With the advent of home video, went underground. Films like Liquid Sky (1982) and the works of the Kuchar Brothers embraced low-budget absurdity. But the true prophet of this era was John Waters . While his films have plots, the logic of Pink Flamingos (1972) is Dadaist: divine filth, egg-eating contests, and the infamous finale. Waters taught a generation that bad taste is the highest form of art.
Traditional cinema tells a story: Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. Movies Dada