Deed Undone

Frans van de Staak Hollands most prominent avantgarde director made this film about people who want to get something done I leave out the why as well as the results Whats left is the moment of endeavour There are two couples The four characters are played by eight actors There is little dialogue Sometimes a couple does not seem to live together just to be alive together in the same room Each one of them at one time walks through an anymous part of Amsterdam They put their feet down with a will clicking their way through town We do not know where or why they are going To a meeting to get some exercise nowhere They have difficulty in communicating They leave notes to each other on the table rather than talk The film sometimes mocks their intensity It is surprising that such a strange film can keep the viewers attention for an hour and a quarter But it certainly does Dutch Fim 198889