16.08.2010
Piano + Metropolis
This thursday night at the Rotterdamse Open Air Cinema: the screening of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with live music
18.06.2010
Cinematic Rotterdam
Floris Paalman, programmeur van de Rotterdam Classics, promoveert dinsdag 22 juni op ‘Cinematic Rotterdam, the times and tides of a modern city’. Read more »
16.05.2010
Film + architectuur in Den Bosch
On May 17 onward there will be several interesting screenings in the Verkadefabriek in Den Bosch concerning architecture. This monday it’s Many words for modern of Jord den Hollander, a film screened at the 2007 edition of our AFFR festival.
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09.05.2010
Shopping malls on film
The Barbican in London organises screenings of architecture films on a regular basis. Read more »
28.04.2010
Rotterdam premiere
Living Architectures of Beka & Lemoine has its Dutch premiere on Thursday April 29, the filmmakers will be present at the screening. Make your reservation now at the NAi.
08.03.2010
The opportunity to build
Screening of ‘an opportunity to build’ (1985) by Rob Klaasman and Maarten Kloos.
06.02.2010
The Complete Metropolis
Only 200 meters missing, as the newspaper announced. In 2008 the only (almost) complete reel of Fritz Langs’ Metropolis was found. Friday Febrary 12 live on Arte TV. Read more »
02.02.2010
Oscar nomination for Logorama
Yes, we recognize the beauties, because the short animation film Logorama we screened at our festival is nominated for an Academy Award! We keep our fingers crossed for the people of H5, especially Nicolas Schmerkin.
Men in cranes
Stories from the air
by Theo Hauben
Construction cranes belong in the skyline. They depict the progress of a city and without temporary steel towers with cables and pulleys, a city isn’t developing.
The crane driver has a privileged position, he has a tower with its own private cabin high above the bustle of the city. Graceful he swings the boom over the building construction, the pulley rolls securely back and forth horizontally on the horizontal boom and with the upmost concentration the hook will be put in the right place. As a small boy the construction crane was the showpiece of the toy collection and the needed actions could be practiced at a very early age. It is but a small group of boys who can practise with the real stuff later on in life.
To my knowledge there is only one crane driver whe know a little more. Leendert Huijzer aka Lee Towers introduced by William Duys as the singing crane driver. Lee found in fact inspiration in the sky for his name and his songs. But in general crane drivers are anonymous men that we could barely see on the ground, unlike them who can see us. High above the city and in silence must be a good place for contemplation. The short documentary City of Cranes by Eva Webber shows well what the Guild of crane drivers are doing while at work.
Modern tower cranes can now also be operated from the ground. The driver regardless steers the crane with a remote control. The crane operators are back to square one. The construction equipment is again being reduced to a toy. The crafts, view and hence the understanding, disappear. This modern way of working should be banned. To climb up high above the city lead to good stories and reflections on the human race.
City of Cranes (Eva Webber, 2008) is screened at AFFR2009.
Date: 26.10.2009
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19.06.2010
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