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Henri Plaat was born in the Netherlands in 1936. He studied at the Rietveld Academy in the mid-1950s before going on to work as a topographic designer. In the early 1960s, Plaat decided to concentrate on painting and watercolour. In 1966 he started to make short fiction films and travelogues, usually with a small 16-millimeter handheld camera.
Total trailers found: 21
24 October 1977
A surreal encounter at Père Lachaise cemetery between brightly coloured jelly pudding and Mickey Mouse.
01 January 1972
In his study a cardinal is surrounded by bizarre props in an atmosphere of decay.
15 June 1990
Tranquil and melancholy film shows Plaat's picture of landscapes in e.g. Turkey, India, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Bolivia, Argentina and Iceland.
14 March 1973
Two schoolgirls act as society ladies, evoking an atmosphere of the roaring twenties. A transvestite tries to read while spaghetti descends on his head.
24 October 1973
Landscapes, cities and people pass by in a small pile of postcards.
01 January 1969
A veiled Indian lady talks to the camera (silent). Her story is told in images.
03 September 1980
On his travels to South-America, Plaat tried to capture the omnipresence of Carlos Cardel, the king of Tango.
01 January 1992
Other Thoughts is a series of portraits of people linked together by tranquil images - a surreal world that is not strange, but is comprised of fragments of dreams.
04 June 1989
The many hues of Mexico's colour-dominated streetscape create a motley, almost abstract backdrop against which everyday life takes place.
01 January 1981
A frightening film in which a boy and an uncle try to outdo each other in terms of perversity, with a giant Côte d’Or toffee.
21 December 1995
Film about a journey made by Henri Plaat through the mountains and deserts of southern Morocco. This film is one of a series of idiosyncratic and candid visual travelogues by Plaat.
12 March 1973
An absurd short film in which music - a mix of Beethoven symphonies and German poetry - is the starting point.
01 January 1969
A ten-year-old girl dressed as a 1920s star gives a performance. She wears a rubber mask, sits in a large, red armchair, and reads magazines that revive actresses from the past.
01 January 1978
A man sits in his room. He is wearing clothes and combat boots. He listlessly sucks on a cat-shaped lollipop.
01 January 1968
In a series of photo collages and coloured static photographs, a portrait of Hitler as a crazy fool. To a soundtrack of cabaret music, the images are edited in an associative sequence and appear to be moving while being saturated in smoke.
01 January 1986
Somewhere in a bombed city: transvestite heads show beautiful ladies hats. We see the latest fashion and hear cheerful music while the war continues.
20 June 1983
From the left-overs of the films Henri Plaat made during his many travels, he made this film as an improvisation on deterioration and decay.
12 March 1980
Realistic images of New York alternate with surrealistic indoor shots and posing fashion models, with references to aphroditism and transvestism.
