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.