Avant-garde / Experimental Movies of 1997

Gummo

In this elliptical ensemble piece, which marks the directorial debut of indie bad boy Harmony Korine, the teens of tornado-scarred Xenia, OH, kill cats, tape their boobies, ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 1997 ]

The Sticky Fingers of Time

Writer-director Hilary Brougher, during a four-week ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 1997 ]

Hide and Seek

Independent experimental filmmaker Su Friedrich (Damned if You Don't) mixes interviews, archival educational film clips, and a fictional narrative to explore the experience of sexual awakening in Hide and Seek. ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 1997 ]

The Mirror

The story is rather thin, but the neat twists make this Iranian drama, of a feisty little girl trying to find her way home, interesting. The girl's journey begins when she exits school and discovers that her mother is not ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 1997 ]

Unmade Beds

Writer-director Nicholas Barker opens the doors into the lonely, cruel world of ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 1997 ]

Hommage à Noir

Filmed in Cameroon, Hommage a Noir is a visual poem set to music which pays tribute to the people of modern Africa. Shot ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 1997 ]

Zero

Surrealist auteur James Fotopoulos directs his first feature-length film with the experimental ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 1997 ]