List of avant-garde films of the 1950s
This is a . list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1950s. Unless noted, all films had sound and were in black and white.
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes | ||
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1950 | ||||||
Rabbit's Moon | Kenneth Anger | André Soubeyron, Claude Revenant | Color[1] | |||
Tłum (The Crowd) | Walerian Borowczyk | [2] | ||||
The Adventures of Jimmy | James Broughton | James Broughton | Music by Weldon Kees.[3] | |||
Swain | Gregory Markopoulos, Robert C. Freeman, Jr. | Gregory Markopoulos, Mary Zelles | Based on Hawthorne, only a drastically shortened version exists; 24 minutes of 50[4] | |||
1951 | ||||||
Ensemble for Somnambulists | Maya Deren | [5] | ||||
Venom and Eternity | Isidore Isou | Isidore Isou | Letterist film[6] | |||
Divertissement Rococo | Hy Hirsh | Abstract animation[7] | ||||
1952 | ||||||
Approaches and Leavetakings | Weldon Kees, Jurgen Ruesch | [8] | ||||
Come Closer | Hy Hirsh | Color, abstract animation in 3-D[9] | ||||
Form Phases I | Robert Breer | Color, silent abstract animation.[10] | ||||
Hand-Mouth Coordination | Weldon Kees, Gregory Bateson | [11] | ||||
Hotel Apex | Weldon Kees | Study of the demolition of an old hotel[12] | ||||
Interim | Stan Brakhage | Brakhage's first film, scored by James Tenney[13] | ||||
1953 | ||||||
Eaux d'Artifice | Kenneth Anger | Carmilla Salvatorelli | Color, added to the National Film Registry in 1993[14] | |||
The Boy and the Sea | Stan Brakhage | Silent, listed by Camper as "not available"[15] | ||||
The End | Christopher Maclaine | Early beat generation film [16] | ||||
Eneri | Hy Hirsh | Abstract animation[17] | ||||
Form Phases II | Robert Breer | Color, silent abstract animation.[18] | ||||
Form Phases III | Robert Breer | Color, silent abstract animation.[19] | ||||
Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection | Stan Brakhage | Silent, listed by Camper as "not available"[20] | ||||
1954 | ||||||
Desistfilm | Stan Brakhage | [21] | ||||
The Extraordinary Child | Stan Brakhage | Listed by Camper as "not available"[22] | ||||
Form Phases IV | Robert Breer | Color, silent abstract animation.[23] | ||||
In Between | Stan Brakhage | Color, music by John Cage[24] | ||||
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome | Kenneth Anger | Samson de Brier, Anaïs Nin | Color, edited into at least three distinct versions[25] | |||
Un Miracle | Robert Breer, Pontus Hultén | Color, collage animation.[26] | ||||
The Way to Shadow Garden | Stan Brakhage | [27] | ||||
1955 | ||||||
Mosaik im Vertrauen (Mosaic in Confidence) | Peter Kubelka | Written by Ferry Radax[28] | ||||
Haitian Film Footage | Maya Deren | Begun in 1947; later posthumously edited into The Divine Horsemen[29] | ||||
Atelier de Fernand Léger | Walerian Borowczyk | Filmed at Fernand Léger's studio in Paris[30] | ||||
Jesień (Autumn) | Walerian Borowczyk | Animation[31] | ||||
Żywe fotografie (Photographies Vivantes) | Walerian Borowczyk | Animation[32] | ||||
Aviary | Joseph Cornell | Silent[33] | ||||
The Bridge | William Heick | Weldon Kees | Poetic study, based on Hart Crane[34] | |||
Dementia, aka Daughter of Horror | John Parker | Adrienne Barrett, Bruno VeSota | Essentially silent psychological horror film, music by George Antheil[35] | |||
Joanne, Union Square | Joseph Cornell | Silent[36] | ||||
Joanne, Xmas | Joseph Cornell | Silent[37] | ||||
Reflections | Madeline Tourtelot | Color, two distinct versions[38] | ||||
Reflections on Black | Stan Brakhage | [39] | ||||
The Very Eye of Night | Maya Deren | Dance film, choreographed by Antony Tudor[40] | ||||
The Wonder Ring | Stan Brakhage | Color, silent[41] | ||||
1956 | ||||||
Together | Lorenza Mazzetti, Denis Horne | Eduardo Paolozzi, Michael Andrews | Experimental semi-documentary [42] | |||
Centuries of June | Stan Brakhage, Joseph Cornell | Color, silent[43] | ||||
Flesh of Morning | Stan Brakhage | Revised in 1986[44] | ||||
