List of avant-garde films of the 1960s: 1965–1969

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This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released between 1965 and 1969. Unless otherwise noted, all films had sound and were in color.

Title Director(s) Cast Nation Notes
1965
15 Song Traits Stan Brakhage Stan Brakhage, Jane Brakhage United States [1]
The Art of Vision Stan Brakhage Stan Brakhage, Jane Brakhage United States [1]
Black Vision Stan Brakhage United States [1]
Brus.Wuenscht. Euch.Seine. Weinachten. Kurt Kren Günter Brus Austria Documentation of a Vienna Actionist piece
Derby Jože Pogačnik Yugoslavia Short documentary of a football match between Olimpija Ljubljana and NK Maribor
Dirty Stephen Dwoskin United Kingdom
Les Escargots René Laloux, Roland Topor France Surreal animation
Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc. Owen Land United States
Fire of Waters Stan Brakhage United States [1]
Fuses Carolee Schneemann United States
Kustom Kar Kommandos Kenneth Anger United States
Now! Santiago Álvarez Cuba
Pasht Stan Brakhage United States [1]
Peyote Queen Storm de Hirsch United States Color.
Ruka (The Hand) Jiří Trnka Czechoslovakia Satirical animation
The Saragossa Manuscript Wojciech Has Iga Cembrzyńska, Zbigniew Cybulski Joanna Jędryka Poland
Schmeerguntz Gunvor Nelson, Dorothy Wiley United States
Silber - Aktion Brus Kurt Kren Günter Brus Austria Documentation of a Vienna Actionist piece
Song 9 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 10 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 11 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 12 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 13 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 14 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 16 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 17 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 18 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 19 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 20 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 21 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 22 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Two: Creeley/McClure Stan Brakhage Robert Creeley, Michael McClure United States [1]
Vinyl Andy Warhol Gerard Malanga, Edie Sedgwick United States Black and white; written by Ronald Tavel, based on Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange[2]
The War Game Peter Watkins Michael Aspel, Peter Graham United Kingdom Made for BBC TV, but not broadcast until 1985
Wholly Communion Peter Whitehead Allen Ginsberg, Michael Horovitz, Ernst Jandl, Adrian Mitchell United Kingdom Documents a poetry event held on 11 June 1965 called the International Poetry Incarnation
1966
All My Life Bruce Baillie United States
Andy Warhol's Silver Flotations Willard Maas United Kingdom Shot at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City[3]
Castle 1 Malcolm Le Grice United Kingdom
Castro Street Bruce Baillie United States
Cerro Pelado Santiago Álvarez Cuba Documentary about the Cuban Olympic team trying to enter Puerto Rico
The Cut-Ups Antony Balch William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin United Kingdom Black and white, written by Burroughs[4]
Daisies Vera Chytilová Jitka Cerhová, Ivana Karbanová Czechoslovakia
Do Not Ask Where We Are Going Tomislav Gotovac Yugoslavia
Faire un effort Ben (Ben Vautier) France
The Flicker Tony Conrad United States Black and white
Hold Me While I'm Naked George Kuchar George Kuchar, Donna Kerness United States [5]
Outer and Inner Space Andy Warhol Edie Sedgwick United States
Persona Ingmar Bergman Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook Sweden Black and white[6]
Relativity Ed Emshwiller
Sound? John Cage, Roland Kirk United States
Turn, Turn, Turn Jud Yalkut United States Color. Award of Merit, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1966[7][8]
Unsere Afrikareise (Our Trip to Africa) Peter Kubelka Austria Documentary about a hunting trip in Africa
Wintercourse Paul Sharits United States
Word Movie Paul Sharits United States
Yesterday Girl Alexander Kluge Alexandra Kluge West Germany Black and white
1967
23rd Psalm Branch Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
7362 Pat O'Neill United States
Beginning Artavazd Peleshian Soviet Union
David Holzman's Diary Jim McBride L.M. Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Louise Levine, Lorenzo Mans United States
Eclipse of the Sun Virgin George Kuchar Frances Leibowitz, Debby Roman, Joe Zinzi United States
La Femme 100 têtes Éric Duvivier France Surrealist short film
The Great Blondino Robert Nelson and William T. Wiley Chuck Wiley United States
Hasta la victoria siempre Santiago Álvarez Cuba Government-commissioned documentary about Che Guevara, made within 48 hours of his death
I Am Curious (Yellow) Vilgot Sjöman Vilgot Sjöman, Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt Sweden Black and white[9]
The Illiac Passion Gregory Markopoulos Richard Beauvais, David Beauvais United States [10]
The Image Michael Armstrong (cinematographer) Michael Byrne (actor), David Bowie United Kingdom Black and white, completed in 1967 but not released until 1969, David Bowie's first screen appearance[11][12]
Jeanetta Cochrane Peter Whitehead United Kingdom
Kusama's Self-Obliteration Yayoi Kusama, Jud Yalkut Yayoi Kusama United States
Little Dog for Roger Malcolm Le Grice United Kingdom
Love Affair, or: The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator Dušan Makavejev Slobodan Aligrudić, Eva Ras Yugoslavia
Marvo Movie Jeff Keen United Kingdom
Samadhi Jordan Belson United States Abstract, color[13]
Song 24 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 25 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Ulysses Joseph Strick Barbara Jefford, T. P. McKenna, Milo O'Shea, Maurice Roëves United Kingdom
United States 		Adaptation of the James Joyce novel
Wavelength Michael Snow Hollis Frampton, Roswell Rudd, Amy Taubin, Joyce Wieland Canada Structural film
Weekend Jean-Luc Godard Mireille Darc, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean Yanne France
