Kurt Kren
Simon Payne
ISBN 10: 1783205512 ISBN 13: 9781783205516
Published by Intellect, GB, 2016
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Kurt Kren was a vital figure in Austrian avant-garde cinema of the postwar period. His structural films-often shot frame-by-frame following elaborately prescored charts and diagrams-have influenced filmmakers for decades, even as Kren himself 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. Seller Inventory # LU-9781783205516
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Kurt Kren was a vital figure in Austrian avant-garde cinema of the postwar period. His structural films―often shot frame-by-frame following elaborately prescored charts and diagrams―have influenced filmmakers for decades, even as Kren himself 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.
About the Authors:
Nicky Hamlyn is a filmmaker, professor of experimental film at University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, United Kingdom, and lecturer at the RCA, London. His film and video work is available on three DVD compilations from LUX, RGB and Film Gallery, Paris. Books include Film Art Phenomena (BFI, 2003) and Kurt Kren: Structural Films (Intellect, 2016).
Contact: University for the Creative Arts, Falkner Rd, Farnham, GU9 7DS, UK.
Simon Payne is a video artist, writer, and programmer. He is a senior lecturer in film and media studies at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
A. L. Rees (1949–2014) was a critic, historian, and research tutor at the Royal College of Art, London.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Kurt Kren
Publisher: Intellect, GB
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Hardback
Condition: New