Arnulf Rainer (1960)

Directed by

Peter Kubelka

Country

Austria

Runtime

7 min

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Black and white frames and silence flicker in rapid alternation. The film builds a sensory experience from pure light and darkness paired with sound and its absence.

abstractrhythmicminimalistjarringintenseflickeringstripped-downconfrontational

What happens

Arnulf Rainer is a 1960 Austrian experimental short film by Peter Kubelka, and one of the earliest flicker films. The film alternates between light or the absence of light and sound or the absence of sound. Since its May 1960 premiere in Vienna, Arnulf Rainer has become known as a fundamental work for structural film. Kubelka released a "negative" version, titled Antiphon, in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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