See Holland Before It Gets Too Big (1969) 

** (out of 4) 

I'm sure the intentions of this travelogue were good but the film ends up coming across rather creepy. This 10-minute short has a man riding his bike across various parts of Holland where he sketches various images while at times running into a beautiful blonde who he never talks to. SEE Holland BEFORE IT GETS TOO BIG is one of the strangest shorts I've ever seen and that's saying quite a bit because I do love shorts and I watch as many as I can. I'm sure the intent was to make people want to visit Holland but everything in this film just comes across rather creepy. We can start off with the nameless lead actor who just walks around looking like he's very angry. The angry facial gestures really don't make you want to come see Holland and especially if you run into someone like him. The music score by Dan Berrie is actually very, very good. It's very good when you listen to it on its own but mix in its creepy nature with the creepy guy walking around and once again you're not wanting to visit this place. None of the locations are ever identified so even if I did want to visit them I'd have no idea where to start looking. There's really no point in watching this film unless you just want to see something rather weird.

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An artist with sketchbook and guitar takes in the sights of Holland by bicycle, occasionally tempted by a blonde female muse.

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