Peter Delpeut

1. Peter Delpeut

The Long Landscape

"Delpeut has written a fantastic story, which in its charming combination of style, color, content and depth, can hardly be compared to the average world of the average cyclist." —The World Cyclist "Much more than just another travelogue." —De Volkskrant "You get a feeling for space."—NRC Handelsblad "A thoughtful, quietly ambitious travel memoir that uses cycling as a lens to explore memory, perception, and the changing nature of experience. Rather than focusing on action or adventure, The Long Landscape leans into reflection, asking what it really means to move through the world—especially in an age where even 'self-powered' travel is no longer entirely independent. Its strongest quality is the central idea that, despite technological evolution, the essence of cycling remains unchanged. The notion that riding a bicycle today can evoke the same sense of wonder felt by early cyclists—and even be compared to the astonishment of the first cinema audiences—is both original and convincing. It gives the narrative a philosophical backbone." —Cycloscope Praise for past works For The Forgotten Season “An exceptionally mature novel.” —Groene Amsterdammer  “Wonderful novel.” —NRC Handelsblad  “A mysteriously beautiful book that trips us and surprises us.” —Literary Netherlands  For In the Black of the Mirror:  “Delpeut is a careful and visual writer and knows how to awaken life with his descriptions of the wanderings through landscape paintings. […] Not a book that you read in one go, but that in small fragments you take in.” —het Parool  “A compelling masterpiece. […] Literature at its best: obsessive, detailed, curious and full of tantalizing reflections and encounters.”  —Groene Amsterdammer  “The book is thicker than my fist because Peter Delpeut elaborates. A detail from a [painting] can take many pages, […] Delpeut writes in a meandering, micro-detailed way, but also with fascinating mindfulness; he forces you to look far from our present hectic existence. […] Delpeut does not impose anything. He leads the way. And the road is fascinating all the way to the end.” —Esquire, Netherlands Praise for Delpeut the filmmaker "Discussions about the work of Peter Delpeut are dominated by ...time. This unstoppable force, which hovers in the background of our daily lives exerting its endless influence on all things, could be considered Delpeut's professional forte." —Matthew Cole Levine, Found Footage Magazine "Fastidious and probing.... Delpeut is a filmmaker of merit, considered a pioneer of the found footage turn in contemporary cinema and art." —Millennium Film Journal