193497
193497

Mirror of Holland

1950-05-14
6.1
nl 9m
Documentary
In this short film Bert Haanstra gives his vision - from the water – of a tranquil Holland. During filming he held the camera upside down and afterwards put the images ‘up right’ again in the film. By doing this, we see the ‘usual’ waterfront, but transformed by the rippling of the water. In this way Mirror of Holland became a modern looking experimental film. However this did not devalue the Dutch sentiment regarding waterfronts that are so trusted to so many.

Director

Bert Haanstra

Writer

Bert Haanstra

Producer

Piet van Moock

Editor

Bert Haanstra

Cinematography

Bert Haanstra

lake river netherlands holland avant-garde canal poetic documentary

Status

Released

Countries

  • Netherlands

Companies

  • Forum Film