Simone de Vries (Amsterdam, 1963) In 1999 zag ik een optreden van Kinky Friedman, een countryzanger uit Texas die ook mysterynovels bleek te schrijven en ik móest een film over hem maken! Ik lachte me suf om grappen en liedjes die écht niet kunnen, maar ook ontroerden en om zijn larger than life persona. Wie …
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Reinier Smit zat reeds 8 jaar in de cel voor de moord op zijn vrouw Gonda. Hard bewijs werd nooit geleverd. Zijn “ongeloofwaardige alibi en schimmige reputatie” lijken een rol te hebben gespeeld in de veroordeling. Als iemand de schijn tegen heeft maar er is geen hard bewijs, wat doe je dan? Een reconstructie.
photos & stories on exactly how deep guns are embedded in daily life in Texas (work in progress)
** UPDATE: GUS VAN SANT IS SHOOTING A MOVIE ABOUT CALLAHAN’S LIFE TITLED “DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT”/ STARRING JOAQUIN PHOENIX!!!** Award winning film on cartoonist John Callahan. At age 21 John is paralyzed from the waist down in a drunken car accident. His angry outlet becomes drawing, not the most obvious choice …
Documentary about Dutch photographer Robin De Puy on her 10.000 miles motorcyle road trip through the US. She faces all her fears by stepping into the unknown all on her own, as she portrays mostly outsiders: the people she feels connected to. In this intimate portrait she finds out she is actually portraying herself.
When he locked the garage door behind us, I felt this could be it: murdered by a raging lunatic stranger. I took a deep breath and followed him into the house, where the first thing I saw was an array of guns on the kitchen table. I could smell the alcohol on his breath, his angry eyes flickering. What the hell was I doing here late at night all alone?
Johan is tattooed from head to toe. All the tattoos have meaning, even when there are just scribbles on the leg by a former girlfriend.
“I’m 22 years old, and I must have killed 30 people. The same thing that you were given badges for over in Iraq would have you considered a serial killer over here, and that’s a very weird thought to have running around in your head, late at night.”
Internationally known jewelry designer Ted Noten is not one to shy away from controversy. Provocateur deLuxe, his jewelry is not for the faint hearted. And often not wearable, for that matter. Here is the promo in Dutch, don’t worry there is much to see!
How advertising mogul Erik Kessels tries to educate the world- one image at a time
Documentary on enigmatic Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, a total recluse. After a year of trying I was finally granted access to his life… it resulted in this portrait where we see all facets of his life: acting all over the world in very different films- from a Romanian low budget movie to Goal 2 at Bernabéu …
Larry walks with a huge wooden cross through Texas. Larry is a crazy Jesusfreak. Or wait- is he?
Niet uit te leggen, het werk van de Belgische striptekenaar en schilder Luc Zeebroek, alias Kamagurka. ‘Kama’ blijkt een heel bedrijf te zijn: hij reist van museum naar radiostudio naar theater en overal waar hij komt slaat de absurditeit toe.
Friedman’s fans range from Willie Nelson to Bill Clinton (who recalls Kinky offering him a Cuban cigar at a state dinner with the words, “Don’t think of it as helping their economy — think of it as burning their fields”), and his achievements range from such songs as “They Ain’t Making Jews like Jesus Anymore” …
