6 experimental films that will blow your mind or make you live a fantastic journey

There are those who say that “experimental” or “avant-garde” cinema does not exist, only that sometimes it is good, others less so. David Lynch, among other artists, has started making experimental films, and here are a few that will blow your mind, or perhaps take you to other worlds.

eraser

As we anticipated, David Lynch, director of ‘Twin Peaks’ or’ Dune ‘, began his career with’eraser’, an experimental and horror filmabout a depressed and cowardly boy, who has had strange nightmares since childhood, and who discovers that he is the father of a premature and almost monstrous child.

Generated

The story of this film is as interesting as it is disturbing, as it is a experimental horror film, directed, written and produced by Edmund Elias Merhige, one of the most important figures in this type of cinema. ‘Begotten’ does not have a clear plot, but alludes to the story of Genesis, and was declared one of the 10 best films of 1991 according to Times magazine.

an Andalusian dog

Probably one of the few experimental films screened in various film schools is ‘Un perro andaluz’, a surreal short film directed by Luis Buñuel together with the artist Salvador Dalí. A plot so interpretative that everyone is able to draw their own conclusions, and none of them would be similar.

The mole

With numerous awards and nominations to his credit, Alejandro Jodorowski made his debut in 1970, ‘The mole’, a western film shot in Mexico, which won the avant-garde criticism of that year. In this story, a gunslinger travels across the desert to meet various characters on his journey.

Panic and madness in Las Vegas

Probably another of the most followed on the list, largely due to the participation of Johnny Depp, Terry Gilliam’s ‘Panic and Madness in Las Vegas’. A black comedy about a journalist and a lawyer traveling in the desert with a load of illegal substances in the trunk. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

Climax

Finally, we conclude with another of the directors experienced in transporting the respectable to other worlds, Gaspar Noé with ‘Clímax’, a musical drama about a group of dancers taking LCDs, and what started as a rehearsal ends up becoming a journey. psychedelic.