Naughty Boys
Eric de Kuyper / NL, 1983 / 110 min.
Six characters from a play by Chekhov speak like Noël Coward, read Proust, quote Shakespeare and Pirandello, dance to vintage American songs and drift off to songs from early British musical comedies.
Filmmaker and film lecturer Eric De Kuyper is a former associate director of the Filmmuseum. His views on cinema and his passion for cinematic experience and film history have been a major influence on Eye”s policies on collecting and presentation.
restorations
Eye restored De Kuyper”s films and presents them in the light of De Kuyper”s views on cinema. With introductions, live music and screenings of classic films from Eye”s collections and those of the Royal Belgian Film Archive in Brussels. The shows are introduced and attended by De Kuyper and cast and crew members of his films.
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Details
Director
Eric de Kuyper
Production year
1983
Country
NL
Original title
Naughty Boys
Length
110 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Filmic Passions
He once jokingly referred to himself as a ‘mess of talents’ and a man who had never managed to embark on a ‘real career’. It’s surely his way of ironizing his extraordinary versatility as an erudite film lecturer, writer, filmmaker and programmer.
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