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IDFA 1999

Sky Over Holland

John Fernhout
Netherlands
1969
22 min
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People who can appreciate a Dutch bank of clouds should not miss Fernhout’s tribute to the Dutch landscape. Shot with a 70mm panorama camera, the film appeals to the imagination with its overwhelming shots of the Dutch skies. Significantly and effectively, the film alternates the real skies with the landscapes painted by Dutch masters from the seventeenth century to Mondriaan. Owing to the dynamic photography, nature comes alive in an almost unreal way, expressing the beauty that Fernhout saw in i

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    Eye Film Institute Netherlands
    Eye Film Institute Netherlands