This documentary was filmed during the last six months of the life of Gerrit van Dijk.
The documentary contains archival footage that has never been seen, not even by Gerrit. In the 70s he was filmed by a couple of film students, who never edited their material. The carton boxes with film took on quite a tour along several attics and cellars, eventually ending up in a unmarked box at the EYE Film Archives. Documentary Filmmaker Emma Westermann found the footage and made use of it.
Musician and composer Harald Austbø created this unique soundtrack by only using his cello, voice and body. Emma asked him to work on this film, because his style reminded her of Gerrit: free and an ongoing stream of creativity. Also, Gerrit was a one-man-band. He not only made his own drawings for his many films, he also created the soundscapes and edited the films. That is why all the music you hear comes from only one man: Harald Austbø.
The final film of Gerrit van Dijk is called 'The Last Picture Show'. Gerrit made one drawing each night, right before going to bed. 'It's not me who's creating this film, time is,' he tells in the documentary. 'The Last Picture Show' contains 201 drawings. The last one was made early in the morning, just a couple of hours before the death of Gerrit van Dijk.