A perfect, fast and hilarious montage. Using images from Artis (Amsterdam Zoo), Bert Haanstra shows that a couple of similarities can be discovered between human and animal. Particularly the manner in which human and ape are confronted with each other, is significant. The images speak for themselves, human voices or commentary is absent. The ironic music of Pim Jacobs does add an extra dimension to the whole. With regards to human and animal Haanstra limits himself for the time being to this short film, recorded with a hidden camera. Later on, in several big films, he would return to this subject.
Billy falls asleep and dreams Robert L. Ripley takes him on a tour of Believe-It-or-Not land to see ...
Robert Ripley shows a pretty blond a shrunken head and an iron execution chamber. Vitaphone No. 1336...
Robert Ripley draws and shows movies to train passengers. Vitaphone No. 1346.
Robert Ripley gives a show aboard a luxury liner at sea, starting with drawings discussing the origi...
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefen...
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefen...
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on ...
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Robert Ripley presents a well-dressed cocktail party an assortment of drawings and film clips showin...
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The director’s diary told in still images of a dramatic period in which he becomes first a father an...
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A documentary covering the trials of James Hanratty, perceived to be wrongly accused at the time and...
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