Lucebert Time and Farewell

Threepart film about the Dutch painter and poet Lucebert who died in 1994 Director Johan van der Keuken made three short films about his friend and inspiration Lucebert The blackandwhite film Lucebert dichterschilder was shot in 1962 on a very low budget In 1967 Een film voor Lucebert was released Unlike Van der Keukens first film about Lucebert this one had a political message It is a film for an artist about the world Lucebert died in May 1994 A reaction to his death is contained in Als je weet waar ik ben zoek me dan In this film shot in Luceberts studio the presence of the artist is evoked once more through his absence In Lucebert Time and Farewell Van der Keuken puts the three films together into a new entity that exploits the tension between changing and standing still over a period of 32 years