Kurt Kren Movies

  • 1981
    39/81 Which Way to CA?

    39/81 Which Way to CA?

    39/81 Which Way to CA?

    8.51981HD

    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?
  • 1969
    22/69 Happy-End

    22/69 Happy-End

    22/69 Happy-End

    01969HD

    Kurt Kren filmed pieces of feature films in the cinema without looking through the viewfinder. The missing sexual climax from the cinema was added by...

    22/69 Happy-End
  • 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)
  • 1957
    Black Movie I

    Black Movie I

    Black Movie I

    01957HD

    Marc Adrian´s FILMBLOCK 0 paces out the foundations of a ritual of self-realization. With its matte surfaces (colorful leader) and easily...

    Black Movie I
  • 1971
    26/71: Cartoon - Balzac and the Eye of God

    26/71: Cartoon - Balzac and the Eye of God

    26/71: Cartoon - Balzac and the Eye of God

    5.51971HD

    Zeichenfilm - Balzac oder das Auge Gottes is a play on the idea of trick film. And trick film it is. The 30-second work is shown twice in case the...

    26/71: Cartoon - Balzac and the Eye of God
  • 1973
    28/73: Time Exposure(s)

    28/73: Time Exposure(s)

    28/73: Time Exposure(s)

    2.71973HD

    A man's head is seen in silent close-up using single-frame shooting and time exposure.

    28/73: Time Exposure(s)
  • 1968
    17/68: Green-red

    17/68: Green-red

    17/68: Green-red

    31968HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1966
    12/66: Cosinus Alpha

    12/66: Cosinus Alpha

    12/66: Cosinus Alpha

    4.71966HD

    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
  • 1990
    46/90 Falter 2

    46/90 Falter 2

    46/90 Falter 2

    01990HD

    Kurt Kren short

    46/90 Falter 2
  • 1969
    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren

    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren

    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren

    01969HD

    Porträtfilm: Kurt Kren
  • 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
  • 1956
    Piano Salon 1. Floor

    Piano Salon 1. Floor

    Piano Salon 1. Floor

    01956HD

    A silent short film by Kurt Kren.

    Piano Salon 1. Floor
  • 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.
  • 1967
    15/67: TV

    15/67: TV

    15/67: TV

    4.61967HD

    Kren frames the image to suggest a proscenium, with a view to the harbor that conveys a literal sense of “tele-vision”. The static...

    15/67: TV
  • 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
  • 1973
    30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam

    30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam

    30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam

    01973HD

    Kren shows the cinema (mentioned in the title) during and after film presentations. He uses single-frame and time exposures 5 to 30 seconds long....

    30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam
  • 1968
    20/68: Honey

    20/68: Honey

    20/68: Honey

    3.51968HD

    Kurt Kren films a photo which shows an SS officer standing on a town square which is littered with dead bodies.

    20/68: Honey
  • 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
  • 1995
    49/95: thousandyearsofcinema

    49/95: thousandyearsofcinema

    49/95: thousandyearsofcinema

    51995HD

    The making of pictures becomes the central issue in itself in that, with an analytical single-picture procedure, picture-taking tourists on Vienna's...

    49/95: thousandyearsofcinema