Minio's Ramblings on Cinema

I was thinking of avante-garde/arthouse directors that I plan on watching in the future, and I was wondering who else you’d recommend that I may have either forgotten or never heard of. So far I’m thinking of the following:

Straub-Huillet
Kenneth Anger*
Jan Svankmajer
Stan Brakhage
Chris Marker (starting some of his films up next month)
Derek Jarman (next month!)
Guy Gilles
Robbie-Grillet
Philippe Garrel.


Anyone I might have forgotten or be unaware of?

Wavelength

Who’s Wavelength?

It's a movie by Michael Snow

Flaming Creatures - Jack Smith

Andy Warhol' Factory era films (not the Paul Morrisey films, even though they are also great in their own right)

Maya Deren

Michael Snow, thanks. That is more what I’m looking for haha

Also, yeah, Warhol and Morrisey were two I had forgotten. Thanks.

Nina Menkes
Maya Deren
Hollis Frampton

I recently watched a bunch of Norman McLaren's films. Most of his films were rather hit or miss for me, but I'd highly recommend Neighbours, Pas de Deux, Camera Makes Whoopee, and Begone Dull Care, in particular.

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Also, though I've only seen a few of his films, I haven't been able to get into Andy Worhol.

Also, this one is very underseen:

Also, John Smith.

Warhol's films are pretty reluctant to reveal themselves. And in some ways they are a bit of a prank that is being pulled on audiences. But the more you know about Warhol.the man, and the more one appreciates what he did with painting, the easier it is to grasp his approach. Which is basically, much of the time, turn on a camera and walk away.


Bike Boy is my favorite. But ones affection for this will depend very much on how much one can tolerate the self involved weirdos that surrounded him. Same with Chelsea Girls (which is more punishing, butore indicative of his general non-aesthetic)

Maya Deren yes!
Meshes is so hypnotic

Forget arthouse.

Watch more Arnold Fanck movies, people!

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Franco is one of the most misunderstood & underappreciated auteurs in cinema's history. He churned out so many films it was hard to maintain their quality, but when he really tried, he made some great films.

Which one's would you reccommend?

I promise I’m not trying to kill anyone. Some of his movies are pretty entertaining though and I like that he did his own thing. Even his “bad” movies are amusing in their own way.