InstituteFestivalProfessionals
EN/NL
Donate
Loading...
MyIDFA
Sluizer Speaks
About IDFA
Archive
Sluizer Speaks
IDFA 2014

Sluizer Speaks

Sluizer Speaks
Dennis Alink
Netherlands
2016
89 min
World Premiere
Festival history
The Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer died on September 20 of this year. This time he didn’t rise from the dead – during a previous arterial bleeding, he was wrongfully declared dead and “almost shoved into the fridge.” A typical Sluizer statement, as this distinctive portrait shows, in which the quirky artist looks back on his rich life, his sources of inspiration, great loves, legendary encounters with the greats, and above all his films: the leitmotif in his life. Sluizer (, , ) turns out to be a vessel full of beautiful, strong stories. We hear about how he once got into a fight with Klaus Kinski, and how he single-handedly patched up a crashed plane on set with gaffer tape during the tragic filming of Werner Herzog’s Or about the time that secret services rang his doorbell since he had made recordings of JFK 10 days before his death. But also about his connection with Spielberg and being ignored in his own country. “I am an immigrant in the Dutch film industry,” he says without a doubt. This is the life story of Sluizer in his own words, supported by excerpts from his work and the filming of , his final triumph on the film festival circuit.
Credits
Screening copy
World Sales
    Films Transit International Inc NOT IN USE
    Films Transit International Inc NOT IN USE