De Lage landen + The Lonely Dorymen
George Sluizer: De Lage landen + The Lonely Dorymen
A less well-known area of George Sluizer’s oeuvre is the many documentaries he produced and directed in the 1960s. De lage landen portrays the Dutch struggle against water; The Lonely Dorymen depicts the harsh lives of Portuguese fishermen.
Programme
De lage landen (George Sluizer, NL 1961, 30')
Holland is threatened from all sides by water. The film tells about the creation of Holland millions of years ago, the history and methods of land reclamation in the last five centuries. The film sets the everlasting struggle of its inhabitants against the sea in a clear perspective, combining prints, animation and traditional photography.
The Lonely Dorymen (George Sluizer, US 1967, 58')
For more than four centuries, young Portuguese fishermen have followed their fathers to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and in recent years to Greenland’s banks to fish the cold waters for cod. Intrepid men, set off for the Banks on schooners under full sail, then adrift in a flat-bottomed dory, they bait the hundred of hooks of their long-line, oblivious to fog, rain and Arctic wind , they labour 18 hours a day and haul up cod by the score.
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Details
Director
George Sluizer
Production year
2024
Length
88 min.
Country
NL
Language
English
Subtitles
Dutch
Part of
Eye Classics
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