Man, woman and camera live in mutual tension with each other and the empty space. Zwartjes’ masterpiece.tekst IFFR 1992:Living is a demonstration of the virtuoso camera-work in the films of Zwartjes from this period. He plays the lead in the film, but at the same time operates the (hand-held) camera which he points at himself. Zwartjes’ technique of hand-held filming (without looking through the viewfinder which he couldn’t anyway in this case) in rapid yet flowing movements reaches its perfection here. Zwartjes: ‘I was as strong as an ox in those days.’ The film is part of the series Home Sweet Home, exploring the various rooms in a house (Zwartjes’ own house, new at the time, in The Hague). Zwartjes’ wife Trix also plays a role in Living.The film was shot with an extremely wide-angle lens which distorted the surroundings and the people. The latter move restlessly through the house; the mood is that of a nightmare. The journey through the house to the top ends in the light.
Ook in dit verzamelprogramma
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From The Exterior
Fragmentary pictures of reality in nocturnal living rooms filmed surreptitiously. -
The Vipers
In Paris in 1955, Shinkichi Tajiri sketches in a hallucinogenic way the emergence of the counter culture. -
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Pos.Neg.Light Vibrations
Investigation printed on an optical printer of inside and outside a film window. -
Zoenende Duitsers
Found ‘home movie’ of an innocent looking party of unpleasant people. -
Roodkapje verteld door honderdzestig Nederlanders
Inhabitants of the same street in Haarlem together tell the fairy tale from the title, each in 15 words.. -
How to make a New York cake
It’s always party time with the De Nooijer family at home. Innocent pleasure or a political film? -
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Ricercar
The supple camera feels its way along the walls of corridors and rooms, with the complicating double image accentuating the camera movement. -
Film details
- Productieland
- Netherlands
- Jaar
- 1971
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2004
- Lengte
- 15'
- Medium/Formaat
- 16mm
