Season 1

2018 · 6 episodes

Koolhoven's view is a series of film lectures given by film director and cinephile Martin Koolhoven. Using scenes from his favorite feature films, Koolhoven shares his love for cinema with viewers. No dry critiques and academic treatises, but enthusiastic speeches and inspired observations: Koolhoven is above all an enthusiast.

1Spaghetti WesternThe genre of the first episode of De kijk van Koolhoven is spaghetti western, the crude Italian version of the western, that originates from the nineteen seventies.
2Water and boatsThe second episode of De kijk van Koolhoven doesn't have a genre, but a theme: water and boats. Writing a boat in a film is asking for trouble, but therefore no less fun.
3EurohorrorThe third episode of De kijk van Koolhoven focusses on horror, and more specifically the European variant, eurohorror, which traditionally is just a little nastier.
4Post-apocalyptic filmWhen The Road Warrior by George Miller, the sequel to Mad Max, came out in 1981, it became a major world wide success. A new genre was born: the post apocalyptic film
5Film NoirFilm noir is the world of crude detectives, corrupt officers and femme fatales. This is what episode five of De kijk van Koolhoven is about.
6EroticaSex and film, it still is and uncomfortable marriage. The sixth and last episode of De kijk van Koolhoven is about Erotica.

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