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Stories of The Netherlands - An Introduction to Dutch Cinema
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What are the best films from your native country? Let me know below! :)
My favorites are City of God, Elite Squad and Central Station.
Days of heaven, Hostiles, the revenant, also the tree of life beautiful shows a Midwestern American childhood.
Chile’s cinema is full of stories about the military coup we lived between the 70s and the 90s and the cultural repercussions.
Nowadays there are many movies that show different dimensions of Chile: “La Nana”, “El Club”, “Una Mujer Fantástica”.
I’m waiting for the movies that will show 2019 Chilean social outburst.
Thanks for your work.
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople, The Piano, Lord of the Rings, Once Were Warriors
Having favorites restricts you from admiring, and enjoying the incredible variety of stories that are out there. Instead, I immerse myself in the joy and wonder of each of the many movies that I choose to watch.
As a Brazilian, I really loved seeing a glimpse of "City of God" near the ending. Here our movies don't talk about war at all, it's all about poverty, crime and police corruption. But there's usually a clever guy who dodges all the problems.
And there's the super popular silly comedies, just as important.
I was actually so much happier to see Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad) in the video. I genuinely think it is as great as Cidade de Deus (City of God) but for some reason almost nobody outside of Brazil knows it. Everyone knows City of God and that's about it. Elite Squad should have more international recognition for the masterpiece it is (the sequel included)
@@rafaelpiros4412 You will be happy to know that I watched both Tropa de Elite movies before Cidade de Deus. Cidade was great but Tropa de Elite was fucking awesome!
@@jacoporegini8841 That does make me happy, haha! Fucking masterpiece of a film.
@@rafaelpiros4412 Well, I'm from Argentina and I've watched them both. Loved them!
I am a Canadian whose grandparents all immigrated from the Netherlands after the Second World War, one from Rotterdam the rest from Friesland. Thank you for this window into our cinema that I have never even heard of before, it was a delight to watch!
20 years ago I was an American Nationalist and a Soldier confident in love for country and positive of the intersubjective relationship of all of it's members. 20 years later I think the idea of the Nation-State is 400 years old and has outlived it's usefulness if it ever was useful. My perspective certainly shifted as a result of traveling the globe, lost from my experiences, and attempting to heal. All I see now is a species that has a choice to make, find collective identity certain that for life to continue we must realize that we are connected to life itself, or perish. I'm under no illusion that this process should mean losing past and culture (what ever that means), but it must mean that even though there are folk cultural forms that are unique, beautiful, and often tragic, the elementary forms are truly universal. We come together or we all die. It is that simple.
Wow, that is very wise.... I don't think we have to loose all culture, but we have to learn to see through it. Cause on the core, we are all one. Culture is just on the top, so are nations, skincolour and even gender..
@@ailidhlalala1592 100%
Agreed!
As a disillusioned American, I think "American Nationalist" is somewhat redundant. Not suffering a serious attack in WWII has kept us from maturing, and steered us towards actions such as invading Iraq when a group of Saudi nationals destroyed the Twin Towers. And recently, an attack was made in our capital, not by people who are skeptical of a "nation-state", but who want to more firmly entrench one in thier country. And, you seem unable to name your belief as "Anarchist", when clearly that is the position your taking. I don't mean to be critical, just that none of us are educated about the subject. It is kept suppressed, maligned. I don't have much hope that we'll even start to dismantle the nation-state in the foreseeable future.
I am German, I live right by the Dutch border and the first 5 minutes of this video already moved me to tears. I know I am not at fault for what happened but I can't but cry and feel like I am. A great video, as always.
Hands down and without a shadow of doubt, this is the greatest channel on the internet.
Thank you very much.
I love how you're able to open the gates to such beautiful stories and thoughts through cinema and your own experience! For me as a german who never really dived into the history of the netherlands, this was simply amazing to see how you experience the dutch cinema and history. Very moving and truly beautiful video!
You are, without question in my mind, one of the very best content creators on this platform. Thank you for all that you do, and the emotions that so readily and easily come along with your ideas, your information, and your expression. Thank you.
For me, it's La Haine. I've never seen any other movies that encapsulate all of the problems people can face in poor urban suburbs so well, and with such sensibility. And over that, it also serves as a tragic statement on the failing of societies to solve the issues they created themselves, at every level. It's 26 years old, but it seems like it relates just as well with today than with it's own time.
Superb film!
I love the film, the ending still shocked the hell out of me!
admittedly I don't tend to watch a lot of my country's own movies but to me, the most quintessentially Vietnamese pieces of media, once you get pass the varying degrees of propaganda, boils down to the struggles of little people and scrappy underdogs against great forces beyond their control, be it invading armies, colonialism, or literal forces of nature.
