2/60 48 Heads From the Szondi Test

Kren´s second film and the first he cut according to a strictly serial, sequence technique: in various framesizes, the 48 portraits from the Szondi Test for "experimental diagnosis of human impulses" are shown in pre-specified lengths (between one and eight frames).
(Peter Tscherkassky)


Kren´s 48 heads refer to a psychological procedure known as the Szondi Test. Running four minutes and shot at various speeds, Kren´s film fragments faces in extreme close-up: eyes, chins, hairlines, foreheads, with an occasional block of images using full-face. The film ends on mouths, viewed so closely as to be nearly abstracted. In 48 Köpfe body...

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Orig. Title
2/60 48 Köpfe aus dem Szondi-Test
Year
1960
Country
Austria
Duration
4 min 19 sec
Director
Kurt Kren
Category
Avantgarde/Arts
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
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