Kurt Kren: structural films

Payne, Simon and Rees, A. L. and Hamlyn, Nicky (2016) Kurt Kren: structural films. Intellect, Bristol. ISBN 9781783205516

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Payne, Simon and Rees, A. L. and Hamlyn, Nicky

Description/Abstract:

Kurt Kren was a vital figure in Austrian avant-garde cinema of the post-war period. His structural films, often shot frame-by-frame following elaborately pre-scored charts and diagrams, have influenced filmmakers for decades, even as Kren himself has remained a nomadic and obscure public figure. Kurt Kren, edited by Nicky Hamlyn, Simon Payne, and A. L. Rees, brings together interviews with Kren, film scores, and classic, out-of-print essays, alongside the reflections of contemporary academics and filmmakers, to add much-needed critical discussion of Kren's legacy. Taken together, the collection challenges the canonical view of Kren that ignores his underground lineage and powerful, lyrical imagery. Kren was overshadowed in his lifetime by other structural filmmakers, but the essays in this book argue the originality and novelty of his approach to film form in the context of European and North American structural film.

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Book

Date:

1 April 2016

Funders:

University for the Creative Arts, Anglia Ruskin University

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REF2021

Schools:

School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography

Research Centres:

Animation Research Centre