Deed Undone

Twocouples,fourcharactersportrayedbyeightactors,basedontexts,somepoemsbyGerritKouwenaar.Thefilmfollowsfourpersons(eachplayedbytwodifferentactorsalternatingintheroles)astheyrushaboutthestreetsofAmsterdam,eachofthemextremelybusydoingsomething.OnehighlightofthefilmisthereadingofseveralofthepoemsofcelebratedpoetGerritKouwenaar.Despiteitsseverelyexperimentalstyleanddeliberatestorylessness,thisfilmwassufficientlyinventiveandrhythmicallyinterestingtoreceiveawarmreceptionfromsomecritics.[ClarkeFountain,AllMovieGuide]<br/>　　&quot;OngedaanGedaan&quot;(or,UndoneDone,mytranslation)<br/>　　isaveryformalisticmoviefromadirectorpraisedbyStraub-Huillet.Becauseoftheabstract(attimesabsurd)form,focussedmostlyonrythmofmovement,imagesandwordsitcanbewatchedwithoutsubtitles.ButontheotherhanditfeaturespoetryfromthefamousexperimentalpoetGerritKouwenaar...soDutchspeakershavemoretoenjoy.Thereisnotmuchtotranslate,butthepoetrymightrequireanaboveaveragetranslator.