Avant-garde / Experimental Movies of 2002

Gerry

Gus Van Sant returned to his roots in experimental filmmaking with this offbeat feature, whose dialogue was entirely improvised by its two person cast. Two men named Gerry (played by Matt Damon and Casey Affleck) are driving through the ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Sex Is Comedy

Catherine Breillat's Sex is Comedy concerns a female film director, Jeanne (Anne Parillaud), who ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Cremaster 3

Cremaster 3 is the final installment of the five-part epic film cycle from director and sculpture artist Matthew Barney. Encompassing a dizzying number of themes, this ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Decasia

Experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison created this non-narrative feature, which derives a large portion of its visual beauty from the physical nature of the film medium itself. Decasia is primarily ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Nijinsky: From the Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

For a brief span of several years, Vaslav Nijinsky was perhaps the brightest star in the history of ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Emily Hubley: Pigeon (And More) Within

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The Tracker

Experimental director Rolf DeHeer's film The Tracker depicts a controversial moment in the Australian justice system, in doing ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

The Best of Resfest Shorts, Vol. 1

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Ten

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami uses the casual setting of one woman's automobile as the ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Russian Ark

Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russian Ark. It's the first feature-length narrative film shot in a single take (on digital video, using a specially ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Sud Sanaeha

Min (Min Oo) has an itchy, flaky rash that covers the upper part of his body. When Roong ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Naqoyqatsi

Filmmaker, philosopher and activist Godfrey Reggio completes the film trilogy he began with Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi in this visually striking examination of the impact of technology upon our culture. Naqoyqatsi is a word ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Claire

Claire, director Milford Thomas' debut effort, makes use of a cinematic style reminiscent of the silent film era of the 1920s. With the help of an antique, ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

September 11

In the aftermath of the tragedies on September 11, 2001, the French film company Studio Canal called upon a group of filmmakers, representing various regions of the world, to address the scope of the situation in however broad or ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

242.Pilots: Live in Bruxelles

Explore the possibilities of modern cinema by taking a trip into the future with high-tech experimentalists 242.pilots. With immersive, dreamlike narratives and hypnotic visuals that take the viewer on a journey into a land rarely ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

McLuhan's Wake

Performance artist Laurie Anderson narrates this documentary filmed to explore the life and career of Marshall ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]

Fred Frith, Nicolas Humbert And Werner Penzel: Middle of the Moment

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Reflections of Evil

Cult filmmaker Damon Packard wrote, directed, and stars in this bizarre independent feature about a sugar addict obese watch seller. Packard plays Bob, a man whose penchant for sweets is threatening to send ... [ Avant-garde / Experimental movie - 2002 ]