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mcsil's The History of Silent Avant-garde and Experimental Film

All the silent avant-garde films I found, e. g. experimental films of Walther Ruttmann, Man Ray, Hans Richter, Dimitri Kirsanoff, Marcel Duchamp, Lois Weber, Germaine Dulac, Viking Eggeling, Joseph Cornell, Maya Deren, Fernand Léger, Moholy-Nagy and others, before the WW2. With hidden gems! Including Surrealism, French impressionism, early cityscapes. The list also includes films taught by Stan Brakhage. Mostly (wip) with sources/links in Notes. See my YouTube playlist with a selection here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqdB1dV4IzNjlE2104mqtmakkxUWV-QZS


For educational purposes.

My toplist:

Maya Deren: At Land, Meshes of the Afternoon
Dimitri Kirsanoff: The Fountain of Arethusa (Diana), The Cradles/Les Berceaux (The Sea), Autumn Mist, Ménilmontant
Man Ray: Emak bakia, L'Étoile de Mer, Dance
Charles Dekeukeleire: Impatience, White Flame, A Detective Story, Combat de boxe…

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  • L'Homme Machine

    1

  • Monkeyshines, No. 1

    2

  • Monkeyshines, No. 2

    3

  • Monkeyshines, No. 3

    4

  • Annabelle Butterfly Dance

    5

  • Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    6

  • Annabelle Serpentine Dance

    7

  • Demolition of a Wall

    8

  • The Last Cartridges

    9

  • Serpentine Dance

    10

  • A Midnight Episode

    11

  • Going to Bed Under Difficulties

    12

  • Early Superimpositions

    13

  • The Enchanted Drawing

    14

  • The Big Swallow

    15

  • The Prolific Magical Egg

    16

  • A Trip to the Moon

    17

  • The Flying Train

    18

  • The Impossible Voyage

    19

  • New York Subway

    20

  • The Impossible Convicts

    21

  • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    22

  • The '?' Motorist

    23

  • The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    24

  • The Tired Tailor's Dream

    25

  • The Disintegrated Convict

    26

  • Excursion to the Moon

    27

  • Scullion's Dream

    28

  • The Sculptor's Nightmare

    29

  • Fantasmagorie

    30

  • The Electric Hotel

    31

  • A Panicky Picnic

    32

  • A Trip to Jupiter

    33

  • The Birth of a Flower

    34

  • The Cameraman's Revenge

    35

  • The Rosary

    36

  • Suspense.

    37

  • Tigerstedt's early film sound experiment

    38

  • The Madness of Dr. Tube

    39

  • Hypocrites

    40

  • Diana the Huntress

    41

  • Thaïs

    42

  • When the Clouds Roll By

    43

  • Manhatta

    44

  • Lichtspiel: Opus I

    45

  • Rhythm 21

    46

  • Soul of the Cypress

    47

  • The Winner

    48

  • Destiny

    49

  • Lightplay Opus II

    50

  • The Wonder

    51

  • The Enchanted City

    52

  • Danse macabre

    53

  • Kino-Pravda No. 1

    54

  • Rue Campagne-Première

    55

  • Glumov's Diary

    56

  • Rhythm 23

    57

  • Return to Reason

    58

  • Looney Lens: Split Skyscrapers

    59

  • Looney Lens: Tenth Avenue, NYC

    60

  • What Do Young Films Dream About?

    61

  • Opus III

    62

  • Советские игрушки

    63

  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks

    64

  • Cloud Phenomena of Maloja

    65

  • Ballet Mécanique

    66

  • Aelita: Queen of Mars

    67

  • Kino Eye

    68

  • Diagonal Symphony

    69

  • Entr'acte

    70

  • L'Inhumaine

    71

  • Looney Lens: Pas de deux

    72

  • Games on Reflection and Speed

    73

  • The Crazy Ray

    74

  • Theodore Case Test Film

    75

  • Whirlpool of Fate

    76

  • Opus IV

    77

  • Rebus-Film Nr. 1

    78

  • In Youth, Beside the Lonely Sea

    79

  • Lullaby

    80

  • Strike

    81

  • Beggar on Horseback

    82

  • The Late Mathias Pascal

    83

  • KIPHO

    84

  • Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle

    85

  • The Rediscovered Paradise

    86

  • Battleship Potemkin

    87

  • Five Minutes of Pure Cinema

    88

  • Anemic Cinema

    89

  • Nothing but Time

    90

  • Space Light Art

    91

  • Berlin Still-Life

    92

  • Ménilmontant

    93

  • The Devil's Wheel

    94

  • Secrets of a Soul

    95

  • Moonland

    96

  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed

    97

  • Film Study

    98

  • Spirals

    99

  • Emak-Bakia

    100