Sometimes, those little people, finding no way of changing their situation, resigned through retreating into some sort of self-imposed exile or through death, thereby preserving their moral purity. A great example of this is in the short story "Chí Phèo". the main character, Mr. Chí, an ex-convict who was driven to unjust means to make a living, took his own life by the end of the story, shouting again and again "does anyone allow me to be righteous?"
Other times, the little people, through strength of character, cunning, or as communism took hold, working together. This is reflected in the current retelling of the myth of Gươm Lake (the Sword Lake), in which the magical sword used to fight off the occupying Ming army, was assembled from parts found by people of different social classes. The blade from a fisherman, the guard from a Confucian scholar, the hilt from the rebel leader who will go on to become the emperor.
These stories, in one way or another, reflects our modern history, being pushed around and having to fight against superpowers many times outmatching us, and now, having to deal with relentless globalization, modernization, and capitalism.
This was a great video from the visuals to the audio.
There are only great videos on this channel.
Dude, what a great video! You've really captured how Dutch people tend to feel about both our own movie industry and ww2, and put it into a context that someone who is not from the Netherlands can relate to. I haven't watched very many Dutch movies because of the cringe factor I associate with it (Probably because my exposure has mostly been soap series like GTST), but now I am intrigued ^^ Keep up the good work!
I'd like to add another series that means a lot to me as a Limburger. Although certainly not as important on a national level, I think seeing "Tien Torens Diep" (or Ten Towers Deep) made a big impact on my as a kid. The Limburgers, I feel, have always had a weird relationship with the rest of the Netherlands. Watching that series, seeing the origins of the landmarks that mark the area I grew up in, and seeing how separated we were. Then hearing stories about the first German planes flying over. Living so close the German border, I think many people here had a hard time realizing what was happening. Stories about German soldiers entering our country by the same streets I have used to walk to school 70 years later.
Stories about the coal mines of South Limburg and the impact they had on the people, but also the land.
And finally reading stories now of the people that lived in the very house that I grew up in. Who saw the Americans march over the hills to come and liberate us.
All of this made a big impact on me.
From Eastern Canada, Quebec, this is one of the hardest thing to define. We have few movies but many great books, some even attributed to America or France. But our identidy has always been very fragile. We take up our culture and prevent being swallowed by Canada and the rest of America.
Great topic!
I am the son of a Dutch immigrant who came to the United States and settled in San Francisco. As a young child I would spend my summers with my grandmother learning about her childhood. We would walk through her home town as she told stories of the German invasion and the occupation during the second world war. What a wonderful video. Thank you
I am a Bolivian, from a very poor and dumb country but I love it, I love how we take things not so seriously, how we love irony, and to laugh more than we cry, but we are still somber in private, I believe our best movies are "Quien mato a la llamita blanca?" and "Cementerio de Elefantes" we have the heart to make good movies but we lack the money...it's a latino thing
What a timing! I'm a 22 year old film student from germany and this weekend I visited the Netherlands for the first time with my girlfriend - More specifically Amsterdam and Zandvoort. I'm still processing everything (Amsterdam was a bit overwhelming at times!) but it put things into perspective.
There were so many young people (Germany has a general problem with it's age distribution) and I suddenly felt like I was in the future for the first time. I was greeted by strangers on the streets, holding their beer up high and smiling at me. Cultures clashed on the Market place in a way that made me appreciate how open and expressive the city was, almost as if you could find storys from all over the world centered in one place.
E-cars loaded their batteriers at the side of the road and the buildings were either modern in a way I had never seen before (all kinds of curved shapes, triangles, glass, plants ... In germany it is usally just a grey block due to safety regulations and efficiency.) or old and beautiful in the old town. It all felt truly progressive as if it was made by young people imagining what a future might look like.
In Zandvoort we ate in a artsy restaurant called "hippy fish" surrounded by beautiful wood architecture and even more beautiful people. What we noticed was just how much fun everyone was having. In Germany, Corona is still dominating every aspect of our lives. There, it seemed like we were in a different universe, free from fear and hesitation. You could hear young people laughing, philosophozing and saw them dance on boats and on balconys (although everything was shutting down at 22:00)
I had an amazing time and it truly made me appreciate my neighbours in the north. Sometimes you can only learn about your own culture by experiencing another. To every dutch reading this: You are on the right track and I wish we would take the time and learn from you.
