Non-narrative film
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Non-narrative film, or abstract film, is an aesthetic of cinematic film that does not narrate, or relate "an event, whether real or imaginary". It is usually a form of art film or experimental film, n
Viking Eggeling. Drei momente des Horizontal-Vertikalorchesters. c 1921. From De Stijl, vol. 4, nr, 7 (July 1921): facing p. 112.
Four frames from "Diagonal-Symphonie"
Dziga Vertov, Man with a Movie Camera, Opening shot, 1929
Photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (pictured here in 1934) was part of the Dadaist "cinema pur" film movement, which influenced the development of art film.
George Lucas
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George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars franchise and its fictional universe, the Indiana Jones franchise, and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Indus
Lucas at the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con
Director Jim Henson (left) and Lucas working on Labyrinth in 1986
Lucas receiving the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President George W. Bush, February 2006
George Lucas, Berlin 2005 (Portrait by Oliver Mark)