Zwartjes made many films without dialogue or sound. The music can however be very important. Zwartjes composes it himself, sometimes together with his brother Rudolf and Lodewijk de Boer. Audition is a fine example of a Zwartjes film with an important soundtrack. It is a visual improvisation of cinematography and acting. There is hardly a ‘story line’. A man and a woman watch another woman singing, predominantly in exciting black and white images.
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Frans Zwartjes Director
First release September 4, 1973 · Produced in Netherlands
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Netherlands
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 4, 1973
Limited theatrical · Festival of Independent Avant-Garde Film
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Canada
October 27, 1973 · Limited theatrical · Festival international du cinéma en 16mm de Montréal
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