Review of May 6th

May 6th (2004)
7/10
very good , but not the best Van Gogh movie
20 February 2005
Warning: Spoilers
It certainly isn't the best Van Gogh movie i've ever seen, but certainly worth watching. Like all Van Gogh movies the plot is weird and incoherent, but the story is interesting and full of suspense. I guess knowing something of the background of this story and the opinion of the director and believing there might be a setup involved in the murder of Pim Fortuyn helps liking this movie. The "real scenes" of Marcel van Dam and others are great. Even more "funny"is the fact that Van Dam didn't want this in the movie, the television company refused to give the images to Van Gogh, but somehow he managed to get them! More important however is the absurd atmosphere of the movie. Like in his other movies there is a lot of beautiful shot scenes. Some very funny dialog and not so ordinary characters (i didn't like the acting of some though). Only i thought that in for example Blind Date this was done better, maybe because that movie is more psychological and the subject is not based on facts like 06-05.
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