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Robert Kramer

Robert Kramer

American film director

Robert Kramer (June 22, 1939 – November 10, 1999), born in New York and educated at Swarthmore College and Stanford University, was an American film director, screenwriter and actor who directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999, most of them political cinema made from a left-wing point of view.[1][2] He was a founding member of The Newsreel.[3][4] His film À toute allure was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[5] He died of complications from meningitis.[6]

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Filmography

  • FALN (1965)[7]
  • In the Country (1967)
  • The Edge (1968)
  • The People's War (1970)[8]
  • Ice (1970)
  • Milestones (1975)
  • Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal (1977)[9]
  • Guns (1980)[10]
  • À toute allure (Full speed, 1982)[citation needed]
  • Notre nazi (Our Nazi, 1985)[11]
  • Diesel (1985)[12][13][14]
  • Doc's Kingdom (1987) [15]
  • X-Country (pronounced "cross-country") (1987) [16]
  • Route One USA (1989)[17]
  • Contre l'oubli (Against Oblivion, collective, 1991)[18]
  • Point de départ (Starting Place, 1994)[19]
  • Le manteau (The Coat, 1996)[20]
  • Walk the Walk (1996)[21]
  • The Ghosts of Electricity (1997)[22]
  • Cités de la plaine (Flat Land Cities, 2001)[23]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Bergan, Ronald (November 16, 1999). "Robert Kramer". the Guardian. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  2. [2]
    Robert Kramer and the Jewish-German Question – essay by Hironobu Baba at Rouge
  3. [3]
    Crais, Benjamin (January 27, 2023). "The Traveller". New Left Review. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  4. [4]
    Fresko, David. "ROBERT KRAMER: CINEMA/POLITICS/COMMUNITY". Metrograph. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  5. [5]
    "A TOUTE ALLURE - Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  6. [6]
    III, Harris M. Lentz (July 1, 2000). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786452040. Retrieved June 21, 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. [7]
    "Icarus Films: FALN". icarusfilms.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  8. [8]
    People's War + Scenes from a Class Struggle in Portugal at Eastman Museum
  9. [9]
    "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal] at [http://www.metrocinema.org/ Metro Cinema". Retrieved June 21, 2018. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  10. [10]
    "Guns (1980)". Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  11. [11]
    "Figures of Dissent: Thomas Harlan - Diagonal Thoughts". www.diagonalthoughts.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  12. [12]
    Lk (April 8, 2014). "Serge Daney in English: Kramer v. Kramer". Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  13. [13]
    "Diesel], chronique at [http://www.nanarland.com/ Nanarland". Retrieved June 21, 2018. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  14. [14]
    "DIESEL - Vidéo dailymotion". Dailymotion. October 26, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  15. [15]
    Review by Richard F. Shepard at NY Time, September 9, 1988
  16. [16]
    X-Country presentation, Turin Film Festival website
  17. [17]
    Route One USA, review by Caryn James at The NY Times, November 2, 1990
  18. [18]
    "Against Oblivion (1991)". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  19. [19]
    "Festival des 3 Continents - Point de départ". www.3continents.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  20. [20]
    Le manteau at IMDb
  21. [21]
    "Walk the walk : Robert Kramer". Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  22. [22]
    Ghosts of Electricity (Kramer's vision of the future of cinema)
  23. [23]
    "Les Films du Paradoxe". www.filmsduparadoxe.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
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