Hi! (of hallo!) I follow your channel for a while now and halfway through I figured out you are Dutch. When I saw the title of this video I was very excited but also a bit confused. As a Dutch movie fanatic, I've never really bothered to look at what my own country has to offer in terms of cinema. I had this very narrow view of Dutch cinema only existing of romcoms and films targeted towards kids. I was, therefore, really curious to see what you would say about Dutch cinema and (as always) you did not disappoint :) This video essay opened my eyes to the ''why'' behind some of the more successful Dutch films. This matter of authenticity is essential for a movie to resonate with a nation. I hope that in the future Dutch cinema will stay close to ''smaller'', more authentic accounts of our lived reality. Heel erg bedankt voor deze video!
"War is when the old and bitter trick the young and naive to kill themselves" - Nico Bellic
This is why conservatives are a danger to society. It's about recovering those bitter values and make them rule us.
@@sanai97 As if the "liberals" are any better.
@@sanai97 “we came. We saw. He died”. Please remind me which conservative said this about toppling a foreign leader. Don’t get trapped by this dichotomy. War mongering knows no party.
@@GenX_Catholic I agree with that. The problem is to think that they are equivalent on any way in their view of "humanity". We can have non war-mongeriing conservatives and that type of government will still be inferior to an educated -I mean, liberal- one.
@@sanai97 liberalism and the enlightenment are not flawless. I would prefer non war mongering moral traditional Christian based society to one that is permissive to the degree the current one is. You would likely see this as repressive but I also get the feeling you might be a “things are shades of grey” kind of person. Things are black and white, there is an order to the universe, and Logos is rising. God bless.
Thank you so much for making this video. It touched me on so many levels. First, as someone who has dual citizenship (Germany and USA). It made me acutely aware of how many other stories I have not heard about WWII because they did not involve the "Big Players". Second, I love science fiction and have always loved Paul Verhoeven films, but I confess I only saw his blockbuster American films. Now I feel like I have to see his other films, and I feel terrible that I've never heard of them before. Third, I've never heard of the Delta Works before. This is so cool and fascinating! I'm excited to learn more about that. In closing, I want to thank you again for this video, and for the other videos you do. I enjoy them very much and always feel like I learn so much from them. Greetings and best wishes to you from Kansas.
I had the opportunity to visit 3 Punten and Margraten a few years ago. I also found my great grandfather’s house. I love America, but I hope that many Americans get a chance to visit their place of heritage to see how much there is to love in this world.
I like that streaming platforms offer more diversity in foreign productions. It counter-balances the dominant and often militaristic stuff we had to put up with so often.
Hey! I never figured that you're Dutch, same as me! That's enough to push me over the edge to sub to you- Your video quality, storytelling, video structure, information, etc. are all worth subscribing for anyway, but knowing that you and I come from the same land is just that nudge I needed. I hope to see and listen to much more of your content! Keep at it, champ!
edit: To respond to your mentions of WW2 movies and "The Admiral", I think that we favor the German occupation period because it shows that, as a people, we will keep going. You can take away our food, you can take away our fathers and sons, you can occupy our land and pick our bones bare, but we will never quit. Not unlike the Polish or any other nation for that matter(the Polish probably had it worse than us anyway, so I dont mean to disregard their resilience), but as simply the human spirit as a whole. We are known as merchants and traders, not soldiers and warriors. So having movies featuring us as mighty war heroes feels... wrong. We dont attack, we defend; wether that is through large cannons aboard wooden frigates or by surgical strikes done by farmers, bakers, smiths and whatever else. sooo.. yeah.
My very first war comic was about a pair of Dutch siblings who find themselves on different sides of the war. The older brother flees to the UK and joins the RAF. The younger brother is disgusted by his country's defeat and joins the Nazis whom he idolized. Eventually, he comes to see the Nazis for the monsters they really were and dies helping his brother escape a POW camp.
On my first visit to the Czech Republic a man came over to my table one evening and seemed unusually keen on having a drink with me. He spoke very little English, and all I had was a phrase book, but he managed to communicate that his father had flown with the RAF.
LSOO: Provides a longform, well considered commentary on the films of The Netherlands from the personal viewpoint of their target audience.
Me, a moron: hueheheh the Dutch Angle, literally
I'm only halfway through this video and you had mentioned that it had not been turned in the cinema everything you do on TH-cam is Cinema if you could portray this as a movie I'm pretty sure you could put your mind to it thank you for all your hard work
As an Argentinian I must mention "Esperando la Carroza" a movie about a family having troubles with their elder grandmother. It evokes old simpler times in here but still feels actual. Other one would be Comix: Cuentos de Amor, Video y Muerte, a really good indie sci-fi anthology but be warned that it got a lot of sex. It feels really cyberpunk. And XXY, a movie about a young intersexual girl, trying to live a normal life. It shows how we as a country were always open to different ideas, sexualities or people.
