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French Avant- Garde 1918-1930

French Avant-Garde

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French Avant-Garde. 1918-1930. Goal: to explore cinema as art Considered a cinema of “intellectuals for intellectuals ” took their inspiration from Marx and Freud A collective movement Three distinct types of films made at onset…. Short Dadaist/surrealist films - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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French Avant-Garde1918-1930

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• Goal: to explore cinema as art• Considered a cinema of “intellectuals for

intellectuals”• took their inspiration from Marx and Freud

• A collective movement• Three distinct types of films made at onset…

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Short Dadaist/surrealist films• anti-conventional, absurdist nature• shock the viewer with surprises and unexpected

juxtapositions• against normal narrative conventions – eliminated

connections, emphasized unexpected occurrences• ex: An Andalusian Dog (Un Chien

Andalou,1929)

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Short naturalistic psychological studies • stressed idea that an individual’s fate is

determined by heredity and environment, not free will

• La femme de nulle part (1922)• La Fille de L'eau (1925)

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• Feature-length films • very ambitious in scope, length, and visual

effect• ex: Napoleon (1927) and The Passion of Joan of Arc

(1928)

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• The advent of experimental film.