Theo van Gogh Collection - 3-DVD Set ( Blind Date / 1-900 / Interview ) ( 6 (One - Nine Hundred) / Entrevista (Synentefxi) )

Theo van Gogh Collection - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Blind Date / 1-900 / Interview
Alternate Title: 6 (One - Nine Hundred) / Entrevista (Synentefxi)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
246 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1994 - 2003 and produced in:
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Theo van Gogh

Written By:
Tom Erisman
Renée Fokker
Johan Doesburg
Hans Teeuwen
Theodor Holman

Actors:
Renée Fokker ..... Katja
Peer Mascini ..... Pom
Roeland Fernhout ..... Barman
Wouter Brave ..... Tango Dancer
Jan Jaspers ..... Exploitant Botsauto's
Boris Bergshoeff ..... Annabel, baby
Lizet Hupkes ..... Annabel
Ariane Schluter ..... Sarah Wevers
Ad van Kempen ..... Thomas Venema
Katja Schuurman ..... Katja
Pierre Bokma ..... Pierre
Theo Maassen ..... Theo
Ellen Ten Damme ..... Ellen
Michiel de Jong ..... Soapie
Tinoes Fenanlamrer ..... Agent
Monique Meijer ..... Agent
Theo van Gogh ..... Himself

Synopsis:

These three films by Dutch auteur Theo Van Gogh were all recently remade with Hollywood actors following his shocking murder, and this box set presents the original works. Blind Date chronicles several encounters in a bar between a bereaved couple, Interview sees a middle-aged journalist being given a piece to write on real-life Dutch star Katja Schuurman, a task which he openly resents when he comes to interview her in her loft, and 1-900 tells the story of two lonely professionals who meet through a sex-line and begin a weekly rendezvous via the telephone.
Titles Comprise:
Blind Date
1-900
Interview

Blind Date (1996)
A bartender watches with amusement as two strangers meet and duel verbally in his bar. Katya, a former dancer, is trying to forget the death of her young daughter. Pom, a comedian known for his verbal thrust and parry, tries to charm, shock and disgust his date in turn.

1-900 (1994)
Sarah, 30, single, well educated, likes art, places a voice ad for phone sex, inviting replies from men under 35, sturdy and sensual. Wilbert, a chubby middle aged architect, leaves a message that he is Thomas, 32 and well formed. A week later, she phones. She likes his voice, he likes her laugh, so once a week she phones him (he's not to know her last name, where she lives, or her number). Portraits emerge of humor and sadness. He presses for details of her life and tells her about his work; she wants these Thursday calls to be fantasy and release, separate from the rest of who she is. The film dramatizes these tensions of lies and truth, connection and distance.

Interview (2003)
A middle-aged journalist interviews the real-life Dutch star Katja Schuurman, in her own loft. Pierre, the journalist is annoyed at being given such a fluffy assignment, as he is normally a political correspondent. Initially he has no questions for Katja, but soon they are coaxing their darkest secrets out of each other.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 19 June, 2011.