Abdij van Park Heverlee (Jef Cornelis, 1964)
Abdij van Park Heverlee
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A portrait of the Norbertijnenabdij in Heverlee, made for television. The camera slides along walls and balustrades, treads carefully on stairs and portrays the daily life of the monks.

Abdij van Park Heverlee (Jef Cornelis, 1964)
Language
Taal
Langue
Dutch
Subtitles
Ondertitels
Sous-titres
French, English
Available
Beschikbaar
Disponible
Worldwide
Duration
Duur
Durée
30'
Aspect Ratio
Beeldverhouding
Format d'image
1.33

At the start of his long career within the Belgian public broadcasting system, Jef Cornelis produced a total of three films about historic buildings: the Landcommanderij at Alden Biesen, a military castle in Bilzen; and the Abdij van het Park, a monastery in Heverlee; and the Kasteel de Merode, a bourgeois castle in Westerlo. The second film in the series, Abdij van het Park Heverlee, was first broadcast on 25 December 1964. The camera slides along walls and balustrades, carefully climbs upstairs and captures the Norbertine monks moving along in formations. The camera work, as it were, emphasizes the eternal truth of faith. Yet what starts as a true ode to this centuries-old heritage ends in an act of unmasking.

“I look for a structure and when I’ve found it, I present it very rigidly, as minimally as possible. By the way, I pushed the camera myself. You can ask around, I pushed everything myself. I engaged myself completely. And maybe that has always been the danger, that I was very radical.”

Jef Cornelis

Language
Taal
Langue
Dutch
Subtitles
Ondertitels
Sous-titres
French, English
Available
Beschikbaar
Disponible
Worldwide
Duration
Duur
Durée
30'
Aspect Ratio
Beeldverhouding
Format d'image
1.33
A Film by
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Script
Scenario
Scénario
Roger Marijnissen, Jef Cornelis
Image
Beeld
Image
Herman Wuyts, Oscar Fischler
Sound
Geluid
Son
Piet Devogelaere, Mon Theunis, Jos Van Malderen
Producer
Producent
Producteur
Herman Verdin
Line Producer
Uitvoerend Producent
Producteur Exécutif
Wim Bergers
Editing
Montage
Montage
Mon Theunis
Production
Productie
Production
BRT