The making of pictures becomes the central issue in itself in that, with an analytical single-picture procedure, picture-taking tourists on Vienna's St. Stephen's Place are captured and their faces animated to a dance.
49/95: Tausendjahrekino (1995) Online
- Original Title :
- 49/95: Tausendjahrekino
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary / Short
- Year :
- 1995
- Directror :
- Kurt Kren
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 3min
- Rating :
- 5.5/10
'I have seen these eyes before.' In thousandyearsofcinema Kurt Kren turns his perspective around with a quiet and unsettling irony. The images appear. One eye tightly shut and the other pressed against the viewfinder. This is the standard position which Kren captures in single frames. Uncountable photographers, with their acutely-angled cameras directed at St.Stephan's Cathedral whizz by.