You're Human Like the Rest of Them B. S. Johnson William Hoyland United Kingdom
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood United Kingdom
United States
Alaska Dore O. United States
Around Perception (Autour de la perception) Pierre Hébert Canada Computer animation with hand-drawn soundtrack. [14]
The Bed James Broughton United Kingdom
Cinétracts Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais France Unsigned mini-films, made in the wake of the May 1968 uprisings, usually shot on 8mm
Contras'city Djibril Diop Mambéty Senegal City film, made in Dakar
Faces John Cassavetes Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassell, Fred Draper, John Marley, Gena Rowlands United States
Fando y Lis Alejandro Jodorowsky Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal Mexico Written by Fernando Arrabal
Flesh Paul Morrissey Jackie Curtis, Joe Dallesandro, Candy Darling, Geraldine Smith United States Produced by Andy Warhol
Hall Peter Gidal United Kingdom
Hanoi, martes 13 Santiago Álvarez Cuba Anti-Vietnam War documentary
La hora de los hornos (Hour of the Furnaces) Octavio Getino, Fernando Solanas Argentina Agitprop documentary, made of segments that could be stopped for audiences to discuss them
The Horseman, the Woman, and the Moth Stan Brakhage United States [1]
I Am Curious (Blue) Vilgot Sjöman Vilgot Sjöman, Peter Lindgren, Lena Nyman Sweden Black and white[15]
Innocence Unprotected Dušan Makavejev Dragoljub Aleksić Yugoslavia Reworking of an unreleased film made in 1941
LBJ Santiago Álvarez Cuba Anti-Vietnam War documentary
Lovemaking Stan Brakhage United States [1]
Memorias del Subdesarrollo (Memories of Underdevelopment) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados Cuba
Metamorfosis António Palolo Portugal
The Movie Orgy Joe Dante, Jon Davison United States Massive collage film, running 7.5 hours, cut in 2010 to 4.5 hours[16]
My Mountain Song 27 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
N:O:T:H:I:N:G Paul Sharits United States Silent[17]
Pas de deux (Duo) Norman McLaren Margaret Mercier, Vincent Warren Canada Dance film, uses optical printing. Black and white.
Rat Life and Diet in North America Joyce Wieland Canada
The Sixth Side of the Pentagon Chris Marker France
Song 26 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Sorbet III Frans Zwartjes Netherlands
Teorema Pier Paolo Pasolini Laura Betti, Massimo Girotti, Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp Italy
1969
American 30'sSong Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Cain's Film Jamie Wadhawan Alexander Trocchi United Kingdom
The Color of Pomegranates Sergei Parajanov Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan Soviet Union Color[18]
Easy Rider Dennis Hopper Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson United States Hollywood "road movie;" partly experimental[19]
Erwin, Toni, Ilse Friedl Kubelka vom Gröller Austria
Invocation of My Demon Brother Kenneth Anger Kenneth Anger, Mick Jagger United States Music composed by Mick Jagger
Katzelmacher Rainer Werner Fassbinder Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar Brem West Germany Black and white[20]
Lemon Hollis Frampton United States
Love Is Colder Than Death Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Ulli Lommel West Germany Black and white[20]
My Name Is Oona Gunvor Nelson United States
Note to Pati Saul Levine United States
Paradigm B. S. Johnson William Hoyland United Kingdom
Our Lady of the Sphere Larry Jordan United States
Precautions Against Fanatics Werner Herzog West Germany Spoof documentary
Room Peter Gidal United Kingdom Structural film
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section One Stan Brakhage United States Part of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle[1]
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Three Stan Brakhage United States Part of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle[1]
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Two Stan Brakhage United States Part of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle[1]
Song 27 (Part II) Rivers Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 28 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Song 29 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]
Up Yours Too, Guillaume Apollinaire! B. S. Johnson United Kingdom Short animation
Tales Cassandra Gerstein, Andrea Loomis, Gail Porter United States Made by an all-female crew[21]
Walden Jonas Mekas United States
Window Suite of Children's Songs Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Fred Camper Stan Brakhage filmography
  2. ^ Mary Scanlon -- Beyond the Absurd: Roland Tavel and Andy Warhol
  3. ^ "Andy Warhol's Silver Flotations" on Experimental Cinema
  4. ^ Rob Bridgett -- An Appraisal of the Films of William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Anthony Balch in terms of Recent Avant Garde Theory, Bright Lights Film Journal Issue 39 [1]
  5. ^ Dangerous Minds entry
  6. ^ Elsaesser, Thomas (27 March 2014). "The Persistence of Persona". Criterion Collection.
  7. ^ Dangerous Minds entry
  8. ^ Film Maker's Cooperative Online Catalog
  9. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "I Am Curious (Yellow)". Allmovie. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  10. ^ BAM/PFA program Archived 2014-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Cinebeats, "David Bowie is The Image"
  12. ^ Michael Armstrong, "The Image -- History"
  13. ^ CVM Belson Filmography
  14. ^ NFB Canada entry [2]
  15. ^ Lahr, John (10 March 2013). "Sex and Politics: An Interview with Vilgot Sjöman". The Criterion Collection.
  16. ^ St. Louis Mag "Jutaxposition as Art"
  17. ^ LUX catalog entry
  18. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "The Color of Pomegranates". Allmovie. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  19. ^ Criterion Collection DVD entry
  20. ^ a b Koresky, Michael (26 August 2013). "Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  21. ^ "Tales". www3.nd.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
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