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…
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
Germaine Dulac: The Seashell and Clergyman, Arabesque
Mário Peixoto: Limite
Lois Weber: Suspence, The Rosary, Hypocrites
Bunuel: Un Chien Andalou
Dziga Vertov: Man with Movie Camera
Slavko Vorkapich: The Life an Death of 9413
Herman G. Weinberg: Autumn Fire
Gaston Modot: Cruel Tale
G. W. Pabst - Ernő Metzner: Secrets of a Soul
Hans Richter: Ghosts before Breakfast
Gregory Markopoulos: Lysis, Christmas in U.S.A
Alexander Hammid - Bezucelna Prochazka: Aimless walk
Castleton Knight: Rachmaninoffs Prelude
Jerome Hill: La cartomancienne
See also:
The History of Silent Horror boxd.it/E4eOo
The History of Landscape Cinema boxd.it/lo7ys
Silent Faves and Hidden Gems boxd.it/xPqEQ
Here I would like to thank Zynab for bringing Charles Dekeukeleire's films to my attention! 🌹
