The reading mentions tons of filmmakers I'm sure we will get to know better as the class progresses. It was interesting to see that as early as the 1920's people were pushing boundaries in film with politics and other controversial issues. Some things never change, these films like independent films of today did not get the exposure because even at that time money was more important than the message. I would much rather watch independent films because they usually have so much more to say and are more interesting than the main stream movies. The main stream movies of today are usually so predicitible. The reading mentioned one artist Florey who managed to get his work seen by incorporating some of the main stream ideas of film making with his independent ideas and it seemed to bring him more success.
These early films not only opened new doors as to what we saw but how we saw it, new techniques in filming also made these films avant-garde and with each era came different progressions and ideas about film making. Its funny how the various film makers over time argued as to what was considred avant-garde and how some film makers were written about in history and others ignored.
I'm looking forward to seeing some of the work of these artists we read about.
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