Independent film?

2 or 3 Things I Know about Her was a very interesting film. It did not feel “avant-garde” and perhaps it wasn’t. I mean at the beginning of the year you said that it died in 1967 and though this film was made in 1966 what’s to say it still isn’t. It lies in the category of French New Wave, which was all about psychological expressionism and was unlike many other avant-garde films in that it had high budgets and lived more in the mainstream culture. But did avant-garde die or were people just keener to the ideas posed. I believe it was simply evolving to fit thoughts of this time period and creating a more widely accepted genre. O’Pray says it was called counter-cinema and I believe that to mean that these directors wished to go against the grain of typical Hollywood films much like independent films of today. 2 or 3 Things I Know about Her had the same feel as independent films of recent years like Amelie in that they both feature monologues to the camera and wish to go beyond what people say to delve into their thoughts and psychological stirrings. I really enjoy this type of cinema because it gives you enough information to think about and allows you to build upon it unlike the other avant-garde films which provide little back story and the mainstream genre which shoves information and its anticipated reactions down your throat.