawrence Jordan's "Odyssey" triptych and filmed much later in Jordan's life, is a charged record of his bachelor life after...

    Tapestry