As an Aussie, there's obviously all the popular ones like Crocodile Dundee and Mad Max but I'd probably say the most quintessentially Australian films are actually The Castle, Rabbit Proof Fence and Red Dog. Each does a brilliant job of capturing a distinct yet equally important piece of Australian identity. And where Mad Max and Dundee capture our external identity and how we like to present ourselves to the rest of the world, I think those three capture how we see ourselves, and who we really are.
You should watch Australian movies. They are very good, normally unexpected stories, weird relationships, unpredictable ends, many using the harsh Australian landscape to portray loneliness, bravery and endurance. Australia has produced remarkable directors and famous actors and actresses. Australian cinema is a great source of inspiration and I believe it shows very well its nature and its culture.
Canadian cinema can be summed up as "moose and nudity" lol. As for the best movie from Canada? Jeez, pretty thin. As a rule the films made here are super arthouse and niche, mostly consciously attempting to be "anything-but-American" in everyway (which is the summation of Canadian culture in a nutshell, honestly). Tbh no one really watches Canadian movies in Canada. I guess the best I have seen would be Hyena Road or the Trailer Park Boys films? However we are very proud of Denis Villeneuve and all he has done in Hollywood.
All the movies made here are government subsidized and wouldn't stand on their own merit. We are basically Americans without the freedom.
@@davidj4662 Culturally we are Americans who refuse to accept we are actually Americans except for the formality of being part of the Union lol
The last actual unique-ish culture Canada had was loyalty to the Crown and being proudly British/French. So cinema about that 18th century stuff would be an identity. The deliberate shift away from culture and identity since the 60's means anything not critical or cynical of the system is cheesy and shallow. We are after all a "Post-Country"
Just not true. Imagine cinema without Cronenberg and Guy Maddin. The NFB! We are not a country known for cinema, but we boast a terrific catalogue. You cannot judge Canadian cinema without Guy Maddin and Cronenberg. So many others in independent films as well...
@@markgay248 I swear to God as a born Canadian I never heard of Guy Maddin until you mentioned him in this comment.
As a dane, our World War 2 movies seem really similar to yours. Sounds like our situations during the war was also pretty similar 🇳🇱🇩🇰
As a Brit, and notionally "English" we have always had History, but never a great sense of who we are and we're as a people. The film most associated with what it is to be English is called "Brief Encounter" a story about a couple who meet at a train station. Though of the modern fayre "Two weddings and a funeral" capture who we have become, and perhaps what we would like to believe about ourselves. I left years ago and of late became German, who also have an issue of leaving the past behind
We're a pretty diverse group of people between the Anglos, Celts, Picts, Britton's.
As a mid-30 German woman I feel confident to write that it's pretty hard to leave the past behind when you grow up being taught that our people are at fault for the terrible things our ancestors from two to three generations before our own did. I always felt like we as Germans may never allow ourselves to forget what happened during WWII to make sure nothing even remotely similar may ever happen again. I grew up feeling like the generation of my parents and teachers was handing over a heavy responsibility for the crimes of their fathers and grandfathers (proverbally speaking, not excluding the women of that time) to my generation.
That stuff is hard to let go off, it's even hard to not feel guilty for even trying to let go off it.
Thinking of British cinema I thought it strange how closely tied some films seem to be to a class in society. When you go from Trainspotting to About Time (or other mid-upper sentimental films) it would be hard to recognise them both as being the same country. For me, neither film appeared to represent the country I knew. Yet go even further to the class extreme with a film like the King's Speech and it felt infinitely more relatable. I've worked both in the Netherlands and Germany yet so much of the nuance of their cultures escapes me, something that I would perhaps connect with more through their films. I also feel that their is a strong sense of having a European identity through our shared history of wars and cultural revolutions with the exchange of ideas and philosophies.
@@LailaDragoness You as a German are not at fault for what your ancestors have done. However, you as Germans have a moral obligation to not let what happened repeat itself, and in a way the entire world shares this moral obligation with you. We as humans regardless of nationality possess a moral obligation to educate our young ones and teach them the dangers of fascism.
@@canaan4037 I absolutely agree with you. Still I feel like my people have a strange way of dealing with our history. And seeing all the stuff that's going on not just here in Germany but all around the globe, I can't help thinking that we're all doing a terrible job educating the young an d teaching the dangers of fascism.
I love your tempered, thoughtful videos. As someone who has yet to visit the Netherlands, I feel suddenly better informed about the cultural mindset beyond the trivial excitement of Amsterdam’s cafes and red windows. Heel erg bedankt.
Even though my people are fro Ireland during the Potato Famine, it is always heartening to hear stories of struggle in the face of evil and overwhelming odds.
