!!!Avantgardefilm

Avant-garde Film: Film genre not orientated on commercial success but 
using cinematographic instruments and techniques that defy tradition, 
and frequently devoted to topics that are felt to be either "offensive 
and scandalous" or "not fit for artistic treatment". Avant-garde film 
is characterised by open experimentation rather than formal or 
narrative coherence. In Austria, avant-garde film makers initially 
relied on literary models with which to experiment, such as "Der 
Rabe" (The Raven) von K. Steinwendner (C. Stenvert) inspired by 
E. A. Poe 1951); P. Kubelka ("Mosaik im Vertrauen" 
(Mosaic in confidence) 1954/55) and F. Radax pursued a different 
course with a style of montages with little action ("Sonne 
halt!" (Sun stop!) 1962); further developments, particularly in 
the field of  Video Film ( M. Adrian, V. Export, K. Kren, E. Schmidt 
Jr. and P. Weibel et al.) shows close links with contemporary 
Austrian literature and film. The "Austrian Filmmakers 
Cooperative" was founded in 1968 as the interest group of 
independent Austrian film makers.

!Literature
H. Scheugl and E. Schmidt Jr., Eine Subgeschichte des 
Films, 2 vols., 1974.


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