Job en de Hollandse Vrijstaat
Job and the Dutch Free State
Rosemarie Blank
»Even in the rather anarchistic world of the Conradstraat, Job had the reputation of being a weirdo. He was certainly strange and above all a survivor, yet there was nothing the least tragic about him. His way of carrying on betokened a certain kind of innocence; and for this reason he was in my eyes one of the most authentic artists among the inhabitants of Conradstraat. But he had for me a special fascination because he was so utterly unworldly, evidently attaching no significance whatever to ambition, success or even money. Job apparently lived beyond awareness of time and space yet he seemed to see something in stones and wood that no one else saw.«
– Rosemarie Blank
In 1988 Rosemarie Blank met a quietly eccentric man who lived in the occupied Conradstraat in Amsterdam. More than 100 squatters lived there, mostly artists. After the Conradstraat was dramatically cleared by the police, the squatters left. Only Job stayed behind as if nothing had happened. After the buildings were pulled down, he survived under the most bizarre conditions, apparently oblivious to time and space. One day he left and was never seen again.
Film Programme Urban Landscapes
Rosemarie Blank
Rosemarie Blank, geboren in Deutschland, studierte an der Hochschule der Bildenden Künste (HDK) Berlin und arbeitete eine Zeit als freie Künstlerin. Seit 1978 lebt sie in Amsterdam und produzierte dort 1980 als Mitglied des Amsterdam Stadsjournaal ihre ersten Filme, publizierte über Filme und arbeitet seitdem als Drehbuchautorin, Regisseurin, Bildgestalterin, Editorin und Produzentin für ihre eigene Produktionsfirma Casa Film. Crossing the Borders wurde 1994 auf dem Nederlands Film Festival in Utrecht mit einem Goldenen Kalb ausgezeichnet.
Filme von Rosemarie Blank
Schattenpaar 2006 | The Comedians 2004 | Almost Real Life 2003 | Now Boarding 2001 | Vaarwel Pavel 1999 | Crossing Borders 1994 | Transit Levantkade 1991 | The Ants 1987 | Devided Earth 1985 | Living with a Rubbish Heap 1982