De Tijd Geest

Protesting youngsters chant slogans such as Johnson murderer and sing Murderer many people are being killed It is the late sixties In his film Van der Keuken presents his visual view of the changes in the mentality of a growing group of young people in Western society He films youngsters who paint their faces and react against the monotonous lives of penpushers and civil servants Their attitude exudes resistance against existing social structuresVan der Keuken exchanges images of protest marches that occasionally get out of hand with charming pictures of nature He said the following about this film In the case of these youngsters the surrounding violence is turned inside as it were and directed at the exploration of personal observations idfanl