International Competition

Country :  The Netherlands Director: Gerrit Van Dijk 35mm/23'18''/2003

Director:  Gerrit Van Dijk

 

Gerrit Van Dijk was born in 1938, in Uden, the Netherlands. Like most animators he did not have any film training. When he was fifteen, he went to Tilburg Art College, with his sights firmly set on one goal: to become a painter. After graduation he did not draw or paint for years. He only taught art. Filmography: Flag 1972, Jute 1979, The End 1981.

The Last Words of Dutch Schultz

Synopsis: Short animation film in a kind of a stream of associative images on the last words of the notorious gangster Arthur Flegenheimer, alias Dutch Schultz, which he spoke just before dying in 1935 in New York, during which time he was interrogated by the FBI after an assassination on his life. Each chapter of the film starts with a live-action scene, in which the attempted murderous assault upon Dutch Schultz is shown through different perspectives.
Director: Gerrit Van Dijk
Script: Gerrit Van Dijk/Michael Helmerhorst
Animator: Gerrit Van Dijk
Cinematography: Andreas Schlumberg
Sound: Michael Helmerhorst
Producer: Cilia Van Dijk Film Production

Tampere, Finland/Amfest trebon, Czech Republic/Animamondi, Brazil/Message to Man, Russia/ /Dutch Film Festival, Netherlands
Tel: Producer: +312 35314273
Fax: Producer: +312 35421097
E-Mail: Producer: gerritcilia@compuserve.com