Moritz, the absolute film

Honestly, this article was kind of mind-blowing for me. I have been studying absolute film for several weeks now (with my film-maker presentation and in FST 372) and have never made the connection between absolute film and absolute music. This got me thinking about how all of the films I've seen from this movement really embody the concept of "absolute," as in, having all of the necessary aspects to be considered cinema, but with no narrative purpose, just pure film for the sake of the art. It is increasingly frustrating for me when people watch an absolute film (or Experimental film in general) and ask "why? what's the point if I don't 'get it'?"  Sometimes a person creates art just with the intent of exploring what they can do with the medium, and it doesn't have to conform to any one person's idea of what art really is.