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Pioneer of montage theory who deconstructed narrative through abstract visual composition and geometric editing to create meaning.
Stan Brakhage United StatesExperimental filmmaker who abandoned conventional narrative entirely, creating pure visual abstraction through light, color, and camera movement.
Pier Paolo Pasolini ItalyModernist director who merged surrealist aesthetics with fragmented narratives, challenging representational cinema through symbolic and abstract visual language.