The Film As An Original Art Form:
I think it is very difficult to claim film as just one particular art form. FIlm is a mesh of many different art forms. Literary, musical, and visual. All these art forms combine to create what we know as film. By itself film is just a moving picture on the screen. The closest that film gets to be an original art form is perhaps in the Avant-Garde films. Usually there are no literary structures in these films. The documentary does get close to being pure film, but it still has elements of story involved so the literary form is still a part even in a documentary. It's hard to claim film as just one art form.
Introduction To Avant-Garde Film:
I agree that most people do not see Avante Garde as a "Film," most people do think of films as being narrative. Even I when first confronted with an Avant-Garde film was very much confused with what I was watching. Some of what I saw even disturbed me a little bit. I especially remember watching Stan Brakhage "Window Water Baby Moving," and barely being able to watch through the entire short film. I also remember seeing other films that I remember questioning why they were important. I'm hoping to learn more behind some of these films so that I will be able to understand them more.
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