Movies: Experimental

Six sequences about Fascism and its segments throughout history....

Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously enough with several men and women, mostly of indeterminate gender, vamping it up in front of the camera and partic...

A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motivations....

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A closeup examination of a tree in the morning light....

A film-poem about shadows and light. Available on YouTube...

A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an explosion of color and squiggles and happenstance. Next, images of small circles emerge then of the Sun. Imag...

Thevan, a folk singer of the Paanan caste, has a fateful encounter when escaping slavery, leading to discover an ancient tradition altering his destiny....

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica....

A man in need of help eventually receives it, whether he asks for it or not....

Filmed by Jonas Mekas from the 44th floor of the Time-Life Building, “Empire” explores the passage of time without the use of characters or a traditional narrative. The film, that consists of one stationary shot of the Empire State Building, was made...

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Stephen, a blackbird, comes upon an abandoned mirror in a garden. Upon gazing his reflection for the very first time, Stephen begins to search within. Should Stephen return to his flock, or set out on an adventure to try and find his own way in life?...

An unknown girl breaks out of her daily grind by undergoing an intense audio-visual trip....

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Through thread and textile, an Asian seamstress tries to escape from the factory....

Experimental short film of various abstract and everyday moments....

Thirty worlds in less than a blink and oh-so many more......

A man sits in his living room, doing absolutely nothing while morning arrives....

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