Zoo - Bert Haanstra - NL

16mm Film - Zoo - Bert Haanstra - NL 1961

Written and directed by: Bert Haanstra

Cinematography by: Fred Tammes

Music by: Pim Jacobs

Who is watching who in the zoo? Is it the visitors watching the animals, or do the animals consider the visitors to be a nice view. Dutch director Bert Haanstra placed hidden cameras in the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, filming both the reactions of animal and man on eachother. Giving a decisive answer on the who is watching who question is not going to be easy.

Sources

  1. YouTube channel: The Art of Film on 16mm · video ↗ — title, description, video
  2. 16mm Filmography editors — year