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All the feature films of Theo van Gogh (1957 - 2004) at EYE, tribute to a free spirit with a big heart

"Theo van Gogh tried so hard to be an enfant terrible that we almost forgot he was one of Holland's most creative and prolific filmmakers."

I wrote that for the GPD papers on 2 November 2004, after an editor called me with the terrible news of the filmmaker's violent death.

Soon, that murder will be exactly ten years ago. Beforehand, there is again a lot to read about Van Gogh everywhere, but the most important thing is of course the retrospective in EYE, me...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

"Theo van Gogh tried so hard to be an enfant terrible that we almost forgot he was one of Holland's most creative and prolific filmmakers."

I wrote that for the GPD papers on 2 November 2004, after an editor called me with the terrible news of the filmmaker's violent death.

Soon, that murder will be exactly ten years ago. Beforehand, there is again a lot to read about Van Gogh everywhere, but the most important thing is of course the retrospective in EYE, me...

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