mid-1960s avant-garde

Pioneered radical narrative deconstruction and political cinema in films like *Pierrot le fou* (1965), fundamentally challenging conventional filmmaking.

Explored existential alienation and visual abstraction in *Blowup* (1966), defining modernist cinema with sparse aesthetics and ambiguous narratives.

Revolutionized experimental cinema through hand-painted film strips and abstract visual poetry, exemplifying the avant-garde spirit of the mid-1960s.