Fireworks (1947) by Kenneth Anger
Personally I'm not a fan of homo-erotic films and abstract films in most cases. However, I can definitely see how this film was a pioneer for a new frontier of not only film but for society. In fact, after further research on the film, I learned that Mr. Anger was arrested for obscenity after releasing the film and the manager of the theatre which screened it.
The film is in black and white with barely any dialogue. it mostly consists of angled shots of a man half naked at all times in possibly erotic ways depending on perspective. In one of the early shots the man wakes up with "morning wood" which turns out to be just that, morning wood.
Avant-Garde is important because it led to many new fields of film by having new ideas be introduced and its legacy is much of modern film makers being inspired either directly or indirectly by avant-garde films.
Fireworks can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDu7mbcGqGY
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