Experimental film

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An experimental film is a film nominally but not necessarily made to test an audience's reaction to certain performances or types of presentation not normally found in mainstream cinema. Such films are usually avant garde and may shock or surprise their viewers, intentionally or otherwise. The founding piece of the art form is generally considered Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí's Un Chien Andalou.