Movies
- 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...
- 1962
Lucebert
Lucebert01962HD
Van der Keuken follows the creative process of Lucebert, a Dutch painter annex poet. Episode four of four in a series for the VPRO.
- 1997
To Sang Fotostudio
To Sang Fotostudio61997HD
In the person of To Sang, a Chinese-born photographer living and working in Amsterdam, JVDK has found his perfect counterpart and alter ego. To...
- 1964
Indische jongen
Indische jongen01964HD
One of Van der Keuken's earliest fictional shorts.
- 1980
The Master and the Giant
The Master and the Giant4.81980HD
A musical comedy. One God creates the world, the other destroys the creation and hopes to make a better job of it.
- 1962
Opland
Opland01962HD
The indomitable laughter of a radical. A collage. Third of four in a series for the VPRO.
- 1984
Toy
Toy01984HD
An short anti-cruise missile film created in collaboration with a group of filmmakers.
- 2002
Last Words
Last Words02002HD
Following in the footsteps of his uncle, this film documents the last days of Johan van der Keuken.
- 1962
Tajiri
Tajiri01962HD
Short documentary about the visual artist Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009). Second of four in a series for the VPRO.
- 1965
Vier muren
Vier muren01965HD
Film essay about the slums of 1960's Amsterdam.
- 1968
De straat is vrij
De straat is vrij01968HD
- 1970
Velocity 40-70
Velocity 40-7001970HD
Memories of World War II are evoked by images of the then current events of 1970.
- 1968
The Spirit of the Times
The Spirit of the Times01968HD
In SPIRIT OF THE TIME (1968) van der Keuken presents a collage of "drop-outs," protesters (both left and right), musicians and "hippies." He...
- 1967
A Film for Lucebert
A Film for Lucebert01967HD
Experimental documentary by Johan van der Keuken about Dutch painter and poet Lucebert.
- 1989
The Mask
The Mask01989HD
During the celebrations of the bicentenary of the French Revolution, Johan van der Keuken made a film about the revolutionary ideals of equality,...
- 1976
Spring
Spring01976HD
Five portraits from the mid-seventies. The nouveau riches and the nouveau pauvres take their places. With Joop Uchtman, Claude Menard, Ome Joop...
- 1972
Diary
Diary01972HD
The tools people adopt to try and control nature. In parallel with the early history of Van der Keuken's child.
- 2002
For the Time Being
For the Time Being02002HD
The opening segment for a planned larger documentary by Johan van der Keuken. Unfortunately, this is all that was completed before his death. These...
- 1986
The Unanswered Question
The Unanswered Question01986HD
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...
- 1968
De Tijd Geest
De Tijd Geest01968HD
Protesting youngsters chant slogans such as “Johnson murderer” and sing “Murderer, many people are being killed”. It is the...