List of avant-garde films of the 1970s

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This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 1970s.

Title Director Cast Nation Notes
1970
The American Soldier Rainer Werner Fassbinder Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George West Germany [1]
The Animals of Eden and After Stan Brakhage United States
Berlin Horse Malcolm Le Grice United Kingdom Soundtrack by Brian Eno
L'Eden et après Alain Robbe-Grillet Catherine Jourdan, Richard Leduc, Lorraine Rainer, Pierre Zimmer France
Czechoslovakia
Even Dwarfs Started Small Werner Herzog Helmut Döring West Germany
Fog Line Larry Gottheim United States
Gods of the Plague Rainer Werner Fassbinder Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer West Germany [2]
I Don't Know Penelope Spheeris United States
It is Not the Homosexual Who is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives Rosa von Praunheim West Germany
The Machine of Eden Stan Brakhage United States
Out 1 Jacques Rivette Hermine Karagheuz, Michèle Moretti, Karen Puig France TV series
Performance Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg United Kingdom [3]
Remedial Reading Comprehension Owen Land United States
Scenes from Under Childhood, Section Four Stan Brakhage United States Part of Scenes from Under Childhood cycle
Serene Velocity Ernie Gehr United States
Sexual Meditation No. 1: Motel Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sexual Meditations cycle
Ferry Radax Thomas Bernhard Austria
El Topo Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Maria Lorenzio, David Silva Mexico [4]
Trash Paul Morrissey Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Holly Woodlawn United States [5]
Unfolding Coni Beeson United States
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Jaromil Jireš Helena Anýžová, Karel Engel, Jaroslava Schallerová, Czechoslovakia
Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Anne Wiazemsky France [6]
The Weir-Falcon Saga Stan Brakhage United States
Zorns Lemma Hollis Frampton United States
1971
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes Stan Brakhage United States Part of the "Pittsburgh Trilogy"
Angels' Stan Brakhage United States
Beware of a Holy Whore Rainer Werner Fassbinder Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla West Germany [7]
Deus Ex Stan Brakhage United States Part of the "Pittsburgh Trilogy"
DIrty Stephen Dwoskin United Kingdom
Door Stan Brakhage United States
Dresden Dynamo Lis Rhodes United Kingdom
Eyes Stan Brakhage United States Part of the "Pittsburgh Trilogy"
Football as Never Before Helmuth Costand George Best United Kingdom
West Germany
Fox Fire Child Watch Stan Brakhage United States
Hand Grenade Gill Eatherley United Kingdom Soundtrack by Neu!
I'm Too Sad to Tell You Bas Jan Ader United States
A Journey to Avebury Derek Jarman United Kingdom
Meditation Jordan Belson United States Abstract, color[8]
N. a pris les dés (N. Took the Dice) Alain Robbe-Grillet Catherine Jourdan, Richard Leduc, Pierre Zimmer France
(nostalgia) Hollis Frampton Michael Snow United States
The Peaceable Kingdom Stan Brakhage United States
Poem B. S. Johnson William Hoyland United Kingdom
Punishment Park Peter Watkins Paul Alelyanes, Carmen Argenziano, Stan Armsted, Harold Beaulieu, Jim Bohan United States
La Région Centrale Michael Snow Canada
Sexual Meditation: Room with View Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sexual Meditations cycle
The Trip to Door Stan Brakhage United States
Viva la Muerte Fernando Arrabal Mahdi Chaouch, Núria Espert, Anouk Ferjac France
Tunisia
Western History Stan Brakhage United States
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism Dušan Makavejev Milena Dravić, Jagoda Kaloper, Ivica Vidović Yugoslavia [9]
1972
Chakra Jordan Belson United States Abstract, color[10]
Philippe Garrel Nico, Pierre Clémenti, Philippe Garrel France [11]
Clocktime Trailer Stuart Pound United Kingdom
The Death of Maria Malibran Werner Schroeter Ingrid Caven, Candy Darling, Christine Kaufman, Magdalena Montezuma West Germany
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Luis Buñuel Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Stéphane Audran France
Italy
Spain		 [12]
James Broughton United States [13]
Dyn Amo Stephen Dwoskin United Kingdom
Ecstasy of the Angels Kōji Wakamatsu , Masao Adachi, Japan [14]
Eye Myth Educational Stan Brakhage United States
Garden of Luxor Derek Jarman United Kingdom
Hats Off to Hollywood Penelope Spheeris United States
Hotel Monterrey Chantal Akerman Belgium
Letter to Jane Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin France [15]
Portraits Barbara Meter Netherlands
