Mirror of Holland (1950)

• 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.

Rating

6.2 / 10 (26 votes)

Release date

May 14, 1950

Runtime

9m

Language

NL

Director

Bert Haanstra

Status

Released