Kurt Kren: structural films

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.

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Not Reconciled - The Structural Films of Kurt Kren; 1/57 Versuch mit synthetischem Ton (Test); Kurt Kren and Sound; 2/60 48 Köpfe aus dem Szondi-Test; 3/60 Bäume im Herbst; 3/60 Bäume im Herbst; Time-Splits: 4/61 Mauern pos.-neg. & Weg and 31/75 Asyl; Strategies in Black and White: 4/61 Mauern pos.-neg. & Weg and 11/65 Bild Helga Philipp; 5/62 Fenstergucker, Abfall, etc.; 15/67 TV; 17/68 Grün-Rot; Negation and Contradiction in Kurt Kren's Films: 32/76 An W + B, 18/68 Venecia Kaputt and 42/83 No Film; 20/68 Schatzi

31/75 Asyl37/78 Tree Again; Miscellaneous Works and 'Bad Home Movies'; Vernacular Studies: 49/95 tausendjahrekino and 50/96 Snapspots (for Bruce); Colour Frame Enlargements and Pages from No Film; Reprints and Facsimiles; Collected Writings on Kurt Kren; Reviews of 31/75 Asyl, 15/67 TV and 28/73 Zeitaufnahme(n); Interview with Kurt Kren; Notes on Kren: Cutting Through Structural Materialism or, 'Sorry. It had to be done.'; Interview with Kurt Kren; On Kurt Kren; Lord of the Frames: Kurt Kren; Interview with Kurt Kren; Apperception on Display: Structural Films and Philosophy; Filmography