I have recently read to the article "Introduction to Avant-Garde Films" by Scott McDonald and I found it very enlightening and interesting. Why read an article such as this? Well I grew up watching a lot of weird films and out of this world animation so what isn't normal to someone else is actually sometimes a walk in the park for me.
Scott McDonald talks about how mainstream audiences dislike avant-garde films because they've grown up watching Hollywood movies and feel they know how a movie must structured. People will see an avant-garde film and be confused and sometimes frustrated, but who is to decide what is considered good cinema? He then goes on through a rather exciting (I thought) history of avant-garde films from the 20's to modern day.
As a media artist though I found it an inspiring article on the grounds of how I want to incorporate this feeling of surrealism into my movies that avant-garde has to offer. Breaking some boundaries in mainstream cinema is one of my goals and having seen a few of these films myself, I know it will be fun to fuse structured cinema that has a good foundation with avant-garde which would almost have a round and flowing air-like texture to it. If it were an object.
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