I’ve been watching your videos for years now and have absolutely fallen in love with your insights and perspective on cinema from a individual film level to different themes and such on cinema as a whole. I just want to express my appreciation for your conflict. The philosophy of cinema is not one that many people experience when they go to the movies. The reasons why certain pictures are made or the reasons why they stick with us way after their release date or even the reasons why certain films hit people differently and are up for much interpretation is something I very much enjoy listening to. Your perspectives on how some specific cinema examples show and depict the true definitions of humanity has helped me get more out of them while also rewatching some films and feeling the fundamental humanistic qualities that the directors/writers are trying to convey.
If you have a Letterboxd profile, I would love to follow it.
And also the newsletter that you started is so great and I enjoy reading that and am thinking about starting one of my own for my friends and family to read to help give them insight into my mind and how cinema makes me a better person. Thank you
Also, I can’t wait to check out many of the films from the Netherlands that you mentioned in this video.
Really great video! Had tears when you talked about Putten. I am a Scottish school teacher and we watch The Hiding Place each year which has the overall pacifist resistance of other ww2 movies. Scotland is another nation which has a complex relationship with how we see ourselves in film modern and historical.
I really, truly cannot thank you enough for the content you generate. You are an inspiration and to me, a true marvel. I hope you continue to find success in this venture, and continue to produce this amazing content.
You choke me up every time man... just bravo. I struggle with feeling emotion and you always bring me to the brink. I love you and will continue to watch your videos for the feels.
Excellent essay, as always!
As an American, I don't know what stories really define us in the mainstream, but the theme, much to my chagrin, always will seem to be a heroic one of a savior. Even the films that try to cut against the grain always seem to make their protagonists feel like the everyman watching, so as to placate the audience into thinking "Yeah, I'd totally be like them if that stuff happened today." We've done incredible things in our short history, but we've also done more than our share of the utterly reprehensible, and either naïve patriotism or blind nationalism seems to keep us from acknowledging past transgressions without putting a happy ending on it and filling it with beautiful, smiling actor's that we all want to be.
We Americans sometimes joke about the Germans' historic view of themselves in the mid 20th century, but the same applies to the States in a much broader sense. Our social studies education lies to us for a decade only to have the veil peeled back in higher level secondary school if you're lucky, or usually during university education, but only if you take more than the basic gen-eds. I think this telling of our history colors the average America's national perceptions much more than we're willing to let on, especially given most folks' general disdain for history or academia. Our "defining" films are generally a product of this.
I’ve been a fan for years, I loved this video, thank you for sharing. My family originally was from the Netherlands and left for the New World in 1611, we have been in America ever since but I still have always been obsessed with Dutch Culture since it’s where my families roots began. Thanks for all that you do 🙏… your videos have helped me in so many I could never repay you.
I'm currently in Nederlands,
This country is gorgeous
But I didn't found my life here.
Hopefully, I will travel to see it again, one time.
Wherever you go, there you are.
From a fellow traveler who hasn't found home yet.
It still blows me away that videos as thoughtful, fascinating and beautiful as yours don't get millions of views.
This was so good! I loved your style of narrating... It brought me to tears. Well done! Dank jij wel!
I am so thankful to have discovered this TH-cam channel. You don't find gems like this too often.
Infinitely interesting, thank you for sharing your perspective in your creative work, what a wonderful Father’s Day gift. It’s an important topic and as a Native American whose ancestors were wandering this land before the modern America was a country, it’s a strange perspective when I think upon American war films, me and my family have served in the military, yet I never shook the fact that I’m constantly conflicted that I was saving the very military that fought my ancestors and it is a strange thought. I’m proud of our service but I find it refreshing that not every culture glorifies that kind of thing! I pray this message finds you well!
Thank you for this brillant essay.
In Switzerland, not a lot of people outside of our country knows our cinema (and inside either). The production system is similar to the Netherland. What is interesting is that after the first decades of movie history where swiss movies talked a lot about mountains and swiss myths, nowadays the thematics of fiction are of a great variety.
But the best in swiss cinema is not fiction, it's documentary. We have a great documentary culture. But I don't know why.
As an American who came of age in the 1990s, I'd say Kids (1995) was a frightening accurate snapshot of the youth culture I knew.
If all of TH-cam were just LSOO videos, the world would be a better place.
First time I have cried with a youtube video. This channel is pulling the deeepest strings of my humanity through your incredible lenses. Thank you very much for sharing your voice, your story.
