BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11004@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:CiNEMERCATOR - Alex van Warmerdam De Noorderlingen 1992 DTSTAMP:20260718T124205Z DTSTART:20251008T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Filmlover\,\n\n4 cinephiles:\n\nMerthe Voorhoeve [https://www.s upermercator.nl/cinemercator/team-cinemercator]\,\nAndreas van Riet [https ://www.supermercator.nl/cinemercator/team-cinemercator]\,\n\nMaaike Hassel aar [https://www.supermercator.nl/cinemercator/team-cinemercator] &\nElisa beth van Vliet\n[https://www.supermercator.nl/cinemercator/team-cinemercat or]\,\n\neach are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per\nmonth!\n\n=\n\nCiNEMERCATOR\n\ndoors open 19:30\n\nstart 20:00 \n\nticket 3 Euro\n\nnxt edition:\n\n8-10\n\n'De n**** heeft over het alge meen een erg goed gevoel voor humor.'\n[https://open.spotify.com/track/7Mn gbG2m0dV1XRPnVTGpEH?si=f80beb499bd34ec8]\n\nAlex van Warmerdam’s De Noorde rlingen is a comedy for those who no longer\nbelieve that comedy should be about laughter. It’s set in a newly built Dutch\nsuburb of the early 1960 s\, where everything is raw brick and scrub grass. The\ncharacters\; a pri est\, a tax inspector\, a boy with too much imagination\, wander\naround l ike insects trapped under a glass. The neighborhood is supposed to\nrepres ent progress\, but it feels more like a laboratory in which van Warmerdam\ nconducts his experiments on human vanity.\n\nThe genius of the film lies in its tonal cruelty: the jokes land without\npunchlines\, the pathos is d rained of sentiment\, and everything looks slightly\nabsurd without ever t ipping into caricature. Van Warmerdam directs his actors\nwith a painter’s precision\, no one blinks without reason. The result is that\nevery line and gesture feels both ordinary and quietly deranged.\n\nIf the Dutch post war dream was to banish chaos with order\, De Noorderlingen\nsuggests the dream succeeded only in creating better conditions for madness. The\npries t becomes a porn peddler\, the housewives drift into despair or violence\, \nand the boy’s fantasy life is more coherent than the lives of the adults around\nhim. It’s all terribly bleak\, but also terribly funny- provided you accept that\nlaughter here is a dry cough at the back of the throat.\n \nDe Noorderlingen is not a film that wants to be loved. It wants to be st ared at\,\nnervously\, until you realize that this absurd little neighborh ood looks\nalarmingly like the one you live in.\n\nThis film is chosen by Merthe\n[https://www.supermercator.nl/cinemercator/team-cinemercator].\n\n 🧠\n\nDo you want to receive our\n\nmonthly program? [https://youtu.be/DKvu Y9Z3lOc?si=ZkvVsHfEkARjHSTv]\n\nSend 'show me your movies' to [cinemercato r@gmail.com]\n\ncinemercator@gmail.com [cinemercator@gmail.com]\n\narchive [https://www.supermercator.nl/cinemercator/cinemercator-a-r-c-h-i-v-e] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinemercator-alex-warmedam-de-noorderli ngen-1992 GEO:52.3689648;4.8512865 LOCATION:Supermercator - Mercatorplein 3H\, 1057 BX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,comedy,de-baarsjes,film,live,oud-west X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Filmlover,

4 cinephiles:

Maaike Hasselaar & Elisabeth van V liet,

each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 p recious films per month!

CiNEMERCATOR

doors open 19: 30

start 20:00

ticket 3 Euro

nxt edition:

8-1 0

'De n**** heeft over het algemeen e en erg goed gevoel voor humor.'

Alex van Warmerdam’s De Noorderlingen is a comedy for those who no longer believe that comed y should be about laughter. It’s set in a newly built Dutch suburb of the early 1960s, where everything is raw brick and scrub grass. The characters ; a priest, a tax inspector, a boy with too much imagination, wander aroun d like insects trapped under a glass. The neighborhood is supposed to repr esent progress, but it feels more like a laboratory in which van Warmerdam conducts his experiments on human vanity.

The genius of the film li es in its tonal cruelty: the jokes land without punchlines, the pathos is drained of sentiment, and everything looks slightly absurd without ever ti pping into caricature. Van Warmerdam directs his actors with a painter’s p recision, no one blinks without reason. The result is that every line and gesture feels both ordinary and quietly deranged.

If the Dutch postw ar dream was to banish chaos with order, De Noorderlingen suggest s the dream succeeded only in creating better conditions for madness. The priest becomes a porn peddler, the housewives drift into despair or violen ce, and the boy’s fantasy life is more coherent than the lives of the adul ts around him. It’s all terribly bleak, but also terribly funny- provided you accept that laughter here is a dry cough at the back of the throat.

De Noorderlingen is not a film that wants to be loved. It wan ts to be stared at, nervously, until you realize that this absurd little n eighborhood looks alarmingly like the one you live in.

This film is chosen by Merthe.

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