The definitive book about one of the essential artists in modern cinema. Peter Kubelka, creator of radical masterpieces such as Arnulf Rainer (1958-60) and Our Trip to Africa (1966) is also known internationally for his work as a teacher-philosopher - conThe definitive book about one of the essential artists in modern cinema. Peter Kubelka, creator of radical masterpieces such as Arnulf Rainer (1958-60) and Our Trip to Africa
(1966) is also known internationally for his work as a
teacher-philosopher - connecting the areas of art, cooking, filmmaking,
music and archaeology in his lectures. "A polemical filmmaker" is a
term often used in English-language texts about the artist. For those
who know him personally, it is much easier: "disputatious, ironic,
sarcastic", in any case "feisty" - that's what "polemical" ought to
mean. This volume embraces the "polemical" man as well as the theorist
and filmmaker

Edited by Gabriele Jutz and Peter Tscherkassky.
Distributed by Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna 1995, 255 pages,
with more than 100 colour and b/w illustrations and a detailed
filmography, biography and bibliography. Included is a separate Special
Edition of the filmmaker’s "scores" printed in poster format. In German.