Kees Ryninks Movies
- 1998
Over 200 UK fox-hunting associations attract some 250,000 followers, and Dutch documentary filmmaker Nick Koppen captures the cruelty of the sport in this film exposé. Koppen's crew traveled to Shropshire where a militaristic hunt master served as their guide during the popular Ludlow Hunt. Scenes include landowner negotiations, preparation of both the course and hounds, a cornered fox savagely ripped apart during a frenzied attack of dogs, and hunt supporters who evade all efforts to ban the barbarism. The film features a radio discussion to introduce facts and figures indicating that 70% to 80% of the British public agree with the position taken by the League Against Cruel Sports. Shown at the 1998 Rotterdam Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- 1992
The director of this documentary recounts how his childhood was enriched by his enjoyment of American Westerns, particularly those by Roy Rogers, and he screens clips from a few of his favorite Roy Rogers films complete with their Dutch subtitles, to show what so appealed to him. In addition to interviewing his childhood idols and visiting their museum in Portsmouth, Ohio (complete with the horse Trigger, stuffed and wearing his riding regalia), the director travels to Hollywood to see the imprint of his heroes' foot and hoofprints in the Walk of Stars at Graumann's Chinese theater, and attends a Roy Rogers Film Festival where he meets the legendary Lash Larue, now quite an old man. One highlight of the interview with the elderly Rogers and Dale Evans is their onscreen kiss, something never seen in their movies. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dale Evans
