Dutch Light
Director: Pieter-Rim de Kroon
Original Idea and Script: Maarten de Kroon
Running Time: 90 minutes
The Netherlands 2003
Post Screening Discussion with Director
There is an ancient myth that the light in Holland is unique,
but it has never been put to the test. The special quality
of Dutch Light was discovered and celebrated in art.
The German artist Joseph Beuys suggested that the Dutch light
lost its extraordinary radiance after the reclamation of the large
parts of the Zyder Zee in the mid 1950’s, bringing to an
end a unique visual culture.
The film breaks new ground by examining this renowned but elusive
phenomenon. Artists, art historians and scientists answer questions
raised by the myth of Dutch light.
Dutch Light is a powerful experience, visually and mentally drawing
the viewer into a hypnotic maelstrom of ideas, theories, colours,
images, landscapes and of course, light.
It is a film about the experience of looking.
Screening:
26 October 8.00 p.m. Ozone Multiplex
29 October 11.30 p.m. Phoenix Cinema