This is great, I have been watching more foreign films and TV shows instead of just English film. I like to believe that this gives me a bit of insight about a country's culture
Really appreciate you giving us a personal perspective into this analysis! Film is a powerful medium of learning about cultural perspective, but like you said, with the understanding that there are voices missing from the narrative as the world grows larger. Also, that old Rutger Hauer movie looks wild haha.
This is my favourite channel on YT.
I’m always moved.
Thank you.
I SINCERELY hope thousands of Americans see this video. Seriously. Im from Scotland, and relate more to this than any overhyped war promoting US or even general western productions.
As a Canadian, I've heard numerous stories of heroism by Dutch citizens risking their lives to protect virtual strangers. These strangers were usually Jewish. That garners great respect from me.
I find your videos really cool especially the combination of often pop culture and philosophy. A great combination that I would argue is gute unique to TH-cam. Me as a German I was always interested how the Second World War was seen in other countries (accept of the popular Anglo Saxon movies that sadly tend to drift into propaganda all to often) One of my best friends is Dutch (Frizian) and when we came to talk about this subject one time I was surprised how, for a lack of a better term “self critical” he was about the role of the Netherlands in WW 2. Saying that not all Dutch people were victims but also perpetrators. This was quite shocking to me since up until than I had only encountered people from abroad who had the typical good vs evil mindset when it came to the Second World War. I believe that this depiction of the conflict is much more true to reality. A nation to me personally is merely a fictional concept of a certain in-group you could never possibly interact with as a whole an thus must be uphold by story’s. However I would argue that only the story’s that share a critical view of once own history can lead to growth in that society.
Anyways, thank you very much for the great content ^^
I am Austrian... And our movies are very dark in a way
They always have this moral where you can see it, but the actual story is about the hidden things. And that's very discusting.... Sometimes I am amused, sometimes I am depressed... The movies are funny but also very disturbing and if Austrians make a horror movie, no American horror movie is scary anymore.... It's the subtext and the totally real brutality what makes brutal scenes in movies here so shocking
I think we have a dark hidden, depressed but also weird funny soul here in Austria
I'm genuinely happy when you upload tom and one of the few channels I like the video first and then watch.
This is my favorite of your most recent videos. I really enjoyed your perspective
Thank you for this insight into our country. I am not sure what I think about the Dutch film industry because I don’t know enough about it. But I hope we can get to a point that the filmmakers are able execute in a more free way on their creative vision. We need different opinions to help us identify what it means to be Dutch, and what we as individuals can contribute to that to make great, new stories for others to enjoy
As an American, I've grown a deep fondness for South Korean cinema. Every film I've seen from that country is creative, engaging, and well-made.
Just wanted to thank you for your content. Your channel is at the top of my list. I can listen to them over and over again
Love your videos man, thanks for teaching us a bit about Holland and helping me think a bit more about films that define where I am from.
As someone who struggles to love my own country, this video was beautiful. Thank you.
@Gaunter O'dimm Netherlands
The most interesting Dutch, war movie I saw featured a Jewish boy who loved westerns. When the Germans made him wear a Star of David, he concluded this made him sheriff and he arrested a German general (I believe played by George C. Scott). I saw it back in the 80s but don't remember the title.
America:
The New World
Gone With the Wind
Saving Private Ryan
Apollo 13
Forrest Gump
I feel like you get a good grasp of America from the above, at least from the persepctive of its majority culture. Undoubtedly there are other films which better express those who are just as integral to the American experience, but nonetheless have had less representation in film over the years. I can only share what I know.
You bastard!
Why do i alway's feel like crying
when watching like stories of old?
a fellow countryman
Italian movies on both world wars tend to focus on common men who are forced into a conflict they are woefully unprepared for.
The very best example would probably be La Grande Guerra by Mario Monicelli. If you are even vaguely interested in Italian culture and the Italian prospective on war, this movie would be the best possible starting point.
Be' ci prendono in pieno, anche elalamein è un bel film
@@jacopofolin6400 bello ma un po' troppo vicino allo stile americano.
Wow what a video. This content is amazing. You're such an immense and informative orator!!
thank you for giving us a window into your homelands cinema
Really amazing & thought provoking examination of the history & psyche of the Dutch people!
You always produce such high quality content, it's quite lovely. This channel certainly deserves much more subcribers, that's for sure.
I got to go somewhere in 9 minutes, so I would rather start watching this video when I return. That must be an evidence that shows the quality of this channel XD Love your videos brother.
I'm kind of dissapointed at the lack of mention for Carrie Slee. Her movies shaped my childhood, and are genuine works of art despite being, well, for children. They're frankly just good.
