 experimental film or experimental cinema is a type of cinema. experimental film is an artistic practice relieving both of visual arts and cinema. its origins can be found in european avant-garde movements of the twenties. experimental cinema has built its history through the texts of theoreticians like p. adams sitney (and others film critics in different countries), and its distribution process through non profit organizations like the film-makers' cooperative in new york, and similar cooperatives in many other countries through the world . an experimental film is often characterized by the absence of linear narrative, the use of various abstracting techniques, asynchronous (non-diegetic) sound or even the absence of any sound track. most such films are made on very low budgets, self-financed or financed through small grants, with a minimal crew. experimental film emerged in europe in the 1920s because cinema had matured as a medium and avant-garde movements in the visual arts were growing. dadaists and surrealists explored experimental films. the most famous experimental film is luis buÃ±uel and salvador dalÃ­'s un chien andalou (1929). french impressionists explored narrative experimentation, rhythmic editing and camerawork, and an emphasis on character subjectivity. in 1952, the lettrists avant-garde movement in france and the ultra-lettrists created an uproar with their approach to filmmaking. the u.s. had some avant-garde films before world war ii. by the early 1960s, a different outlook became perceptible in the work of american avant-garde filmmakers. with very few exceptions, curtis harrington among them, the artists involved in these early movements remained outside of the mainstream commercial cinema and entertainment industry . ==definition== the term describes a range of filmmaking styles that are generally quite different from, and often opposed to, the practices of mainstream commercial and documentary filmmaking. avant-garde is also used, for the films shots in the twenties in the field of historyâs avant-gardes currents in france, germany or russia, to describe this work, and "underground" was used in the sixties, though it has also had other connotations. today the term "experimental cinema" prevails, because itâs possible to make experimental films without the presence of any avant-garde movement in the cultural field. while "experimental" covers a wide range of practice, an experimental film is often characterized by the absence of linear narrative, the use of various abstracting techniquesâout-of-focus, painting or scratching on film, rapid editingâ
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