Amsterdam Stories USA
Director Rob Rombout
Countries Belgium
Duration 360 min
Synopsis
What’s in a name ? A view on America “Amsterdam Stories USA” is a road-movie tracing 15 small places in the United States, all of them named Amsterdam. Two Dutch descent filmmakers, Rogier van Eck & Rob Rombout, cross the country from East to West Coast, from their arrival in New York (former New Amsterdam) to California. Through landscapes, encounters and stories of the Amsterdams and of the road in between, the 6-hour film progressively weaves a singular image of the provincial and unknown “small town” America. The result is an intimate portrait and radiography of a protean country. This arbitrary adventure has been realized over 2 years in 4 shooting sessions of 5 weeks each (between summer 2010 and autumn 2011). The 6-hour documentary (2012) is divided in 4 chapters of 90 minutes each : EAST – SOUTH – MIDWEST – WEST.
What’s in a name ? A view on America “Amsterdam Stories USA” is a road-movie tracing 15 small places in the United States, all of them named Amsterdam. Two Dutch descent filmmakers, Rogier van Eck & Rob Rombout, cross the country from East to West Coast, from their arrival in New York (former New Amsterdam) to California. Through landscapes, encounters and stories of the Amsterdams and of the road in between, the 6-hour film progressively weaves a singular image of the provincial and unknown “small town” America. The result is an intimate portrait and radiography of a protean country. This arbitrary adventure has been realized over 2 years in 4 shooting sessions of 5 weeks each (between summer 2010 and autumn 2011). The 6-hour documentary (2012) is divided in 4 chapters of 90 minutes each : EAST – SOUTH – MIDWEST – WEST.