Kurt Kren Movies

  • 1964
    9/64: O Christmas Tree

    9/64: O Christmas Tree

    9/64: O Christmas Tree

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    In 9/64 O Christmas Tree Kren offers a more visually descriptive development of a Muehl "action". The images have been chosen to follow a more...

    9/64: O Christmas Tree
  • 1966
    12/66: Cosinus Alpha

    12/66: Cosinus Alpha

    12/66: Cosinus Alpha

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    Kren’s last film to include any direct reference to Otto Muehl is 12/66: Cosinus Alpha, a 10-minute film that completes a cycle of elaborate...

    12/66: Cosinus Alpha
  • 1996
    50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)

    50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)

    50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)

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    Kurt Kren records snapshots of visitors to Vienna who are photographed in front of the statue of Johann Strauss Jr.

    50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)
  • 1981
    40/81 Breakfast im Grauen

    40/81 Breakfast im Grauen

    40/81 Breakfast im Grauen

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    Kren in New Hampshire, New England. Together with friends he lived from the demolition of wooden houses and sale of the wood. Kren was the "nail...

    40/81 Breakfast im Grauen
  • 1981
    39/81 Which Way to CA?

    39/81 Which Way to CA?

    39/81 Which Way to CA?

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    Kren on his way from Vermont to California. Kren says that his various cars are the thread which runs through the story. (Hans Scheugl)

    39/81 Which Way to CA?
  • 1961
    4/61: Walls Pos.-Neg. and Way

    4/61: Walls Pos.-Neg. and Way

    4/61: Walls Pos.-Neg. and Way

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    The film uses slides - photographic planes - which show different surfaces and finishes of a wall, which have been erroded by time. Kren stacks the...

    4/61: Walls Pos.-Neg. and Way
  • 1968
    17/68: Green-red

    17/68: Green-red

    17/68: Green-red

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    Kren filmed, in microscopic detail the reflection and refraction of the light in/on a glass bottle. However, the bottle itself (the whole body) is...

    17/68: Green-red
  • 1967
    13/67: Sinus Beta

    13/67: Sinus Beta

    13/67: Sinus Beta

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    Sinus Beta is almost a sort of teaching film about bodily behavior in different situations. The film also produces, through the heterogenic...

    13/67: Sinus Beta
  • 1976
    34/76: Tschibo

    34/76: Tschibo

    34/76: Tschibo

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    This film shows, with the use of single-frames, Kren's diary-like notes from 1968 to 1976, especially his entries about the work on the three...

    34/76: Tschibo
  • 1985
    44/85: Foot'-age Shoot'-out

    44/85: Foot'-age Shoot'-out

    44/85: Foot'-age Shoot'-out

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    "It became easier to understand Kren's method of approaching film when he illustrated his matter-of-factness with a story: he was asked to shoot and...

    44/85: Foot'-age Shoot'-out
  • 1956
    Rome

    Rome

    Rome

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    Vacation pictures from Rome.

    Rome
  • 1968
    18/68: Venecia kaputt

    18/68: Venecia kaputt

    18/68: Venecia kaputt

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    A short film by Kurt Kren.

    18/68: Venecia kaputt
  • 1976
    32/76: To W + B

    32/76: To W + B

    32/76: To W + B

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    I took a photograph of the view out of the window and had a very large negative made from it, which I fastened to the lens hood attacement in front...

    32/76: To W + B
  • 1991
    47/91 A Celebration

    47/91 A Celebration

    47/91 A Celebration

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    A commission by Austrian TV station ORF documenting the anniversary celebration for Kunststücke.

    47/91 A Celebration
  • 1990
    46/90 Falter 2

    46/90 Falter 2

    46/90 Falter 2

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    Kurt Kren short

    46/90 Falter 2
  • 1982
    41/82 Getting Warm

    41/82 Getting Warm

    41/82 Getting Warm

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    The third of the "bad home movies". Kren moved, along with his Thunderbird from New England in winter to the warmth of Texas. Part of the film was...

    41/82 Getting Warm
  • 1997
    Homage to Kurt Kren

    Homage to Kurt Kren

    Homage to Kurt Kren

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    A homage to the Austrian experimental filmmaker Kurt Kren, his two films "1000 Years of Cinema" and "Snapspots" and his way of working; and that with...

    Homage to Kurt Kren
  • 1956
    Piano Salon 1. Floor

    Piano Salon 1. Floor

    Piano Salon 1. Floor

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    A silent short film by Kurt Kren.

    Piano Salon 1. Floor
  • 1977
    33/77 No Danube

    33/77 No Danube

    33/77 No Danube

    01977HD

    Kurt Kren short

    33/77 No Danube
  • 1971
    27/71 On Peacock Isle

    27/71 On Peacock Isle

    27/71 On Peacock Isle

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    Kurt Kren short

    27/71 On Peacock Isle