annette apon

1: documentary, 7′, 16 mm, zwart/wit
2: fiction, 12′, 16 mm, black/white
3: fiction, 5′, 16 mm, colour

impressions of an asphalting engine, as it works on a road.

idea, editing: annette apon
photography: bernd wouthuysen
producer: annette apon produkties
no dialogue

This is rare documentary filming: black and white, precise, detailed and with long takes that follow a set trajectory. Who else has so meticulously and respectfully observed such a steel monster ever since Ivens, Van der Horst and Haanstra? Still, this is evidently different. The dynamics of the subject has been transformed into sluggishness and its heroism into murkiness. (Skrien)

distances 2 (afstanden 2)

gulliver tells about his love for travelling.

cast: titus muizelaar
idea, editing: annette apon, based on gullivers travels by jonathan swift
photography: bernd wouthuysen
sound: noschka van der lely
producer: annette apon produkties

It engenders an intriguing contrast between the quaint adventure stories and the attractively natural acting by Muizelaar. (Skrien)

distances 3 (afstanden 3)

the accidental meeting of a woman and a man, told in terms of colour.

cast: truus te selle, cas enklaar
idea, editing: annette apon
photography: bernd wouthuysen
sound: noschka van der lely
production design: frederieke jochems
producer: annette apon produkties

Distances 3 is a study of colours. A highly amusing study of colours. The art-direction in red is extreme but ironical, and when the frame suddenly fills with various colours, it turns into an exercise in comedy that brings to mind how little use is made of colour in comedies. (Skrien)