Robert Kramer Explained

Robert Kramer
Birth Date:22 June 1939
Birth Place:New York City, United States
Death Place:Haute-Normandie, France
Yearsactive:1965–1999

Robert Kramer (June 22, 1939  - November 10, 1999) 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] Born in New York and educated at Swarthmore College and Stanford University, Kramer was a founding member of the filmmaking collective The Newsreel, established in New York City in 1968.[3] Kramer wrote, directed and starred in the 1970 thriller film Ice, and co-directed the 1975 film Milestones with John Douglas. After relocating to Europe in 1979,[4] Kramer directed the 1982 French film À toute allure, which was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

In 1999, Kramer died of complications from meningitis in a hospital in Rouen, France.[6] [7] In a retrospective essay, academic David Fresko wrote that Kramer's "unwavering commitment to anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism, and anti-racism and antipathy for Hollywood (and corporate media more generally) dashed any hopes for his commercial integration into the culture industries", and noted that, in Europe, "he is considered second only to Jean-Luc Godard in the pantheon of political modernists."

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert Kramer. Bergan. Ronald. November 16, 1999. The Guardian. June 21, 2018.
  2. http://www.rouge.com.au/9/kramer.html Robert Kramer and the Jewish-German Question
  3. Web site: The Traveller. Benjamin. Crais. January 27, 2023. New Left Review. January 19, 2024.
  4. Web site: Robert Kramer: Cinema/Politics/Community. Fresko. David. Metrograph. January 30, 2024.
  5. Web site: A Toute Allure - Festival de Cannes. Festival de Cannes. June 21, 2018.
  6. Book: III, Harris M. Lentz. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. July 1, 2000. McFarland. 9780786452040. June 21, 2018. Google Books.
  7. News: Riding. Alan. November 13, 1999. Robert Kramer, 60, a Director Of Films With a Political Edge. The New York Times. New York, New York. B-11. August 1, 2024.
  8. Web site: Icarus Films: FALN. icarusfilms.com. June 21, 2018.
  9. https://eastman.org/event/film-screenings/peoples-war-scenes-class-struggle-portugal People's War + Scenes from a Class Struggle in Portugal
  10. Web site: Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal. Metro Cinema. June 21, 2018.
  11. Web site: Guns (1980). June 21, 2018.
  12. Web site: Figures of Dissent: Thomas Harlan - Diagonal Thoughts. www.diagonalthoughts.com. June 21, 2018.
  13. Web site: Serge Daney in English: Kramer v. Kramer. Lk. April 8, 2014. June 21, 2018.
  14. Web site: Diesel. Nanarland. June 21, 2018.
  15. Web site: DIESEL - Vidéo dailymotion. October 26, 2010. Dailymotion. June 21, 2018.
  16. https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DE2DA1F3DF93AA3575AC0A96E948260 Review
  17. http://www.torinofilmfest.org/?action=detail&id=4187 X-Country presentation
  18. https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE1DB143CF931A35752C1A966958260 Route One USA
  19. Web site: Against Oblivion (1991). en.unifrance.org. June 21, 2018.
  20. Web site: Festival des 3 Continents - Point de départ. www.3continents.com. June 21, 2018.
  21. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204463/combined Le manteau
  22. Web site: Walk the walk : Robert Kramer. June 21, 2018.
  23. https://iffr.com/en/1998/films/ghosts-of-electricity Ghosts of Electricity
  24. Web site: Les Films du Paradoxe. www.filmsduparadoxe.com. June 21, 2018.

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