In 1957, Peter Kubelka was hired to make a short commercial for Schwechater beer. The beer company undoubtedly thought they were commissioning a film that would help them sell their beers; Kubelka had other ideas. He shot his film with a camera that did not even have a viewer, simply pointing it in the general direction of the action. He then took many months to edit his footage, while the company fumed and demanded a finished product. Finally he submitted a film, 90 seconds long, that featured extremely rapid cutting (cutting at the limits of most viewers' perception) between images washed out almost to the point of abstraction — in black-and-white positive and negative and with red tint — of dimly visible people drinking beer and of the froth of beer seen in a fully abstract pattern.
Thief
Crime, Thriller, Drama
7.2
Carmen
Documentary, Comedy, Drama
5.7
Moon's Pool
5.8
Taxi Driver
Crime, Drama
8.1
High Noon
Western, Drama
7.7
The Cremator
Comedy, Horror, Drama
7.8
Come and See
Drama, War
8.2
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
Crime, Drama
6.1
The Sting
Comedy, Crime, Drama
8.0
Tokyo Story
Drama
8.2
Alien
Horror, Science Fiction
8.2
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Drama
8.4
Apocalypse Now
Drama, War
8.3
Cabaret
Music, Drama, Romance
7.4
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Science Fiction, Action
6.8
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
Rear Window
Thriller, Mystery
8.4
Fletch Lives
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
6.0
Persona
Drama
8.2
L'Avventura
Drama, Mystery
7.5
Rendezvous
Action, Romance
7.3
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Drama, Music, Animation
7.1
Begotten
Fantasy, Horror
5.9
Scarface
Crime, Drama
7.4
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
Documentary
7.3
Werner - Beinhart!
Animation, Comedy, Action
6.6
Belly
Crime, Drama
0.0
Every Which Way but Loose
Action, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Drama
6.1
Australia: Land Beyond Time
Documentary
7.5
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Adventure, Documentary
5.5
Mission to Mir
Documentary
6.5
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Documentary
7.0
Wolves
Documentary
6.5
Tampa Beer: Crafting the Bay
Documentary
0.0
The Watchmen
0.0
Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag
Documentary
6.5
You, the Living
Drama, Comedy, Music
7.1
Big Buck Bunny
Animation, Comedy, Family
6.5
Switch
Fantasy, Comedy
5.9
The Tin Man
Comedy, Adventure
7.0