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People Passing Through Me in an Endless Procession

People Passing Through Me in an Endless Procession

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  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1981

Runtime

1h 26m

Original Title

Er gaat een eindeloze stoet mensen door mij heen

Director

Frans van de Staak

Description

The film consists of 25 scenes. Each scene is performed by eight actors [out of a group of nine]; the ninth actor continually changing places with another actor who appears in only one or two scenes. The music plays a role like an actor: as soon as the music speaks the actors are silent. The writing of the scenario and making of the film were mainly a question of searching for a 'theme', and the film itself is also concerned with 'what it's about'. This 'unstated' aspect is approached from all its related facets. Scenes were made on the themes of anger, love of pleasure, refusal, disintegration, fear. Both the images, and the texts rise above the everyday level and are no longer narrative. (Wim Schlebaum)