Ian Kerkhof Movies
- 1997
Filled with plenty of psychedelic imagery and techno-pop music, this drama follows the adventures of an unsophisticated 21-year-old country girl who gets too deeply involved with Amsterdam's rave clubs. She is Jacqueline and makes her living selling designer drugs and tickets to the all-night underground parties. She is headed for trouble when she begins selling drugs for the creepy JP, who also becomes her lover. This doesn't set well with Jacqueline's current boyfriend Martijn, who moves out of their apartment. The plot also deals with some of Jacqueline's clients, especially DD and Yoyo, a pair of ambitious and ruthless girlfriends who con Jacqui into loaning them money for a new dance recording. DD also manipulates the master deejay Cowboy in preparation of usurping his position as the top jock on the circuit. It is during an increasingly violent rave party that Jacqui is finally forced to reassess her lifestyle. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1994
Psychopaths and sociopaths are the focus of this Dutch film which is based upon a blend of written facts and fiction to create ten haunting vignettes. The most disturbing episode involves a young sexually molested boy who watches his father's murder in a city park and finds himself drawn to the corpse. Also included are passages from J.G. Ballard's book Crash, interviews with murderers, and the Geto Boys singing "Murder Avenue," a rap inspired by Jeffrey Dahmer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rodney Beddal, Kain, (more)
- 1993
Amsterdam is where Howard and Selene live, but they are foreign residents there, English speakers. They have met and become lovers in this city of canals, and no matter what the outcome of their affair, one thing is certain; it will not suffer from lack of analysis and discussion. The two have frequent and unruly sex, invariably followed (or preceded) by interminable and very frank discussions about sex. The filmmaker has managed to portray these painfully earnest people with considerable humor, which is perhaps why reviewers didn't universally give this difficult piece (which barely escapes being pornography, albeit of an intelligent kind) failing marks. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
