Johan van der Keuken Movies

During the shooting of this film, four long interviews were recorded by Thierry Nouel, marking out the different stages of the life and work of the...

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

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...

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...

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...

An adaptation of a story by Remco Campert. The long and silent image of a boy during the morning hours, in front of a mirror.

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

In this short documentary by Johan van der Keuken, he films young women walking the streets of Amsterdam.

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.

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

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

De Nieuwe IJstijd is the third part of the triptych Noord-Zuid (North-South), in which the director focuses on the relationships between rich and...

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

Two years after making his film BLIND KIND, Van der Keuken contacted the blind boy that had impressed him most at the time.

This film is a playful and experimental film object. The images of several films by Johan van der Keuken are mounted in a rhythmic and circular way...

Short documentary about Yrrah, the ruthless illustrator who was always giggling. First of four in a series for the VPRO.

Johan van der Keuken's film was made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of De Melkweg (The Milky Way). De Melkweg is a multimedia venue in Amsterdam,...

A spew of images swarm the screen; appearing before no answers-man and his machinery, denuded wholly of its grace and beauty.

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

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