I come from Ireland . We love love and talk stories. Thanks for your little different stories
Beautiful video as Always. In my case, I would propose The Milk of Sorrow as the Peruvian movie that best grasps not the unity, but the inherent abyss within Peruvian society. The thing with that movie is that it was made with that purpose. Recently, I came across the Guatemalan movie La Llorona, which I think several Latinamerican citizens can really relate to. I felt like it was talking about my own country.
I fear you might be selling the Netherlands' contributions to the war effort in WWII a bit short. The Dutch resistance was incredibly well organized, especially when compared to the disorganized mess of the French Resistance. It was so well put-together that when American paratroopers landed in September 1944, armed Dutch resistance fighters were folded into U.S. Paratrooper units as line infantry, where they performed admirably.
I always love your videos, sitting down with a cup of coffee and listening to you always reminds me of a homely feeling. Thank you
As usual, another stellar video. You sir deserve an award for the quality of your work.
Been following u for a few years. u are still going strong.
Fantastic work as always. Can’t wait to give some of these movies a watch and you really got me interested in venturing back to watch more old Swedish films to see what I can pick up from my own culture trough the medium of film.
Thank you so much!
I'm Australian and the film Strictly Ballroom says so much about us. I love your vids, they are all so great.
Your videos always do something for me. They're all so well thought out and touching
I love these essays !
this was really moving to see, my grandfather was part of the Dutch resistance, i remember hearing stories about how he was captured by the Nazi army, and then escaped from a concentration camp and hid out in an attic in Amsterdam, actually just 20 or so minutes away from where Anne Frank was hiding. I never knew about these films, and this offered a really cool perspective on the history as well so thank you!
Absolutely love your videos, I don't always comment but I watch many times cause its so packed full of info. You are doing a fantastic job!
Dankjewel voor deze video, het was echt interessant! Van een Frans abonnee
I think this is my fav of your vids so far
Some of my favorites (military/conflict) are Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron" and Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun". Thanks for the recommends!
Golly I just love every bit of content you put out. Well done.
Great video as always
Baie insigewend.... sou graag NL wou besoek in my leeftyd... gesiene dat dit deel van genetiese oorsprong is. Maar solank.... proudly South African!
Another great video essay, I went straight into the Mubi podcast, so amazing love it! You are really an amazing cinema teacher! Your videos should be part of any cinema school.
Your videos are as flawless as ever
I'm jealous of you. Imagine being in the South part of America right now. It's like being trapped in a sauna
Wow ... I love this idea ... films that reflect national identities more so than being made to sell ... and the relation between Dutch folks and water is something I'd never heard of before ... thank you for this, I've already added Black Book to my watchlist on Amazon Prime
You're such a rare find !!, You're as magical as the land you come from, great production mate
Man, I really love your channel and your videos. And as always, Better call Saul!
The problem with identifying films that reflect the views Americans have of themselves and our country, is that we have the most diverse and dynamic culture the world has ever witnessed.
Because of that dynamism, and our myriad of sub-cultures, and vastly different views held by people in different parts of the country, it's really difficult to find single films that resonate with everyone.
As such, my perceptions of films that capture the American Experience will almost certainly differ profoundly with those of another American.
Moreover, some of my choices -- or perhaps my reasons for choosing them -- will almost certainly offend, or deeply upset, some of my countrymen.
Having said that, I think I'll go through the last 60 years, or so, of U.S. cinema and try to pick one or two films, per decade, that I think either reflected some aspect of our culture, at the time, or which continue to resonate with most of us (a real rarity), or which I found particularly insightful about the experiences of a group of us.
I may also comment about, maybe, why I *didn't* pick a successful film. Some things are really just flashes in the pan, while others may have proven fascinating for the insight they provide about a way of thinking or living that most Americans *don't* share.
1960s:
The combination of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement changed American culture, profoundly, and created a lasting generational divide. Quite literally, U.S. culture was never the same, after the 1960s.
Spartacus (1960). Oh, *hell* yes! Also, incidentally, a thinly-disguised metaphor for the Civil Rights protests that had begun, in earnest, in the United States.
Psycho (1960). A film that shaped the horror/thriller genre forever, after.
Dr. No (1962). Like them or hate them, the James Bond movies comprise one of the most successful -- and certainly longest-running -- film franchises in history, and this is where it all started.
Honorable Mention: Sergio Leone's "Man with No Name" Revisionist Western trilogy, which managed to both subvert and celebrate the genre, and launched Clint Eastwood's career. Leone's techniques and storytelling shaped every film Eastwood had made during a long and distinguished career, as well as the works of Quentin Tarantino and other directors.
Also: In the Heat of the Night (1967). Southern culture told from an outsider's point of view, this film won five Academy Awards, and made Sidney Poitier into a major star. For contrast, watch it alongside, "Where the Lilies Bloom", mentioned in the next category.
