The term alternative cinema has certain connotations. To many, it is not alternative, instead it is the way cinema was meant to be viewed, in that the viewer should be able to define the film in their own personal terms. In the following essay, I will firstly examine what the term alternative cinema means, and secondly how Brecht's theories are evident in many elements of the films that have been pigeon-holed as alternative cinema. The …showed first 75 words of 3060 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3060 total…amp; Karl Mayer. Germany: Decla-Bioscop Kuhle Wampe (1932) Directed by Slatan Dudow. Written by Slatan Dudow & Bertolt Brecht. Germany & Switzerland: Praesens-Film AG, Prometheus Film. Not Reconciled (1965) Directed by Daniele Huillet & Jean Marie Straub. Written by Heinrich Bolle & Daniele Huillet. West German: Unavailable. Vent D'Est (1969) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard & Jean0Pierre Gorin Written by Sergio Bazzini & Daniel Cohn Bendit. French: Film Kunst, Anouchka Films, Polifilm.