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Cinema of Meaning - Ep. 22: Guide to Unconventional Movies

Ep. 22: Guide to Unconventional Movies

07/28/22 • 78 min

Cinema of Meaning

In this special episode, Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss a variety of experimental documentaries; and classify them into distinct categories to explore what they are, why they are worth watching, and what the best ways are to engage with them.

All Light Everywhere (2021); Baraka (1992); Bells from the Deep (1993); Cameraperson (2016); Chronicle of a Summer (1961); Cow (2021); F For Fake (1973); Fata Morgana (1971); Free Solo (2018); Grizzly Man (2005); Gunda (2020); Koyaanisqatsi (1982); Lessons of Darkness (1992); Little Dieter Need to Fly (1997); Machines (2016); Rat Film (2016); Samsara (2011); Seven Up! (1964); Sleep Has Her House (2017); The Truffle Hunters (2020); The White Diamond (2004); Voyage of Time (2015)

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Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

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Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight

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Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

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Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight

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In this special episode, Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss a variety of experimental documentaries; and classify them into distinct categories to explore what they are, why they are worth watching, and what the best ways are to engage with them.

All Light Everywhere (2021); Baraka (1992); Bells from the Deep (1993); Cameraperson (2016); Chronicle of a Summer (1961); Cow (2021); F For Fake (1973); Fata Morgana (1971); Free Solo (2018); Grizzly Man (2005); Gunda (2020); Koyaanisqatsi (1982); Lessons of Darkness (1992); Little Dieter Need to Fly (1997); Machines (2016); Rat Film (2016); Samsara (2011); Seven Up! (1964); Sleep Has Her House (2017); The Truffle Hunters (2020); The White Diamond (2004); Voyage of Time (2015)

Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial of MUBI: mubi.com/cinemaofmeaning

Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on YouTube:

Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight

Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld

Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:

Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight

Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo

Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:

Cinema of Meaning: https://twitter.com/CinemaofMeaning

Tom van der Linden https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO

Thomas Flight https://twitter.com/thomasflight

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on YouTube:

Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight

Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld

Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:

Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight

Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo

Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:

Cinema of Meaning: https://twitter.com/CinemaofMeaning

Tom van der Linden https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO

Thomas Flight https://twitter.com/thomasflight

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Get ad-free episodes a week early and access to a monthly bonus episode on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning (Signing up using our link supports the podcast).

Become part of the Cinema of Meaning community by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on YouTube:

Thomas Flight: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThomasFlight

Like Stories of Old: https://youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld

Cinema of Meaning: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning

Check us out on Nebula:

Thomas Flight: https://nebula.tv/thomasflight

Like Stories of Old: https://nebula.tv/lsoo

Cinema of Meaning: https://nebula.tv/cinemaofmeaning

Follow us:

Cinema of Meaning: https://twitter.com/CinemaofMeaning

Tom van der Linden https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO

Thomas Flight https://twitter.com/thomasflight

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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