Plus, there’s a second disk with two TV films by Koolhoven: Suzy Q and Dark Light. The Cult Epics blu ray of AmnesiA has a 4K HD transfer (from the original camera negative) and restoration of the movie, plus an introduction by Martin Koolhoven, commentary by Koolhoven and Fedja van Huet that is moderated by Peter Verstraten, a conversation with Koolhoven and Carice van Houten, a making of, behind-the-scenes footage and a trailer. We never see her face.įor an early film, Dark Light proves the talent of its creator, director and writer Martin Koolhoven. She sees herself as Job, afflicted with sores of some plague. He remains handcuffed throughout as they both throw Biblical passages at one another and battle for some kind of power over one another. She believes that the thief is there by divine intervention and she must enact his penance, which means forcing him to slaughter a pig and lick her body, which is a horrifying moment in direct contrast to the barren and beautiful location that this is set at. Koolhoven encouraged people to post the movie online and did it himself on YouTube.ĭark Light (1997): A burglar (Marc van Uchelen) gets caught breaking into the farm of an old woman (Viviane de Muynck). Instead, that’s Andrew Richard - Andy Bird, a one-time lover of Madonna - playing the singer.Īll of the music rights kept this from coming out on DVD for some time. Demetri Jagger was set to play his uncle Mick, but he backed out with some worry that the rock star would not approve. This is a strong early film for Fokkema and Carice van Houten is incredible. Suzy yearns for a time when she will escape these origins, but it won’t happen just yet. Her mother is lost, her father is abusive yet powerless and her brothers are trying to escape with either guitar or young lust. The title refers to The Rolling Stones’ cover of the Dale Hawkins song “Susie Q” and the Stones - most importantly Mick Jagger and his lover Marianne Faithfull - figure into the plot, as Suzy finds her way into their hotel room and is kissed by Mick, a fact that no one wants to hear or believe. Suzy Q (1999): Based on the childhood memories of Frouke Fokkema, who wrote the script together with director Martin Koolhoven, Suzy Q is about Suzy (Carice van Houten), a young girl coming of age in the 1960s. He’s also barefoot for most of the film, so if I follow the logic that I learned through record album conspiracy theories, he’s already dead. Not everything is explained and yet filling in those holes makes this an even more intriguing watch.Īlso: Aram’s car has the license plate 28IF, just like Paul’s on the cover of Abbey Road. That said, this is a dark and surreal journey into long-kept family secrets, including a murder in addition to that suicide, and a movie that was meant to be a black comedy, which was lost on audiences, according to the director. There’s no way they can agree, get along or make it through life without great tragedy.Īlso: This movie has a lot of female urination to the point that you wonder if it’s some kind of symbolic thing or it’s a Tarantino feet moment. One brother is at war with everyone the other just wants to hide inside himself. This will not help Alex, who can no longer take photographs, as every time he focuses on a subject, he sees the face of a woman who utterly upsets him. At the same time, Aram has come back to the family home with Wouter (Theo Maassen), a friend who had a crime go wrong and is dying from a bullet to the stomach.
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