Theo van Gogh, filmmaker and actor: biography, creativity

Bright film artists, public figure, journalist Theodore van Gogh lived a short, but very eventful life. Even many years after his death, his views and statements continue to disturb society, and his films are just gaining popularity over the years.

Early life and family

Theo van Gogh in the Hague on 23 July 1957. His father, Johan van Gogh, was the grandson of the brother of painter Vincent van Gogh. The boy's name is a family name of Theodore, he was the third representative of the family with that name. The first was the brother of the artist, who all his life cared about Vincent, and it is to him that we should be grateful for the unusual paintings of van Gogh. Second, Theo was a member of the Resistance in the Netherlands during the Second world war, he was captured and was brutally executed.

Young Theo's childhood was very active and curious, he did well at school and after graduation enrolled at the University of Amsterdam's law faculty. But studies where he seemed too boring, and he left without receiving higher education.

Great grandfather

The great-Grandfather of the Director – are a brilliant artist Vincent van Gogh is known as a unique painter and graphic artist. He had his own unique vision of the world, which he expressed in his masterpieces. He was the founder of such a trend in painting like expressionism, and treated their paintings as children. All his life he lived in poverty, he greatly helped brother Theo, who largely took care of the material welfare of Vincent and also helped him to maintain composure as possible. Despite his difficult and short life, van Gogh left a rich creative legacy – around a thousand paintings and as many drawings. The value of these works is incredibly high, so nephews and his children have always been wealthy people. The grandson of the artist, of the Director's father, made the decision on transfer to gratuitous use of a large collection of paintings to the state of the Netherlands. The Director said that no regrets about this, because he still would have spent all the money on the movie.

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Movies

Leaving school he moved to Amsterdam, Theo decided to take up directing. He enthusiastically working on a home movie called "Luger". This black and white picture of 1982, talked about the psychopath who kidnaps a mentally retarded girl with a ransom. Van Gogh himself considered the painting a failure, in day of a premiere the Director right in the audience told the audience that the movie is bad and that they can leave right away. Although the tape was noted by critics as interesting art hausnaya work. Some time the film was considered lost, and only after the Director's death was accidentally found a copy in the basement of his house.

Van Gogh has shot 13 feature films and a dozen documentaries, four times he was awarded the Danish film Academy for best Director. Critics believe that his best films of Theo not had time to remove, but the most outstanding of his works is a painting called "blind Date" (Blind Date, 1996), she received an award at the Dutch film festival "Golden calf" (the Golden Calf), ribbon “In the interests of the state” (In the Interest of the State, 1997), which also won an award at the film festival in San Francisco. Recent film “06.05" (2004) was devoted to the brutal murder of a friend of Theo PIM Fortuyn. He held anti-Muslim views and was an active politician, he was against Muslim immigration to the Netherlands, was an activist of the environmental movement, called to ban the wearing of real fur. Theo shoots the film investigates the (alleged) about this scandalous murder. Installation of the film, he is not completed yet, it was done by his colleague.

Picture “Humility”

Many of the works of Theo van Gogh touched on political and controversial subjects. These paintings caused threats and a wide resonance, but the Director did not pay attention to it, he wanted to draw attention to injustice and problems of life. And “Humility”, a film that takes Theo in 2004, is also dedicated to the acute problem of abuse towards women in Islamic society. This ten-minute film was created by scripted by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, member of Dutch Parliament and a refugee from Somalia. She once fled the country to marry under duress. The film tells the stories of four women whose images are deliberately schematized to make it clear that their fate can be seen by millions of women. Each character says, what tortures she had to suffer: they were beaten, raped, and disposed of, as a thing. In 2004 the film was shown on television in the Netherlands and caused a huge resonance. The authors said that they did not want to offend Muslims, but simply wanted to draw attention to the problem of violence. The address of the Director began to hear numerous threats to him and the screenwriter, the police was even forced to put a guard on. But Theo is not saved.

Other types of creativity

In addition to the movie. Theo van Gogh was engaged in many other creative professions, one of them is journalism. Since 1980, he writes a column for the newspaper that expresses their opinion on politics, culture, news. In his journalistic texts, he was oftensharp, expressed the provocative opinion. His sharp tongue was feared by many politicians and famous people. He wrote the book “Allah knows better”, which condemns Islam. Theo also tried his hand as an actor and starred in the film “Northerners" (1992).

In addition, since 1990-ies, Theo van Gogh is actively working on television. He hosts a weekly talk show “Pleasant chat, or the Latest ear” for which he was even named the best broadcaster of the Netherlands. Also for television, the Director takes the six-part series “Sochi». The subject is taken from ancient Greek tragedies, but events moved into modern politics.

Political views

Theo van Gogh adhered to Republican views, he was even a member of the society, which called for the abolition of the monarchy in the Netherlands. Political views Theo was largely radical, he rebelled against the Islamization of Europe and the Netherlands, spoke in support of the military invasion of Iraq in 2003. Theo didn't love all religions, some times it is very sharply expressed in the address of the Judaism and Jews. On its website the "Healthy smoker" he sharply criticized politicians and public figures.

Tragic death

On 2 November 2004 morning Theo van Gogh went to work on the bike. On the way to him 8 times shot Mohammed, Buyeri, then tried to cut the Director's head and stuck a knife in the chest. He also stabbed came to the rescue of the police. The murderer was immediately arrested. It is during the investigation said that was punished by van Gogh for the film “Humility”, and even a few years later, said that not repent of their deeds. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Reaction to the death of the Director

After the death of Theo Amsterdam long was shaken by demonstrations and actions. It was the first political murder in Holland for the last 100 years. Police carried out mass arrests of people suspected of involvement in the murder and terrorist activities. Have been repeated attacks on mosques, arson. At the scene of the murder, people carried flowers, candles. Excitement hardly subsided until now. The deputies divided into two parts, one require tougher laws towards immigrants, while others say that you need to keep liberal legislation.

The legacy of the Director, gained wide attention. Best movies directed by Theo van Gogh, and today continue to arouse interest among the audience.