The Presence Stan Brakhage United States
The Process Stan Brakhage United States
Red Psalm Miklós Jancsó Lajos Balázsovits, , Hungary [16]
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania Jonas Mekas Soviet Union
United States
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Peter Kern West Germany [17]
The Riddle of Lumen Stan Brakhage United States
Sexual Meditation: Faun's Room, Yale Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sexual Meditations cycle
Sexual Meditation: Hotel Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sexual Meditations cycle
Sexual Meditation: Office Suite Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sexual Meditations cycle
Sexual Meditation: Open Field Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sexual Meditations cycle
The Shores of Phos: A Fable Stan Brakhage United States
Threshold Malcolm Le Grice United Kingdom
The Wold Shadow Stan Brakhage United States
1973
Can Dialectics Break Bricks? René Viénet France
The Embassy Chris Marker France
F for Fake Orson Welles Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten France
Iran		 [18]
Fat Man on a Beach Michael Bakewell B. S. Johnson United Kingdom TV film
Ganja & Hess Bill Gunn Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Leonard Jackson United States [19]
Gift Stan Brakhage United States
H is for House Peter Greenaway United Kingdom
The Holy Mountain Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky, , Mexico
United States		 [20]
I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse Fernando Arrabal Emmanuelle Riva, George Shannon France
Iluminacja Krzysztof Zanussi , , Włodzimierz Zonn Poland [21]
Immoral Tales Walerian Borowczyk , Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra France
Hungary
Italy		 [22]
Mann & Frau & Animal Valie Export Austria
Occasional Work of a Female Slave Alexander Kluge Alexandra Kluge West Germany
Reel Time Annabel Nicolson United Kingdom Expanded cinema
... Remote ... Remote Valie Export Austria
Sincerity I Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sincerity cycle
The Society of the Spectacle Guy Debord France
Stolen Apples for Karen Blixen Derek Jarman United Kingdom
Television Delivers People Richard Serra United States
Themroc Claude Faraldo Michel Piccoli, Béatrice Romand, Jeanne Herviale France
Italy		 [23]
World on a Wire Rainer Werner Fassbinder Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin West Germany
Year of the Woman Sandra Hochman United States
1974
Aquarien Stan Brakhage United States
Céline and Julie Go Boating Jacques Rivette Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier France [24]
Clancy Stan Brakhage United States
Dominion Stan Brakhage United States
Dyketactics Barbara Hammer United States
Edvard Munch Peter Watkins Gro Frås, Geir Westby Norway
Sweden
Les Filles de Kamare René Viénet France
Flight Stan Brakhage United States
He Was Born, He Suffered, He Died Stan Brakhage United States
Hymn to Her Stan Brakhage United States
The Phantom of Liberty Luis Buñuel Jean-Claude Brialy, Monica Vitti, Paul Frankeur France
Italy		 [25]
Skein Stan Brakhage United States
Sol Stan Brakhage United States
Space Is the Place John Coney Sun Ra, , United States [26]
Star Garden Stan Brakhage United States
The Stars Are Beautiful Stan Brakhage Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage, Myrrena Brakhage United States
Suite (212) Nam June Paik United States
Sweet Movie Dušan Makavejev Carole Laure, John Vernon, Anna Prucnal France [27]
The Text of Light Stan Brakhage United States
They Do Not Exist Mustafa Abu Ali Palestine [28][failed verification]
Vase de Noces Thierry Zéno Dominique Garny Belgium
The Wait Uzi Peres Israel
1975
Bataille de Waterloo Marcel Broodthaers Belgium
Black Moon Louis Malle Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse, Alexandra Stewart France [29]
Circling Peter Donebauer United Kingdom
Condition of Illusion Peter Gidal United Kingdom
Evrydiki BA 2O37 Nikos Nikolaidis Vera Tschechowa, , Niki Triantafillidi Greece
West Germany
India Song Marguerite Duras France
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Chantal Akerman Delphine Seyrig, , Jacques Doniol-Valcroze Belgium
France		 [30]
Light Music Lis Rhodes United Kingdom
The Mirror Andrei Tarkovsky Margarita Terekhova, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko Soviet Union [31]
Nightcleaners, Part 1 Berwick Street Collective United Kingdom
Number Two Jean-Luc Godard , France [32]
Refutation of All the Judgements on Guy Debord's Film 'The Society of the Spectacle' Guy Debord France Situationist film
Semiotics of the Kitchen Martha Rosler United States
