The Flat Jungle (Johan van der Keuken, 1978)
ONE DAY, A FILM
26.02.2025
More and more, there is laughing in the cinema regardless of the type of film – whether a Holocaust drama, a violent film noir, or an essayistic documentary. Recently, at CINEMATEK, I noticed that Johan van der Keuken’s The Flat Jungle (1978), a documentary about the Wadden Islands and their inhabitants, drew out a varied repertoire of bemusement: chuckles, snickers, giggles, and, at times, a faintly suppressed derisive laugh.