A few years ago, Martin Koolhoven (The Cave, The Schnitzel Paradise, a little love) suddenly the need to make a war movie.
Not so much because he had enough of (multicultural) or more contemporary comedy drama.
But because the period 1940-1945 the most extreme situation is in Dutch history, said the 39-year-old director. 'Against this background, you can shoot a great compelling story.''
Koolhoven says he was impressed by the sound of Jan Terlouw Winter War book that he was boy, 12, 13 read.
,, The adventure and excitement and the courage of the guy who dares his life to a British pilot to rescue me long been memorable. I have reread it - because sometimes you speak a little later in life with less - and was caught again. The adult and loss of innocence is beautiful. I now go visualiseerde different events at once and I saw unprecedented film possibilities.
Martin Koolhoven, born in 1969 in Den Haag, moved at a young age successively to the Westland and Asten.
He studied as research on social worker before he makes serious work of his love for film. After an audiovisual training in Sittard, he goes to the Film in Brussels. That leaves it to prosecute his studies at the Film in Amsterdam.
With a low budget-hour television movie Duistermaat Light draws his name as a young talent.
His final breakthrough came with the telefilm Suzie Q from 1999, he won several prizes, which also Carice van Houten breaks.
Following this success are the films Amnesia (2001), The Cave (2001), The South (2004), popping (2005), The Schnitzel Paradise (2005) and a little love (2006).
,, When I inquired whether we could get the rights. I was surprised that the case showed. That nobody else had taken concrete steps to such a popular and valued book to get started. Amazing.''
Obviously he realized that the Dutch film landscape already bursting with the war productions. Therefore Koolhoven wanted to distinguish themselves with Winter War. Create their own mug. Keywords: close to the skin and very near. Or, as in Hollywood jargon: in your face.
That was successful. Not only splashing cold and frost
- The director wanted from the epic, dark shades of Rembrandt-traditional war - almost physically felt the cloth. Koolhoven also succeeded in the threat of war to make tangible in the small world of main character Michael (Martijn Lake Meier).
In his bedroom, in the forest, the refuge of
British pilot, which hangs over every place thunderstorm cloud. Especially when Michael powerless and itchy hands should look when the fate affects family and friends, is that as a stump in the stomach.
Koolhoven:,, I am there with Jan Terlouw talked about how exciting can I make? He was also violent scenes that you do not have to avoid. The reality was too tough, sometimes cruel. In
Die Hard you see a lot of violence, why would you soften the reality? Children can be sure to go, but I got the film is not primarily made for them.''
The director calls the film Terlouw of an adventure story in itself. His team departed for two months to Lithuania for shots in the icy, white meadows and forests of the northern European country is rich. At least, usually.
,, Hm, you're suddenly there in the warmest winter in 100 years. No snow in sight. Should we let invliegen entire cargo. And of course we got to do with other setbacks. We thought, for example, in a beautiful private forest scenes to run. Had the owner without anything to say all the trees omgehakt. But the biggest adventure was perhaps the food. The yolk was dead than what you have on your plate every night was back.''
Koolhoven submitted until the last moment on the scenario with Terlouw and various interventions which he deemed necessary. As he modernized the language because parochial dialogues would create distance. 'And various characters I've deleted. I wanted to submit Terlouw because he has witnessed this period. He had confidence in what I wanted. Eventually, he made a comment: there was too much eaten in the script. There was little now and then on the table, but the scarcity had to be felt.''
Finally, the film contrasts the praise on his young protagonist Lake Meier (15) that he is "abnormally talented 'actor calls. ,, He had little experience, but he is so open and natural. Perhaps because he is in the same life as Michael is. It fits all right.''
Not so much because he had enough of (multicultural) or more contemporary comedy drama.
But because the period 1940-1945 the most extreme situation is in Dutch history, said the 39-year-old director. 'Against this background, you can shoot a great compelling story.''
Koolhoven says he was impressed by the sound of Jan Terlouw Winter War book that he was boy, 12, 13 read.
,, The adventure and excitement and the courage of the guy who dares his life to a British pilot to rescue me long been memorable. I have reread it - because sometimes you speak a little later in life with less - and was caught again. The adult and loss of innocence is beautiful. I now go visualiseerde different events at once and I saw unprecedented film possibilities.
Martin Koolhoven, born in 1969 in Den Haag, moved at a young age successively to the Westland and Asten.
He studied as research on social worker before he makes serious work of his love for film. After an audiovisual training in Sittard, he goes to the Film in Brussels. That leaves it to prosecute his studies at the Film in Amsterdam.
With a low budget-hour television movie Duistermaat Light draws his name as a young talent.
His final breakthrough came with the telefilm Suzie Q from 1999, he won several prizes, which also Carice van Houten breaks.
Following this success are the films Amnesia (2001), The Cave (2001), The South (2004), popping (2005), The Schnitzel Paradise (2005) and a little love (2006).
,, When I inquired whether we could get the rights. I was surprised that the case showed. That nobody else had taken concrete steps to such a popular and valued book to get started. Amazing.''
Obviously he realized that the Dutch film landscape already bursting with the war productions. Therefore Koolhoven wanted to distinguish themselves with Winter War. Create their own mug. Keywords: close to the skin and very near. Or, as in Hollywood jargon: in your face.
That was successful. Not only splashing cold and frost
- The director wanted from the epic, dark shades of Rembrandt-traditional war - almost physically felt the cloth. Koolhoven also succeeded in the threat of war to make tangible in the small world of main character Michael (Martijn Lake Meier).
In his bedroom, in the forest, the refuge of
British pilot, which hangs over every place thunderstorm cloud. Especially when Michael powerless and itchy hands should look when the fate affects family and friends, is that as a stump in the stomach.
Koolhoven:,, I am there with Jan Terlouw talked about how exciting can I make? He was also violent scenes that you do not have to avoid. The reality was too tough, sometimes cruel. In
Die Hard you see a lot of violence, why would you soften the reality? Children can be sure to go, but I got the film is not primarily made for them.''
The director calls the film Terlouw of an adventure story in itself. His team departed for two months to Lithuania for shots in the icy, white meadows and forests of the northern European country is rich. At least, usually.
,, Hm, you're suddenly there in the warmest winter in 100 years. No snow in sight. Should we let invliegen entire cargo. And of course we got to do with other setbacks. We thought, for example, in a beautiful private forest scenes to run. Had the owner without anything to say all the trees omgehakt. But the biggest adventure was perhaps the food. The yolk was dead than what you have on your plate every night was back.''
Koolhoven submitted until the last moment on the scenario with Terlouw and various interventions which he deemed necessary. As he modernized the language because parochial dialogues would create distance. 'And various characters I've deleted. I wanted to submit Terlouw because he has witnessed this period. He had confidence in what I wanted. Eventually, he made a comment: there was too much eaten in the script. There was little now and then on the table, but the scarcity had to be felt.''
Finally, the film contrasts the praise on his young protagonist Lake Meier (15) that he is "abnormally talented 'actor calls. ,, He had little experience, but he is so open and natural. Perhaps because he is in the same life as Michael is. It fits all right.''
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