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Experimental

Used for:

Abstract
Avant-garde
Film art
Film poetry
New American cinema
Personal cinema
Underground films

Narrower Terms:

Absolute
Abstract live action
Activist
Autobiographical
City symphony
Cubist
Dada
Diary
Feminist
Gay/lesbian
Intermittent animation
Landscape
Loop
Lyrical
Participatory
Portrait
Reflexive
Street
Structural
Surrealist
Text
Trance

Scope Note:

Work that seeks to expand traditional form, structure, and content, usually subjective in approach. Largely non-commercial, experimental work is often made by a single filmmaker or a small group. Note: A list of subdivisions is offered in Appendix A for the use of specialized collections. Examples: AUTUMN FIRE; DANSE MACABRE; THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928) (with Adaptation); THE HEARTS OF AGE; JAMMIN' THE BLUES; THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413--A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA (with Show business); LIVES OF PERFORMERS; MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON; MOTHLIGHT; A MOVIE; RED SHIFT; SCORPIO RISING; TRIBULATION 99.

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Genres