Vlado Kristl

Vladimir "Vlado" Kristl (24 January 1923 – 7 July 2004) was a filmmaker and artist from Zagreb, Croatia, best known for his celebrated animations and short films.

Kristl first came to international prominence for his formally challenging and rigous animations, particularly "Don Kihot" (freely inspired by Cervantes' "Don Quixote"). The film is a "graphical and abstract masterpiece which went beyond all existing conventions" ( [http://www.fh-wuerzburg.de/petzke/zagreb.html Ingo Petzke "40 years of Animation made by Zagreb Film"] ) and was suitably awarded the main prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Working within the highly respected Zagreb Film of animation was not easy and Kristl regarded this film, which was not his first, as the one were he "was finally given a free rein [Ron Holloway, Z Is For Zageb, 1972] . By producing this film entirely himself, Kristl inspired the artists in Zagreb Film to liberate themselves. In 1962 Kristl made "General i resni clovek (The General and the real human being)", a satirical live action short film which got him into trouble with the board of censors. Kristl died in 2004 in Munich, Germany. [ [http://www.artechock.de/film/text/artikel/2004/07_21_kristl.htm artechock film : POINT OF VIEW ] ] With his partner Jelena he had two children, Madeleine (b 1966) and Pepe Stephan (b 1968).He published two books of poetry: 'Neznatna lirika' (Insignificant lyrics), 1959, and 'Pet bijelih stepenica' (Five white steps), 1961 in Croatian, and several books in German.

Filmography

*Sagrenska Koza (The Piece of Shagreen Leather) - 1960
*Don Kihot - 1961
*General I Resni Clovek/Der General und der Ernste Mensch (The General and the Real Human Being) - 1962 - 12 minutes
*Arme Leute - 1963 - 8 minutes
*Madeleine, Madeleine - 1963 - 11 minutes
*Der Damm (The Dam) - 1964 - 80 minutes
*Autorennen - 1965 - 10 minutes
*Der Brief (The Letter) - 1966 - 83 minutes
*Prometheus - 1966 - 10 minutes
*Die Utopen - 1967 - 9 minutes
*Sekundenfilme - 1968 - 19 minutes
*100 Blatt Schreibblock - 1968 - 26 minutes
*Italienisches Capricco - 1969 - 30 minutes
*Film oder Macht (Film or Power) - 1970 - 110 minutes
*Obrigkeitsfilm (The Film Of The Authority) - 1971 - 86 minutes
*Literaturverfilmung - 1973 - 10 minutes
*Horizonte - 1973 - 8 minutes
*Kollektivfilm - 1974 - 18 minutes
*Diese Gebichte: Tod Der Hierachie - 1975 - 58 minutes
*Verräter Der Jungen Deutschen Films Schlafen Nicht - 1982 - 6minutes
*Tod der Zuschauer (Death To The Spectator) - 1983 - 110 minutes
*Die Schule Der Postmoderne - 1990 - 15 minutes
*Die Hälfte Des Reichtums Für Die Hälfte Der Schönheit - 1994 - 9 minutes
*Als Man Noch Aus Persönlichen Gründen Gelebt Hat - 1996 - 6 minutes
*Der Letzte Klon - 1998 - 6 minutes
*Drei Faule Schweine - 2000 - 7 minutes
*Kunst Ist Nur Ausserhalb Der Menschengesellschaft - 2002 - 9 minutes
*Weltkongress Der Obdachlosen - 2004 - 5 minutes

Films about Vlado Kristl include:

*Vlado Kristl Portrait (directed by Kurt Benning) - 2003 - 60 minutes
*Vlado Kristl - Ich bin ein Mensch-Versuch (Vlado Kristl - I am a human Experiment) (directed by Johanna Pauline Maier and Markus Nechleba) - 2006 - 87 minutes

Publications in German

*"Geschäfte, die es nicht gibt", Ed. Längsfeld, München 1966
*"Komödien", Kinema Verlag, Berlin 1968
*"Mundmaschine", UnVERLAG, München 1969
*"Vorworte" (Zeitschrift für unbrauchbare Texte) 8 Nummern c/o Barbara Schlottke, München 1970/71
*"Sekundenfilme", Herausgegeben von Wolf Wondratschek, suhrkamp, Frankfurt/Main 1971
*"Kultur der Anarchie", Kommunales Kino, Frankfurt, 1975
*"Unerlaubte Schönheit", Filmkritikheft Nr 233, Mai 1976
*"Video-theater", Freunder der Deutschen Kinemathek e.V., Berlin, 1977

External links

[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471674/ Vlado Kristl filmography on IMDB]

[http://www.artechock.de/film/text/artikel/2004/07_21_kristl.htm Obituary (in German)]

References