Johan van der Keuken Movies

Film essay about the slums of 1960's Amsterdam.

Following in the footsteps of his uncle, this film documents the last days of Johan van der Keuken.

Shot in Lebanon in 1975 just before the civil war. The director delivers a nuanced account of the complexities surrounding the Palestinian issue.

Rare fictional short, written by Remco Campert, in the veins of existentialism. About a young man who is in love with the girlfriend of his best pal.

An short anti-cruise missile film created in collaboration with a group of filmmakers.

A spew of images swarm the screen; appearing before no answers-man and his machinery, denuded wholly of its grace and beauty.

Short documentary about Yrrah, the ruthless illustrator who was always giggling. First of four in a series for the VPRO.

One of Van der Keuken's earliest fictional shorts.

A short portrait of poet Bert Schierbeek, who reads from his poetry.

Collage film in which Van der Keuken makes use of Eddy Posthuma de Boer's source material.

Memories of World War II are evoked by images of the then current events of 1970.

In SPIRIT OF THE TIME (1968) van der Keuken presents a collage of "drop-outs," protesters (both left and right), musicians and "hippies." He...

Experimental documentary by Johan van der Keuken about Dutch painter and poet Lucebert.

During the celebrations of the bicentenary of the French Revolution, Johan van der Keuken made a film about the revolutionary ideals of equality,...

Five portraits from the mid-seventies. The nouveau riches and the nouveau pauvres take their places. With Joop Uchtman, Claude Menard, Ome Joop...

The tools people adopt to try and control nature. In parallel with the early history of Van der Keuken's child.

The opening segment for a planned larger documentary by Johan van der Keuken. Unfortunately, this is all that was completed before his death. These...

The film consists of two basic components: the music of Charles Ives, 'The unanswered question', from 1907, and a letter written by an old woman who...

Protesting youngsters chant slogans such as “Johnson murderer” and sing “Murderer, many people are being killed”. It is the...