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How to Talk Experimental Film: A User's Guide

http://independent-magazine.org/2013/03/minhae-shim_defines_experimental-film_avant-garde_video-installation/ 

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The importance of scene transitions

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Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)

Head of Department Psychology & Sociology

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