Robert Kramer
b. 1962
Robert Kramer, an American movie director whose portrayals of militants caught up in the antiwar movement of the late 1960's and early 1970's earned him a prominent place in modern political cinema, died on Wednesday in a hospital in Rouen, France, at the age of 60. Friends gave the cause of death as meningitis. Although Mr. Kramer was best known in the United States for his radical early movies, notably ''The Edge,'' ''Ice'' and ''Milestones,'' he remained a prolific filmmaker after he moved to Paris in 1980. ''Doc's Kingdom'' and ''Route 1/U.S.A.'' were among his later films that were also released in the United States. At the time of his death, he had just completed a new movie, ''Cities of the Plains.'' Mr. Kramer's films never reached a wide audience, but they had a loyal following in the world of avant-garde and experimental cinema and were frequently featured at film festivals around the world. ''A Toute Allure'' was one of three official French selections for the 1982 Cannes International Film Festival. Paul McIsaac, an American actor who appeared in several of Mr. Kramer's films, said an implosion of the radical movement in the United States also prompted the director t…
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