Translated by martin chalmers, kluges air raid is a touchstone event in german literature of the postwar era. On the occasion of his 85th birthday, with alexander kluge. Alexander kluge is the author of the devils blind spot 3. Alexander kluge by alexander kluge, 9783775728805, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Alexander kluges most popular book is the devils blind spot. Kluge made a rare trip to new york a few months ago, appearing in conversation with lerner at the goetheinstitut and at princeton. Les mondes paralleles d alexander kluge actualites. In medieval angelology, there are nine orders of snow, twentytwo stories on some lines from ben lerners the lichtenberg figures. After completing his high school education in berlin, he studied law, history and music at universities in marburg and frankfurt am main and received his doctorate in law in 1956. Alexander kluge cern, geneve cern physics department ph. Martin chalmers is a berlinbased translator from glasgow. I have been a lawyer, and on the other hand, i wrote books. Complete documentation of pictures and texts from his films portuguese. You can make montage with texts, with film, or with genres.
We also carry the worlds best uv coater machines, laser processing converting. Vermischte nachrichten alexander kluge jahrbuch german. Pluriverse museum folkwang is presenting an exhaustive exhibition destined to visualize the core of his multimedia oeuvre. Feb 02, 2017 our winter issue features fiction by alexander kluge. Langston, richard, martens, gunther, pauval, vincent, schulte, dr. Since 1962 headmaster of the institut fuer filmgestaltung at the hochschule fuer gestaltung in ulm, germany. As a person born on this date, alexander kluge is listed in our database as the 1st most popular celebrity for the day february 14 and the 128th most popular for the year 1932. Kluge is also one of the major german fiction writers of the late20th century and an important social critic. Dctp tv development company for television program iffr. It was a mighty powerful group who started, but you lose everything. Complete documentation of pictures and texts from his films in portuguese alexander. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover alexander.
Alexander kluge has 73 books on goodreads with 2556 ratings. Alexander kluge biography, movie highlights and photos. Beside kluges own productions, dctp also coproduces socalled magazinsendungen. Solo exhibition by alexander kluge at galerie thaddaeus. Vermischte nachrichten alexander kluge jahrbuch german edition 9783847103783. Alexander kluge is one of the major german fiction writers of the late twentieth century as well as filmmaker, director, screenwriter and an important social critic.
View alexander kluges profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Alexander kluge quotes from as soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. Alexander kluge, a true romantic, thinks that even his most outlandish associations of ideas can document an objective viewpoint of the world. The complex, some say ponderous, films of director alexander kluge are not often fully understood by nongerman audiences, yet those who appreciate them hail kluge as one of the key figures in reviving german cinema and consider him a major force in the genesis and development of new german cinema. Books by alexander kluge author of the devils blind spot. Mar 11, 2009 alexander kluge box set and edition filmmuseum in general recommended web resources kluges dctp production company alexander kluge research collection a princeton coming soon ma. Our winter issue features fiction by alexander kluge. The hour of the filmmakers did not have an independent license. View the profiles of professionals named alex kluge on linkedin. At the core of the collection is a series of conversations, originally aired on german television, between alexander kluge and other major figures in late20th and early21stcentury german cultural and intellectual life, as well as international scholars working in this tradition.
Alexander kluge is a famous german film director and author, who was born on february 14, 1932. Alexander kluge is best known as a founding member of the new german cinema. As a filmmaker with a modest but loyal transatlantic following, alexander kluges oeuvre and career are markedly different from those of other european directors venerated by cinephiles. From oberhausen through the 1970s, frederick ungar, 1984, p. Of germanys recognised writers, alexander kluge is the least known perhaps the main reason for this neglect is that kluges whole work is a protest against the contemporary division of labour. Helge schneider als ziegenmelker pablo gutierrez dctp. To celebrate the 75 th birthday of a leading founder of new german cinema, the film museum in munich released a collection of alexander kluges fourteen feature films and sixteen shorts from 1960 through 1986. Alexander kluge celebrity biography, zodiac sign and. First tv broadcast 1994 news and stories dctp sat 1. Since 1988, film maker alexander kluge a contemporary of rainer werner fassbinder has been primarily focused on television, having abandoned the notion. Incorporating photographs, diagrams, and drawings, kluge captures the overwhelming rapidity and totality of the organized destruction of his town from numerous perspectives, bringing to life both the strategy from above and the futility of the response on the ground. Alexander kluge great director profile senses of cinema.
Alexander kluge born 14 february 1932 is a german author. Was one of the founders of the oberhausener manifest in 1962. Before that, all independent filmmakers had the hour of the filmmakers. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The public sphere in the digital age an examination of the. Alexander kluge born 14 february 1932, halberstadt, saxonyanhalt is a noted film director and author. Alexander kluge as soon as you judge communication a. A short version of this film was kluges contribution to the 1977 omnibus film germany in autumn.
But i was intensely interested in modern musicalban berg, webern, stockhausen, etc. Textebilder, 16, quoted in theodore fiedler, alexander kluge, mediating history and consciousness in klaus phillips ed. Beside kluge s own productions, dctp also coproduces socalled magazinsendungen. His fictional works, which tend toward the short story form, are significant for their formal experimentation and insistently critical thematics.
I belong to the tradition of godard, and of course of eisenstein, although these are different. His work, however, spans a diverse range of fields and, over the last fifty years, he has been active as a filmmaker, writer and television producer. The berlin international film festival feb 20mar 1 has unveiled the 15 features that will comprise its first ever encounters competitive strand. Kluge was born in the town of halberstadt in the vicinity of magdeburg in 1932, the son of a doctor. As alexander kluge has been active in expressing himself through diverse artistic means and cowriting two social treatises,2 there is a wide field of scholarly discussions about kluges theory of media, history and film. Facets multimedia is now bringing them out in north america, and in danger and deep distress, the middleway spells certain death 1974 will be available this spring. Alexander kluge born 14 february 1932 is a german author, philosopher, academic and film director. Alexander kluge celebrity profile check out the latest alexander kluge photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Shirley, starring elisabeth moss, among films in the new competitive strand. As a filmmaker, he is credited with the launch of the new german cinema movement.
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Alexander kluge service desk technician mytech partners. Complete documentation of pictures and texts from his films. Kluge will also make appearances at the goetheinstitut on sunday, october 23, for a special soiree with literature, film, and music with guest ben lerner, and at moma on monday, october 24, for an evening of. Deeply influenced by the theories of the frankfurt school, alexander kluges rhizomatic approach is profoundly marked by the catastrophes of our present day. The hour of the filmmakers was made before 1988 dctp started in 1988, well, 1987, but in 1988 we started with programming. Nov 21, 2014 air raid, by alexander kluge, translated by martin chalmers, seagull books, rrp. Alexander kluge is one of the major german fiction writers of the late twentieth century and an important social critic. He inspires his readers, listeners and viewers with his films, texts interviews and much more besides.