Johann Lurf

Johann Lurf

43 (1982-04-30)
Vienna, Austria

Johann Lurf is an artist and filmmaker, using the moving image to analyze and restructure space and film. His practice involves observational and documentary filmmaking especially in the field of structural film, as well as an approach to found footage which is strongly oriented on filmic language itself. He was educated as a film director at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria.

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A to A 2011 (3.9)

Hilarious overview of architectural failures. A road movie that provides new insights, but goes nowhere. Johann Lurf once again reveals his striking talent and his sense of humor. A to A is an extensive catalogue of mediocre architectural objects on roundabouts, competing for attention in the few seconds as they are passed. A unique artist's impression, shot from a spluttering Vespa.
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VERTIGO RUSH 2007 (8.7)

Johann Lurf's critical examination of the special effect of the "dolly zoom" - first used by Hitchcock in Vertigo - becomes a declaration of love to film and the richness of the cinematic language.
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Twelve Tales Told 2014 (8.5)

Johann Lurf’s maximalist, 35mm barrage of Hollywood studio logos, transforms the iconic corporate prelude to the big production-to-come into a sustained, stuttering spectacle in which fractured and fantastical worlds collide into a bombastic anti-climax.