(In the Vondelpark, the mighty Vondelpark, the lion sleeps tonight...) For decades now, director Dick Maas has been bucking trends in Dutch cinema. "We should focus on art-house, we can't compete with Hollywood!" has been the industry mantra here since the seventies. Yet time and time again, Dick has proven the industry wrong. His 1983 film The Lift was a sensation, won international acclaim and made household names of himself and his lead actor Huub Stapel. A few years later, he made the raunchy anti-social comedy Flodder and brought large scale destruction and stunts to the Netherlands, together with the start of a very successful franchise. Horror and comedy. Thrills. Dick Maas has always unabashedly, unapologetically gone for providing entertainment to his audiences. And he...
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- 4/27/2017
- Screen Anarchy
I unfortunately missed filmmaker Dick Maas while he was in town to promote Saint at the Tribeca Film Festival but he was kind enough to answer some questions via email. Here.s what he had to say:
Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about Saint?
Hello MovieGeeks, my name is Dick Maas and I.ve been making movies for the past 30 years, mostly in Holland. I.ve made comedies, like the Flodder series and Killer Babes, action flicks like Amsterdamned and horror/thrillers like The Lift, Do Not Disturb, Down and recently Saint.
Saint is a thriller/horror about the St. Nicholas legend. St. Nicholas is the biggest yearly celebration in Holland. It takes place on the 5th of December. Children put their shoes in front of the chimneys and when they were not naughty in the past year, they find them filled with presents the next morning.
Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about Saint?
Hello MovieGeeks, my name is Dick Maas and I.ve been making movies for the past 30 years, mostly in Holland. I.ve made comedies, like the Flodder series and Killer Babes, action flicks like Amsterdamned and horror/thrillers like The Lift, Do Not Disturb, Down and recently Saint.
Saint is a thriller/horror about the St. Nicholas legend. St. Nicholas is the biggest yearly celebration in Holland. It takes place on the 5th of December. Children put their shoes in front of the chimneys and when they were not naughty in the past year, they find them filled with presents the next morning.
- 5/6/2011
- by Jerry Cavallaro
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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