Movies

  • 1967
    Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe

    Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe

    Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe

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    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...

    Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe
  • 1962
    Lucebert

    Lucebert

    Lucebert

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    Van der Keuken follows the creative process of Lucebert, a Dutch painter annex poet. Episode four of four in a series for the VPRO.

    Lucebert
  • 1997
    To Sang Fotostudio

    To Sang Fotostudio

    To Sang Fotostudio

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    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...

    To Sang Fotostudio
  • 1964
    Indische jongen

    Indische jongen

    Indische jongen

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    One of Van der Keuken's earliest fictional shorts.

    Indische jongen
  • 1980
    The Master and the Giant

    The Master and the Giant

    The Master and the Giant

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    A musical comedy. One God creates the world, the other destroys the creation and hopes to make a better job of it.

    The Master and the Giant
  • 1962
    Opland

    Opland

    Opland

    01962HD

    The indomitable laughter of a radical. A collage. Third of four in a series for the VPRO.

    Opland
  • 1984
    Toy

    Toy

    Toy

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

    Toy
  • 2002
    Last Words

    Last Words

    Last Words

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

    Last Words
  • 1962
    Tajiri

    Tajiri

    Tajiri

    01962HD

    Short documentary about the visual artist Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009). Second of four in a series for the VPRO.

    Tajiri
  • 1965
    Vier muren

    Vier muren

    Vier muren

    01965HD

    Film essay about the slums of 1960's Amsterdam.

    Vier muren
  • 1968
    De straat is vrij

    De straat is vrij

    De straat is vrij

    01968HD

    De straat is vrij
  • 1970
    Velocity 40-70

    Velocity 40-70

    Velocity 40-70

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

    Velocity 40-70
  • 1968
    The Spirit of the Times

    The Spirit of the Times

    The Spirit of the Times

    01968HD

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

    The Spirit of the Times
  • 1967
    A Film for Lucebert

    A Film for Lucebert

    A Film for Lucebert

    01967HD

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

    A Film for Lucebert
  • 1989
    The Mask

    The Mask

    The Mask

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

    The Mask
  • 1976
    Spring

    Spring

    Spring

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

    Spring
  • 1972
    Diary

    Diary

    Diary

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

    Diary
  • 2002
    For the Time Being

    For the Time Being

    For the Time Being

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

    For the Time Being
  • 1986
    The Unanswered Question

    The Unanswered Question

    The Unanswered Question

    01986HD

    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...

    The Unanswered Question
  • 1968
    De Tijd Geest

    De Tijd Geest

    De Tijd Geest

    01968HD

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

    De Tijd Geest