But there have been American arthouse films, and some of them have been genuinely great.
What follows isa rundown of some of the best films classifiable as arthouse that were U.S. productions.
Thats a little easier, because its probablyPoor Things.
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On the surface,Black Swanis pretty easy to follow, at least by the standards of arthouse cinema.
But the presentation ofThe Tree of Lifeadds complexity and sometimes even obscurity.
The bulk of the scenes are fragmented flashbacks, replicating the way memory functions.
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The scenes in the present, so to speak, also get increasingly surreal.
Itsoverwhelming stuff, but somehow, it all just workssurprisingly well.
Watching the film itself makes that abundantly clear.
Its a movie about conveying a certain feeling/atmosphere and immersing you in that for a bit under two hours.
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