Johan van der Keuken 2002 / De platte jungle / Netherlands 1978
Waddenzee, a sea on the coast of Wetland, is a unique natural and landscape phenomenon. A coastal tract spreading out over the territories of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark which disappears beneath the surface of the water and then reappears, as dictated by the regular tides.
Waddenzee, the sea off the Wetlands coast, is a unique natural and landscape phenomenon. This is a coastal zone spreading out over the territories of Holland, Germany and Denmark which disappears under water and again reappears according to the regular movement of the tide. Johan van der Keuken took his camera to this “flat jungle” to film the fauna and flora and also its inhabitants. The life of the local people was considerably transformed by economic, technological and industrial development in the region. The director frequently varies his scale: scenes of the countryside are often alternated with shots of miniature marine organisms. And it is with these that the food-chain cycle begins – creatures living in mutual existence on the borders of the sea and dry land, whose essential natural environment has been invaded for good by ecological activists, holiday-makers, heavy industry and tanks from the training grounds.
90 min / Black & white, 16 mm
Director Johan van der Keuken
/ Screenplay Johan van der Keuken
/ Dir. of Photography Johan van der Keuken
/ Music Willem Breuker
/ Editor Jan Dop, Johan van der Keuken
/ Producer Johan van der Keuken, Chris Brouwer
/ Production Lucid Eye Films
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