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Back in the 1960s, Louis van Gasteren (1922-2016) started working on 'Nema Aviona za Zagreb'. Only forty years later, through stubborn persistence, he completed this film after all. When Van Gasteren inaugurated this autobiographical piece of work at EYE four years ago, I saw there a man who may no longer be physically the strongest, but who still enjoyed treating the audience to sharp and challenging statements. It is that he died on 10 May, otherwise he would undoubtedly have been an enthusiastic s...

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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

Back in the 1960s, Louis van Gasteren (1922-2016) started working on 'Nema Aviona za Zagreb'. Only forty years later, through stubborn persistence, he completed this film after all. When Van Gasteren inaugurated this autobiographical piece of work at EYE four years ago, I saw there a man who may no longer be physically the strongest, but who still enjoyed treating the audience to sharp and challenging statements. It is that he died on 10 May, otherwise he would undoubtedly have been an enthusiastic s...

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