List of avant-garde films of the 1960s: 1960–1964

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This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released between 1960 and 1964. Unless where noted, all films had sound and were in black and white.

Title Director Cast Nation Notes
1960
Actua-Tilt Jean Herman (Jean Vautrin) Monique Le Porrier, Claude-Jean Phillipe France [1]
Arnulf Rainer Peter Kubelka Austria
Bäume in Herbst (Trees in Autumn) Kurt Kren Austria
The Dead Stan Brakhage Kenneth Anger United States [2]
The Flower Thief Ron Rice Taylor Mead United States [3]
Savage Eye Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, Joseph Strick United States
Vasarely' Peter Kassovitz France Music, "NEG-ALE," by Iannis Xenakis[4]
1961
Allures Jordan Belson United States Abstract animation, color
The Autumn Feast Piero Heliczer, Jeff Keen Piero Heliczer, Kate Heliczer United Kingdom Black and white/color, sound on tape [5]
Critique de la séparation Guy Debord France
Dadascope Hans Richter United States
A Fire Ebrahim Golestan Iran
Forgotten Faces Peter Watkins United Kingdom
Mr Hayashi Bruce Baillie United States
Night Tide Curtis Harrington Dennis Hopper, Margaret Cameron United States [6]
On Sundays Bruce Baillie Jean Wong, Roy Ferguson United States Begun in 1960. Baillie's first film, a hybrid of documentary and experimental narrative.[7][8]
The Sin of Jesus Robert Frank Roberts Blossom, Julie Bovasso United States Based on story by Isaac Babel, music by Morton Feldman.[9][10]
Thigh Line Lyre Triangular Stan Brakhage Jane Brakhage United States [2]
1962
Baud'larian Capers Ken Jacobs United States
Blue Moses Stan Brakhage Robert Benson United States [2]
Dog Star Man: Prelude Stan Brakhage Stan Brakhage, Jane Brakhage United States [2]
Heaven and Earth Magic Harry Smith United States [11]
The House is Black Forugh Farrokhzad Iran
La Jetée Chris Marker Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich France [12]
Regardez-moi, cela suffit Ben (Ben Vautier) France
Sonne halt! Ferry Radax Konrad Bayer Austria
Speak John Latham United Kingdom
Thanatopsis Ed Emshwiller United States
1963
Blonde Cobra Ken Jacobs, Bob Fleischner Jack Smith, Jerry Sims United States Filmed in 1959-60; completed by Jacobs in 1963[13]
By the Sea Pat O'Neill United States
Christmas on Earth Barbara Rubin Gerard Malanga United States Black and white
Chumlum Ron Rice United States
The Death of P'town Ken Jacobs United States
Dog Star Man: Part I Stan Brakhage Stan Brakhage, Jane Brakhage United States [2]
The Existentialist Leon Prochnik Ruth Abramson, Gilbert Archer, Edward Blair United States
Flaming Creatures Jack Smith Jack Smith, Mario Montez, Judith Malina United States Color[14]
Little Stabs at Happiness Ken Jacobs Jack Smith, Jerry Sims United States Color; partly filmed in 1959-60 and often dated to 1960, but film states 1963[15][16]
Mothlight Stan Brakhage United States
Normal Love Jack Smith Diana Baccus, Beverly Grant, Mario Montez United States Color[14]
O necem jinem (Something Different) Vera Chytilová Vladimir Bosak, Eva Bosáková, Dagmar Cejnkova Czechoslovakia
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man Ron Rice Winifred Bryan, Taylor Mead United States
Scorpio Rising Kenneth Anger Bruce Byron United States Color
Sun in Your Head Wolf Vostell West Germany Early video art, captured on film; converted back to video in 1967[17]
Towers Open Fire Antony Balch William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin United Kingdom Black and white/color, first shown in 1966; written by Burroughs[18]
TV Plug Ken Jacobs United States
William Buys a Parrot Antony Balch William S. Burroughs United Kingdom Color[19]
1964
Blue Rider (Godard-art) Tomislav Gotovac Yugoslavia
The Brig Jonas Mekas Jim Anderson, Warren Finnerty United States
The Cool World Shirley Clarke Hampton Clanton United States Black and white, music by Dizzy Gillespie
Dog Star Man Stan Brakhage United States Begun in 1961, color, silent[20]
Help! My Snowman's Burning Down Carson Davidson Bob Larkin United States Independently produced surrealist comedy short, nominated for best short subject, Academy Awards 1965. Music by Gerry Mulligan.[21][22]
Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait Margaret Tait Hugh MacDiarmid United Kingdom
I Am Cuba Mikhail Kalotozov Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood Cuba
Soviet Union
It Happened Here Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw United Kingdom
The Last Clean Shirt Alfred Leslie United States Dialogue by Frank O'Hara[23]
Sleep Andy Warhol John Giorno United States Filmed in July 1963; first shown in January 1964.[24]
Song 1 Stan Brakhage Stan Brakhage, Jane Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[2]
Song 2 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[2]
Song 3 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[2]
Song 4 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[2]
Song 5 Stan Brakhage Jane Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[2]
Song 6 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[2]
Song 7 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[2]
Song 8 Stan Brakhage United States Part of Songs cycle[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pratt Library 16mm Experimental Films Catalog entry
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Fred Camper Stan Brakhage filmography
  3. ^ Ron Rice's The Flower Thief
  4. ^ Mode Records Xenakis Edition 9
  5. ^ Piero Heliczer Web Page Archived 2014-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ TCM Dennis Hopper Tribute: Night Tide
  7. ^ Film-Maker's Coop Entry
  8. ^ Light Cone Entry
  9. ^ Film-Maker's Coop Entry
  10. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201932/ imdb Entry] [user-generated source]
  11. ^ Heaven and Earth Magic (1962), retrieved 2017-08-21
  12. ^ Criterion Collection La Jetée DVD
  13. ^ P. Adams Sitney: Visionary Film [P. Adams Sitney - Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000. Oxford University Press, 2003, ppg. 315-319]
  14. ^ a b J. Hoberman: Up On the Roof
  15. ^ Underground Film Guide entry Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Little Stabs at Happiness
  17. ^ "UbuWeb Film & Video: 40jahrevideokunst.de : Sun in your head / Wolf Vostell (1963)".
  18. ^ 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]
  19. ^ Timothy S. Murphy. Wising Up the Marks: The Amodern William Burroughs. University of California Press, 1997, pg. 207
  20. ^ Brakhage filmography
  21. ^ [2] Internet Archive: Help!My Snowman's Burning Down
  22. ^ http://www.afana.org/davidsoncarson.htm Carson Davidson Bio
  23. ^ "Olivier Brossard on 'The Last Clean Shirt,' a film by Alfred Leslie & Frank O'Hara | Jacket2". jacket2.org. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  24. ^ Warholstars "Sleep"
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