Nightcats | Stan Brakhage | Color, silent[45] | ||||
Recreation | Robert Breer | Noël Burch | Color, semi-abstract animation with narration.[46] | |||
Zone Moment | Stan Brakhage | Color, silent[47] | ||||
1957 | ||||||
Adebar | Peter Kubelka | Early structural — or in Kubelka's terms, "metric" — film[48] | ||||
A to Z | Michael Snow | "Blue and white" color, silent[49] [50] [51] | ||||
Gyromorphosis | Hy Hirsh | Abstract animation[52] | ||||
Był sobie raz (Once Upon a Time) | Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk | Cut-out animation[53] | ||||
Dni Oświaty (Education Days) | Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk | Animation[54] | ||||
Nagrodzone uczucia (Requited Sentiments) | Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk | Animation[55] | ||||
Strep-tease (Striptease) | Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk | Animation[56] | ||||
Angel | Joseph Cornell | Color[57] | ||||
Boy's Games | Joseph Cornell | Silent[58] | ||||
Cappuccino | Joseph Cornell | [59] | ||||
Children | Joseph Cornell | Silent[60] | ||||
Cloche a Travers les Feuilles/Claude Debussy | Joseph Cornell | Revised version of Nymphlight[61] | ||||
Daybreak and Whiteye | Stan Brakhage | [62] | ||||
A Fable for Fountains | Joseph Cornell, Rudolph Buckhardt | Begun in 1955; revised as "A Legend for Fountains" in 1965[63] | ||||
Glimpse of the Garden | Marie Menken | Selected for addition to the National Film Registry in 2007[64] | ||||
Jamestown Baloos | Robert Breer | Color, semi-abstract combination of animation and live action.[65] | ||||
Loving | Stan Brakhage | Carolee Schneemann, James Tenney | Color, silent[66] | |||
A Man and His Dog Out for Air | Robert Breer | Abstract animation, shown with Last Year at Marienbad in its first New York run.[67] | ||||
The Man Who Invented Gold | Christopher Maclaine | Partly filmed by Jordan Belson[68] | ||||
Nymphlight | Joseph Cornell | Color[69] | ||||
1958 | ||||||
Schwechater | Peter Kubelka | "Metric" beer commercial[70] | ||||
Défense d'afficher | Hy Hirsh | Abstract animation[71] | ||||
Double Jam | Hy Hirsh | Abstract animation[72] | ||||
Une histoire d'eau | Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut | Caroline Dim, Jean-Claude Brialy | Semi-improvised, proto-Nouvelle vague short[73] | |||
Spatiodynamisme | Tinto Brass, Nicolas Schöffer | Color, silent. A visual document of Schöffer's CYSP-1, the first cybernetic sculpture. [74] | ||||
Dom (House) | Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk | Animation; Winner of 1958 Belgium International Experimental Film Competition[75] | ||||
Szkoła (School) | Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk | Animated photographs[76] | ||||
Sztandar młodych (Banner of Youth) | Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk | Animation[77] | ||||
Anticipation of the Night | Stan Brakhage | [78] | ||||
Beat | Christopher Maclaine | [79] | ||||
A Movie | Bruce Conner | Iconic collage film.[80] | ||||
1959 | ||||||
Chasse des Touches | Hy Hirsh | Abstract animation[81] | ||||
Les astronautes | Walerian Borowczyk, Chris Marker | Animated[82] | ||||
Monsieur Tete | Jan Lenica | Animation[83] | ||||
Cat's Cradle | Stan Brakhage | Color, silent[84] | ||||
Eyewash | Robert Breer | Color, silent mixture of abstract animation and live action; exists in two versions.[85] | ||||
Pull My Daisy | Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie | Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso | Beat Generation film, written by Jack Kerouac[86] | |||
Scotch Hop | Christopher Maclaine | [87] | ||||
Season of Strangers | Maya Deren | Unfinished; made as part of Haiku Film Project at Woodstock[88] | ||||
Sirius Remembered | Stan Brakhage | Color, silent[89] | ||||
Wedlock House: An Intercourse | Stan Brakhage | Silent[90] | ||||
Window Water Baby Moving | Stan Brakhage | Color, silent[91] | ||||
References
- ↑ Lewis, David. "Rabbit's Moon". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
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