Tulips

(1966)

Year: 1966

Runtime: 3 мин

Country: Netherlands

Director: Wim T. Schippers, Wim van der Linden, Willem de Ridder

Plot

The film shows, in an almost motionless camera setting, a frumpy 1960s interior. The viewer sees a dresser with a vase of tulips atop it. Swelling music accompanies the camera as it slowly zooms in on Holland’s national flower. In the carefully constructed staging, it is like a visual sledgehammer when a single petal suddenly comes loose and falls. Then the camera modestly pulls back.