Johan van der Keuken Movies

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: 'We kept the ends of a lot of shots in Amsterdam Global Village: the camera leaves the subject and pans to the sound woman, who...

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

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

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

A "revolutionary theater" troupe from North Vietnam performs in Amsterdam.

Van der Keuken juxtaposes images of Dutch children learning to read against those of the coup d'état in Chile.

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

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

Three-part film about the Dutch painter and poet Lucebert who died in 1994. Director Johan van der Keuken made three short films about his friend and...

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...

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...

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

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,...

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

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

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...

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