Interview Reviews

10 years ago, the Netherlands were going through some dark times as both Pim Fortuyn (an infamous politician) and Theo van Gogh (the director of this movie) were both killed. van Gogh (who has indeed related to the painter, he is the grand-son of the painter’s brother) was pretty controversial in his opinions and I never really got the chance to get to know him since he was killed in the first few years that I was living in the Netherlands. Anyway, this movie was probably the most famous one he made (in fact, his movies were never really financially successful as a matter of fact). I thought it was pretty good, better than the average Dutch productions anyway. Indeed, it is a rather meta feature about an interview between a soap star (played by Katja Schuurman who was also a soap star at the time) and a journalist who would rather be somewhere else. So, obviously, it is a rather limited set-up and to make it really work, you would need some really great actors (no offense with Schuurman, she did a decent job but she doesn’t have the shoulders to carry something like this). To conclude, it remains an intriguing flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Dutch movies.