9/64: O Tannenbaum Thursday, September 20, 1984, 8:00 pmThe Films of Kurt Kren
Kurt Kren in person
Kren is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of the past 30 years. While living in San Francisco from 1978 to 1980, he made a major impact on the avant-garde scene—his influence is still apparent in films being made today. In his first personal appearance in the Bay Area since 1980, Kren will show his four most recent films, made between 1981 and 1983. (These films are being rescheduled from the program of February 16.) He will also present a selection of earlier films, including materialaktions of Otto Muehl and Gunter Brus. “Kren’s involvement is constant and it is rare to see films of such total sensitivity. Though his films are by no means didactic, his work reaffirms the possibility that individual values and poetry can always be expressed in film.” –Stephen Dwoskin, Film Is…