OBERHAUSEN FILM FESTIVAL 2020: FOCUS HENRI PLAAT
By Monica Delgado
In times of political correctness, Henri Plaat’s work displays disturbing. Beyond the search for the perfect shot and frames, the result of the filmmaker’s pictorial provenance, a suggestive transgressive intention is perceived, that at the same time, seeks to confront common senses about the beautiful, the grotesque, with criticism of social hypocrisy.