Kurt Kren Movies

  • 1960
    2/60: 48 Heads from the Szondi-Test

    2/60: 48 Heads from the Szondi-Test

    2/60: 48 Heads from the Szondi-Test

    5.51960HD

    Kren's second film and the first he cut according to a strictly serial, sequence technique: in various frame sizes, the 48 portraits from the Szondi...

    2/60: 48 Heads from the Szondi-Test
  • 1962
    5/62: People Looking out of the Window, Trash, etc.

    5/62: People Looking out of the Window, Trash, etc.

    5/62: People Looking out of the Window, Trash, etc.

    5.51962HD

    Almost as if entering the picture frame by chance, mute characters lean out of Viennese apartment windows, simply to have a look.

    5/62: People Looking out of the Window, Trash, etc.
  • 1990
    46/90 Falter 2

    46/90 Falter 2

    46/90 Falter 2

    01990HD

    Kurt Kren short

    46/90 Falter 2
  • 1964
    9/64: O Christmas Tree

    9/64: O Christmas Tree

    9/64: O Christmas Tree

    6.31964HD

    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
  • 1976
    34/76: Tschibo

    34/76: Tschibo

    34/76: Tschibo

    61976HD

    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
  • 1956
    Rome

    Rome

    Rome

    01956HD

    Vacation pictures from Rome.

    Rome
  • 1968
    18/68: Venecia kaputt

    18/68: Venecia kaputt

    18/68: Venecia kaputt

    01968HD

    A short film by Kurt Kren.

    18/68: Venecia kaputt
  • 1978
    37/78: Tree Again

    37/78: Tree Again

    37/78: Tree Again

    5.71978HD

    At the center are takes which do not change - a tree in a field in Vermont, U.S.A. Since the film was shot over a period of fifty days, the single...

    37/78: Tree Again
  • 1970
    Portrait: Kurt Kren

    Portrait: Kurt Kren

    Portrait: Kurt Kren

    01970HD

    "This film is an attempt in focusing. I visited Kurt Kren in Vienna. (Kurt Kren is considered to be the father of the European underground film.)...

    Portrait: Kurt Kren
  • 1994
    48/94 Fragment W.E.

    48/94 Fragment W.E.

    48/94 Fragment W.E.

    01994HD

    A fragment: Impressions of the atelier of painter Wolfgang Ernst (who also worked as a composer or the films of Kren and Schmid). Unfinished due to...

    48/94 Fragment W.E.
  • 1991
    47/91 A Celebration

    47/91 A Celebration

    47/91 A Celebration

    01991HD

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

    47/91 A Celebration
  • 1982
    41/82 Getting Warm

    41/82 Getting Warm

    41/82 Getting Warm

    8.51982HD

    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
  • 1957
    1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)

    1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)

    1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)

    4.71957HD

    Mostly dark, rejecting images which are repeated. A stone wall, the chamber of a revolver which is, at first not recognizable, a close-up of a...

    1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)
  • 1997
    Homage to Kurt Kren

    Homage to Kurt Kren

    Homage to Kurt Kren

    01997HD

    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
  • 1970
    24/70 Western

    24/70 Western

    24/70 Western

    01970HD

    Kurt Kren films an anti-war poster in extreme close-up moves to subvert the quick responses of viewers to its loaded imagery.

    24/70 Western
  • 1975
    31/75: Asylum

    31/75: Asylum

    31/75: Asylum

    5.11975HD

    A meadow, a lake, the silhouette of a hill, trees. 21 days of the same view in Saarland. 21 days with five different cut-outs in a mask before the...

    31/75: Asylum
  • 1969
    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren

    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren

    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren

    01969HD

    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren
  • 1996
    50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)

    50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)

    50/96 Snapshots (For Bruce)

    8.51996HD

    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 in Grey

    40/81: Breakfast in Grey

    40/81: Breakfast in Grey

    91981HD

    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 in Grey
  • 1976
    32/76: To W + B

    32/76: To W + B

    32/76: To W + B

    5.71976HD

    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