31/75: Asylum (1975)

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Runtime : 8M

Director : Kurt Kren

Synopsis

A meadow, a lake, the silhouette of a hill, trees. 21 days of the same view in Saarland. 21 days with five different cut-outs in a mask before the camera, which finally reveals a complete panorama. The landscape changes with the advancing seasons and becomes slowly delirious in its technical alienation.

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Kurt Kren
Kurt Kren
Director
Kurt Kren
Kurt Kren
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Kurt Kren
Kurt Kren
Cinematography

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