Short Films 1975 Stan Brakhage United States
Sincerity II Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sincerity cycle
The Tree of Guernica Fernando Arrabal Cosimo Cinieri, Ron Faber, Mariangela Melato France
Italy
Untitled No. 9 Stan Brakhage United States
Untitled No. 10 Stan Brakhage United States
1976
A Malgam A Iván Zulueta Spain
Absence Stan Brakhage United States Silent.[33][34][35]
Airs Stan Brakhage United States
Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville Anne-Marie Miéville France [36]
Crossroads Bruce Conner United States
Desert Stan Brakhage United States
The Dream, NYC, The Return, The Flower Stan Brakhage United States
The Girl Chewing Gum John Smith United Kingdom
Heart of Glass Werner Herzog Clemens Scheitz, , Volker Prechtel West Germany [37]
Highs Stan Brakhage United States
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 Alain Tanner Jean-Luc Bideau, Myriam Boyer, France
Switzerland		 [38]
Leo es pardo Iván Zulueta Spain
Migration, for Jack Nelson Bill Viola United States
Rembrandt, Etc., and Jane Stan Brakhage United States
Short Films 1976 Stan Brakhage United States
Tragoedia Stan Brakhage United States
Trio Stan Brakhage United States
Wienfilm 1896-1976 Ernst Schmidt Jr. Austria
Window Stan Brakhage United States
1977
Le Camion (The Lorry) Marguerite Duras Gérard Depardieu, Marguerite Duras France
The Domain of the Moment Stan Brakhage United States
Eraserhead David Lynch Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates United States [39]
The Governor Stan Brakhage United States
A Grin Without a Cat Chris Marker France
Hitler: A Film from Germany Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Heinz Schubert West Germany [40]
House (1977 film) Nobuhiko Obayashi Kimiko Ikegami Japan
I, an Actress George Kuchar George Kuchar, Barbara Lapsley United States
Music of the Spheres Jordan Belson United States Abstract, color. A revised version was edited in 2002.[41]
Reflecting Pool Bill Viola United States
Riddles of the Sphinx Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen Merdelle Jordine, Dinah Stabb, Riannon Tise United Kingdom
Sentimental Journey Anne Rees-Mogg United Kingdom
Soldiers and Other Cosmic Objects Stan Brakhage United States
Thames Barrier William Raban United Kingdom
That Obscure Object of Desire Luis Buñuel Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Fernando Rey France
Spain
Unsichtbare Gegner (Invisible Adversaries) Valie Export Susanne Widl, Peter Weibel, Josef Plavec Austria [42]
1978
Bird Stan Brakhage United States
Burial Path Stan Brakhage United States
Centre Stan Brakhage United States
Césarée Marguerite Duras France
Duplicity Stan Brakhage United States Part of Duplicity cycle
Duplicity II Stan Brakhage United States Part of Duplicity cycle
Forza Bastia! Jacques Tati, Sophie Tatischeff France
Hand Exercises Uzi Peres Israel
Jubilee Derek Jarman Jenny Runacre, Jordan, Nell Campbell United Kingdom [43]
Light Reading Lis Rhodes United Kingdom
Nightmare Series Stan Brakhage United States
Often During the Day Joanna Davis United Kingdom
Purity, and After Stan Brakhage United States
Sincerity III Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sincerity cycle
Sluice Stan Brakhage United States
Thot-Fal'N Stan Brakhage United States
Visions of a City Lawrence P. Jordan United States
A Walk Through H: Reincarnation of an Ornithologist Peter Greenaway United Kingdom
1979
@ Stan Brakhage United States
Allegoria Stéphane Marti France
Cartoon Le Mousse Chick Strand United States
The Cartoon Theatre of Dr. Gaz Jeff Keen United Kingdom
Creation Stan Brakhage United States
Ear to the Ground David Van Tieghem United States
Fever Dream Chick Strand United States
Orchestra Rehearsal Federico Fellini Balduin Baas, , France
Italy
West Germany		 [44]
Race d'Ep (The Homosexual Century) Guy Hocquenghem, Lionel Soukaz France TV film
Radio/On Chris Petit David Beames United Kingdom
Roman Numeral: I Stan Brakhage United States Part of Roman Numeral Series (also called the "Romans")
Roman Numeral: II Stan Brakhage United States Part of Roman Numeral Series (also called the "Romans")
Roman Numeral: III Stan Brakhage United States Part of Roman Numeral Series (also called the "Romans")
Sincerity IV Stan Brakhage United States Part of Sincerity cycle
Stalker Andrei Tarkovsky Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko Soviet Union
Tale of Tales Yuri Norstein Soviet Union [45]
Tally Brown, New York Rosa von Praunheim Tally Brown West Germany
United States
Thriller Sally Potter United Kingdom
The Wretches Are Still Singing Nikos Nikolaidis Alkis Panagiotidis, Konstantinos Tzoumas, Rita Bensousan Greece

Notes[]

