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Your Top 10 Experimental/Avant-Ga rde Films

posted 17 years ago by lumdiengjri
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Everything that I demand from Cinema has been satiated by this film. I would love to get into the genre. Suggestion please as per the topic.
Thank You.

[–] 15 years ago

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[–] Devils_Mentor 15 years ago

Here are a few for your viewing pleasure

***Work your way into these first few, lol... The are not for the beginner ;)

Begotten
Subconscious Cruelty
Visitor Q
Vase de noces aka The Pig *beep* Movie
Irréversible
Salo

***These are good to go ;)

Slaughter House 5
Cumulus 9
The Jacket
The Machinist
Jesus Christ Superstar
Brazil
The City of Lost Children
Pi
4th Dimension
Schramm
Silip
Uzumaki
The Man from Earth
The Nines
One Point O
Passengers 2008
Primer
Slipstream 2007
Sublime
Thr3e
Happiness 1998
Memento 2000
Session 9
Reflecting Skins
Closet Land
Naked Lunch
The Alphabet
Blue Velvet
Witch Hunt 1994
Cast a Deadly Spell
eXistenZ
Oldboy
The Holy Mountain
Boxing Helena
Tetsuo
Colour from the Dark
Dark Corners
The Dark Hours 2005
The Ugly 1997
Triangle 2009
Timecrimes 2007
The Devils Chair
The Illustrated Man
The Man Who Fell to Earth
13 game sayawng
Repulsion

DM

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[–] crimeandpunishment 14 years ago

I can't believe no one here has mentioned the work of Guy Maddin.

[–] ozscript 14 years ago

I posted on this thread a long time ago, before I'd seen any Maddin, but I just watched "Brand Upon the Brain!" a few months back and thought it was really brilliant. The textures and tones are just unbelievably rich. It reminded me a little bit of Jean Epstein's "La Chute de la Maison Usher" (Fall of the House of Usher) from 1928--mainly the shots of the trees and the beach and the play with silence and sound.

So far, it's the only Maddin film I've seen. What else do you recommend?

[–] crimeandpunishment 14 years ago

Personally I think his most recent feature film My Winnipeg is his best work. I also recommend Careful! and his short film Heart of the World. He's a great director doing things that haven't been done in 80 years :)

[–] trance-4 14 years ago

Guy Maddin is the greatest American (North or South) filmmaker working today.