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The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) Single Film Study »
Categories: OCR A Level, European Film, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, French New Wave, Avant-Garde, Crime
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Spectatorship Experimental/Expanded Film: Meshes of the Afternoon & Tarnation »
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, EDUQAS A2, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Hot Entries, Documentary, Film Analysis, Key Concepts, Analysis, Representation, Audience, Film Language, Spectatorship Theory, Theory, Experimental, Avant-Garde, Cinema Verite
click on image to enlarge Definition and Introduction As one might expect the term experimental cinema is difficult to define clearly and by its very nature avoids simplistic categorisation. Within the movement itself there has been frequent debate over its definition. Fred Camper discusses experimental film-makers such as Peter Kubelka and Stan Brackage who questioned titles like ‘Avant-garde’ for suggesting experimental cinema is intrinsically European, ‘different…
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