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The Bridge
De Brug



1928 / The Netherlands / silent / B&W / 11 min / 35mm

Director, Script, Camera, Editor, Producer: Joris Ivens
Production company: CAPI Amsterdam


A vertical lift-bridge is the object of study in The Bridge. Ivens managed to produce a tremendously dynamic film based on what otherwise might appear to be a static object. "For me, The Bridge consisted of a laboratory of movements, tints, forms, contrasts, rhythms and the relationship between all these phenomena." The film was immediately recognized as a masterpiece by international critics and fellow filmmakers, and Ivens was instantly catapulted to fame as an avant-garde filmmaker.

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