  1. ^ Koresky, Michael (26 August 2013). "Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ^ Koresky, Michael (26 August 2013). "Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ^ Wiener, Tom. "Performance". Allmovie. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  4. ^ Blaise, Judd. "El Topo". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  5. ^ Pavlides, Dan. "Trash". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  6. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Vladimir et Rosa". Allrovi. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  7. ^ Koresky, Michael (26 August 2013). "Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  8. ^ CVM Belson Filmography
  9. ^ Erickson, Hal. "WR: Mysteries of the Organism". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  10. ^ CVM Belson Filmography
  11. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "La Cicatrice Interieure". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  12. ^ Voorhees, John. "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  13. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Dreamwood". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  14. ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Ecstasy of the Angels". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  15. ^ Schwartz, Louis. "Letter to Jane". Allrovi. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  16. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Red Psalm". Allrovi. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
  17. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Requiem fur einen Jungraulichen Koenig". Allrovi. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  18. ^ Blaise, Judd. "F for Fake". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  19. ^ "Ganja & Hess". Brooklyn Academy of Music.
  20. ^ Deming, Mark. "The Holy Mountain". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  21. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Iluminacja". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  22. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Immoral Tales". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  23. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Themroc". Allrovi. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  24. ^ Charney, Leo. "Celine and Julie Go Boating". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  25. ^ Voorhees, John. "The Phantom of Liberty". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  26. ^ "Sun Ra: Space Is the Place". Allmovie. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  27. ^ Southern, Nathan. "Sweet Movie". Allrovi. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  28. ^ LeVasseur, Andrea. "They Do Not Exist: Remembering Palestinian Filmmaker Mustafa Abu Ali". Muftah.org. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  29. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Black Moon". Allrovi. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  30. ^ Charney, Leo. "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  31. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "The Mirror". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  32. ^ Schwartz, Louis. "Number Two". Allrovi. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  33. ^ http://www.cfmdc.org/node/110 CFMDC entry
  34. ^ http://www.fredcamper.com/Brakhage/Filmography.html Fred Camper: Stan Brakhage filmography
  35. ^ http://canyoncinema.com/catalog/film/?i=276 Canyon Cinema entry
  36. ^ Schwartz, Louis. "Comment ça va?". Allrovi. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  37. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Heart of Glass". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  38. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Jonah, Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  39. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Eraserhead". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  40. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Hitler: A Film from Germany". Allrovi. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  41. ^ CVM Belson Filmography
  42. ^ Kehr, Dave. "Invisible Adversaries". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  43. ^ Blaise, Judd. "Jubilee". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  44. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Orchestra Rehearsal". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
  45. ^ LeVasseur, Andrea. "Tale of Tales". Allrovi. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
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