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Negative

1985 · 10 min

A brief, hypnotic collage of inverted images and fragments of work and performance that drifts by like a half-remembered dream.

Overview
The film begins with negative images of the destruction or etching plates. In the following scenes, we see images of construction workers, (dance) performances, and the daily life of Luyken. Along the way we see positive colored images that include a performance by Paul Koek in the Amsterdam theater Felix Meritis.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • work
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight3

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Details

Directed by
Edward Luyken
Starring
Paul Koek, Ron Theunissen, Annelies van Dooren, Niki Lemmens, Monika Malewicz, Frank Poelstra, Thérèse Breuls, Flip Filz
Runtime
10 min
Country
Netherlands

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