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Jay Plaat

Jay Plaat

Jay Plaat received his BA in Cultural Studies and his MA in Creative Industries from Radboud University Nijmegen. His work focuses primarily on cinematic rhythm and autonomous cinematic space. He currently works as a creative copywriter in his native town Uden (the Netherlands), the greenest city of Europe.

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  • The Orphan (aka, Friday the 13th: The Orphan) (John Ballard, 1979) & Ghostkeeper (James Makichuck, 1981)

    Published May 23, 2022

  • Orca (Michael Anderson, 1977)

    Published May 23, 2022

  • The Swimmer (Frank Perry, 1968) & The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (Peter Pearson, 1968)

    Published May 23, 2022

  • Fantastic Planet (René Laloux, 1973) & Les Escargots (René Laloux, 1966)

    Published May 6, 2022

  • Western Union (Fritz Lang, 1941)

    Published May 6, 2022

  • Leeds International Film Festival 2021: the conundrum of how to end a film.

    Published in Volume 26, Issue 3-4 / April 2022

  • LFF: 2021, A Festival Report

    Published in Volume 26, Issue 3-4 / April 2022

  • Play Misty for Me (Clint Eastwood, 1971) Still Shocks and Mesmerizes 50 Years Later

    Published in Volume 26, Issue 3-4 / April 2022

  • The Neutral, Onirosigns and Any-Body-Whatevers in Nostalghia

    Published in Volume 26, Issue 3-4 / April 2022

  • Circles, Myth, and Darwinism: Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Peter Greenaway’s A Zed and Two Noughts (ZOO)

    Published in Volume 26, Issue 3-4 / April 2022

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