Adebar

Adebar is a 1957 Austrian avant-garde short film directed by Peter Kubelka.

It is the first entry in Kubelka's trilogy of metrical films, followed by Schwechater and Arnulf Rainer.

[1] Adebar uses footage from only eight unique shots that show dancing silhouettes, arranged in 16 rigidly structured sequences.

[1] Kubelka was commissioned to create a commercial for Café Adebar, a dance bar in Vienna.

[6] Adebar is now part of Anthology Film Archives' Essential Cinema Repertory collection.