1970s:
This decade saw the inauguration of the "summer blockbuster," and firmly and permanently put American films at the forefront of the industry.
Star Wars (1977). No other set of films (not even James Bond) has had the lasting cultural impact of this science fiction film franchise, which took all the wonder and awe generated during NASA's Apollo era, and inserted into that a quintessentially identifiable set of main characters loved by almost every American, and used it to tell the story of an heroic journey that followed the blueprint created by Joseph Campbell.
In a decade of truly stunning American films of all genres, nothing else even comes close to the impact and cultural resonance of Star Wars.
Honorable Mention: Apocalypse Now (1979). The first really successful attempt to illustrate the sort of horrors experienced (and perpetrated by) U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War, this adaptation of Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" was the first really serious film I ever watched. It messed with my head.
One other: Where the Lilies Bloom (1974). This fine little film illustrates the desperation and poverty, as well as the strength and spirit, of the poorest people of rural America. Watch it with, "In the Heat of the Night" for two vastly different views of American Southern culture.
1980s:
Platoon (1986). Enough time had passed since the end of the Vietnam War that Oliver Stone was able to look back at the experience, and subject America's involvement to insightful criticism, while telling a deeply compelling story.
Blade Runner (1982). This science fiction film re-shaped the entire science fiction genre, internationally. It's the dark mirror to the bright heroism of Star Wars, and helped launch the entire cyberpunk sub-genre, which got another boost, two years later, with The Terminator (1984).
1990s:
Saving Private Ryan (1998). This film by Steven Spielberg illustrates how Americans want to see themselves, and celebrates our view of our grandparents as "The Greatest Generation."
Fight Club (1999). On the other hand, this film presents an increasingly alienated population of Generation X men who view themselves as emasculated and lacking in purpose.
Boyz in the Hood (1994). A brilliantly insightful look at the hopelessness and confusion experienced by young black men in America's oft brutally uncaring urban cores.
Forrest Gump (1994). By contrast, this film presents a protagonist who epitomizes the deep desire of many American's to view simplistic innocence as the greatest of all human virtues.
I *intensely* dislike this film, because I consider that entire point of view as not just clueless, but harmfully naive.
However, Forrest Gump does provide insight into a uniquely American preferred perspective of reality and human experience, so I have to include it.
2000s:
Spider-Man (2002). This film, starring Tobey Maguire and directed by Sam Raimi, foreshadowed the blockbusters to come. Peter Parker provides a quintessentially American view of power and responsibility which, although reflected in something of a funhouse mirror, we find deeply compelling.
Monster's Ball (2001). With the turn of the new century, this film reflects America's growing dismay and impatience with the persistent, pernicious, seemingly-intractible racist attitudes that a significant fraction of our population continue to hold. It is, in many ways, a scream of frustration.
Gladiator (2000). The quintessenial American hero (albeit in the skin of a Roman warrior), the individual excellence and unquestioned moral integrity of Maximus leads him to destroy the corruption of the rich and powerful. This is a theme American films return to, time and time again. This is how we love to see ourselves.
Iron Man (2008). What Spider-Man foreshadowed, Iron Man actualized. Another example of the stories we like to tell about who we want to be, the individual excellence and (eventual) ethical integrity of Tony Stark, as well as the moral discipline and common sense of Pepper Potts, plus the grounded sensibilities of Happy Hogan and Phil Coulson, offered up a set of characters that just about every American could like and care about.
2010s:
Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Based on a true story, it presents Jessica Chastain's version of Katheryn Bigelow as a yet another quintessential American hero, whose analytical mind, personal ethics and relentless persistence brings down a man who masterminded horror. In this movie, she is the female version of Sam Spade, Rick Blaine and Maximus who, unlike them, also epitomizes a professional woman's frequent fight to be taken seriously.
Lincoln (2012). As a student of history and American Constitutional theory, I loved Daniel Day-Lewis' portrayal of the second-best president in U.S. history.
Lincoln's shrewd intellect, profound sense of ethics, political savvy, and indomitable will held America together at its darkest hour.
In America, one cannot be a great statesman without first being a smart, sharp political operator, and "Lincoln" illustrates that, beautifully.
I consider it infinitely superior to Forrest Gump, in every single *possible* way.
I am Canadian who is a quarter Dutch in blood. Being mixed and a visible minority I never really identified or got in touch with my Dutch ancestry/ Euro-Canadian side of things. I found this video very interesting and would love to visit the Netherlands someday. Since the Netherlands is a progressive country, are there self critical movies about the Dutch's colonial past like how there are American movies that deal with racism? If there are, do those films have something to say about you as a people?
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