“06/05” / The Sixth of May - 2004 - Theo Van Gogh
Watching this film it’s hard to extract the reality of its making, release, and legacy.
The film is about the real-life assassination of Pim Fortuyn, an extremist Dutch politician, who was a xenophobic extremist. He was killed just before a general election leading his right wing party to attract a popular sympathy vote in the election two weeks later.
It’s poignant that this film was released in December 2004, only a month after its director, Theo Van Gogh, was killed for his book detailing his views on Islam.
Crazy stuff!
But do I like this film for that same reason? Is my interest and intrigue merely created in sympathy?
Perhaps, but it’s an interesting film which lies somewhere between Hollywood and the BBC.
