Johan van der Keuken Movies
- 1965
Beppie
Beppie5.11965HD
BEPPIE is a moving and disarming portrait of an Amsterdam street urchin. Van der Keuken once described her as follows: 'She was ten years old and the...
- 1988
The Eye Above the Well
The Eye Above the Well6.61988HD
A poetic depiction of life and ritual in the south Indian state of Kerala. We see how knowledge is passed down from generation to generation: within...
- 2005
Trying to Describe Oneself
Trying to Describe Oneself7.42005HD
Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...
- 1996
Amsterdam Global Village
Amsterdam Global Village6.61996HD
"I am far away on a distant journey through my own city", filmmaker Johan van der Keuken says at the end of his four-hour portrait of Amsterdam. The...
- 1989
A Tale of the Wind
A Tale of the Wind6.51989HD
It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them...
- 1967
Signalement van Jean Marie Straub
Signalement van Jean Marie Straub01967HD
A short TV documentary about the making of Straub-Huillet's 'Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach'
- 1964
The Blind Child
The Blind Child7.11964HD
With the use of montage sequences, voiced over with the observations of the children, van der Keuken was able to use artistic expression to portray...
- 1958
Les Ratés
Les Ratés6.51958HD
A 1958 French language short film written and directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Guy Mairesse, Paniaras and Jean Patrick.
- 1998
Last Words: My Sister Yoka
Last Words: My Sister Yoka01998HD
Last Words: My Sister Yoka (1998) is the director's tribute to his sister, who speaks to the camera just days before she dies of cancer.
- 1967
Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe
Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe51967HD
In the late sixties, the American saxophone player and living jazz legend Ben Webster lived in Amsterdam for a year. Webster, who was born in Kansas...
- 1994
Hexagon
Hexagon81994HD
- 1994
Lucebert, Time and Farewell
Lucebert, Time and Farewell91994HD
Three-part film about the Dutch painter and poet Lucebert who died in 1994. Director Johan van der Keuken made three short films about his friend and...
- 2000
The Last Documentary
The Last Documentary02000HD
Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.
- 1968
The Cat
The Cat5.81968HD
Johan van der Keuken explains, "Some fifteen filmmakers were asked to make a film series in a relay style for a very popular variety program on Dutch...
- 1981
The Way South
The Way South5.51981HD
Johan van der Keuken went against the grain in 1980: from Amsterdam (on April 30 with the coronation riots and squatting actions) via Paris, southern...
- 1991
Face Value
Face Value5.81991HD
Face Value is a film combining a conscious approach with spontaneity, and contemplation with action. It presents us with the differing views of a...
- 1974
Filmmaker's Holiday
Filmmaker's Holiday61974HD
The film is put together as a collection of autonomous images which, once combined, make up van der Keuken's mental universe: family happiness,...
- 1973
Vietnam Opera
Vietnam Opera51973HD
A "revolutionary theater" troupe from North Vietnam performs in Amsterdam.
- 1957
Paris at Dawn
Paris at Dawn6.81957HD
Johan van der Keuken's first film is a uniquely beautiful portrait of Paris at dawn.
- 1994
On Animal Locomotion
On Animal Locomotion51994HD
A spew of images swarm the screen; appearing before no answers-man and his machinery, denuded wholly of its grace and beauty.