Film triptych Greetings from Rotterdam at IFFR
Lantaren Venster January 23, 2019 at 3:00 PM IFFR- RTM Classics (1)

Screening of the renowned 3-part series Groeten uit Rotterdam (1980) by Dick Rijneke and Mildred van Leeuwaarden, commissioned by the VPRO.
Each part lasts an hour and provides a picture of the Rotterdam art and punk scene in the turbulent 70s and 80s.

The one-off television broadcast led to fierce reactions and strong criticism, after which this series was hardly shown again (2). Now a unique document of a turbulent time, filmed in a direct cinematic style.

GREETINGS FROM ROTTERDAM

ART, CAKES AND COFFEE
A collaborative project by artists Cor Kraat, Bob van Persie, and Hans Citroen. Paintings and 'pieces' are exhibited unguarded in an ordinary street. What happens? Are they vandalized, stolen, or do they simply remain hanging?

A BLACK AND WHITE STATEMENT
The artists of Kunst & Vaarwerk, Hans Citroen, Willem van Drunen, and Cor Kraat, roam the harbor in search of opportunities for intervention. A graffiti exhibition is being organized at the 'Black Cat' gallery, but the true punks believe that graffiti belongs on the street. But above all, they express themselves through music.
With the punk bands The Tändstickorshocks, The Sovjets, Rode Wig, the Rondo's and a legendary performance by Jules Deelder.

HUIZE SCHOONDERLOO
The renowned collective KK Dubio fights the 'System' from Huize Schoonderloo. They have their own music label, KingKong Records, publish the magazine Raket, and form the punk band the Rondo's.

Greetings from Rotterdam
3 x 60 min / 16mm
Directed by: Dick Rijneke
sound: Mildred van Leeuwaarden
camera: Dick Rijneke
Compilation: Dick Rijneke & Mildred van Leeuwaarden
editing: Hans Visser
music: Jozef Kip Quartet,
Red Rock: Rondos, Tändstickorshocks, Soviets
production: Rotterdam Films

With, among others, Cor Kraat, Bob van Persie, Jules Deelder, Bob den Uyl, Mathieu Ficheroux, Hans Citroen, Willem van Drunen, Hans Rothmeijer, Rooie Jur, Marcel Megawatt, Hennie Malingkay, John de Weert, Wim ter Weele, Allie Altena, Saskia de Vries, Pinkel Dijkgraaf, Willem Nagelkerke, Geert Arnold, Ludo Pieters, John Wouda, Hans Oldewarris, Piet Geurts, Aram, Ronnie Roteb, Piet Dieleman, Willy Hofman, Leo Hoogenboom, Erik van der Kroft, Milan van der Louw, Kees Meurs, Jan Doets, Levine Dazler, Rien Seip, Carel Weeber, Jan Riezenkamp, Rob Roggeveen, Rob Reimer, Vincent Mentzel, Hans Keller, Chris van Krimpen, Arie van Geest, Ton de Koning and many others.

(1) The first part of the triptych premiered at the Film Festival in 1980.
In 2017, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen hosted an exhibition in which the triptych Groeten uit Rotterdam by Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden took center stage for several months.

(2) In this performance, the three parts can be seen consecutively for the first time at IFFR in the RTM Classics programme.

Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/169229323



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