Johan van der Keuken Movies

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...

Film essay about the slums of 1960's Amsterdam.

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

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

Detective Beauty undertakes an investigation into reality. He tries to understand a world he cannot grasp, to capture the things that escape him.

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...

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...

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.

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

Sarajevo in the twentieth month of its besiegement. The situation is critical, but the city chooses to organise an international film festival. Dutch...

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

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

Face Value is a film combining a conscious approach with spontaneity, and contemplation with action. It presents us with the differing views of a...

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

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

Documentary shows brass bands from Nepal, Surinam, Indonesia and Ghana.

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

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

Documentary about the Wadden Sea in which Van der Keuken looks at this ribbon in the landscape through the eyes of a city-dweller. A film about the...