Sluizer Speaks
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| Directed by | Dennis Alink |
| Produced by | Joop van Wijk & Dennis Alink |
| Starring | George Sluizer |
| Music by | Niek Lucassen |
| Cinematography | Thomas van der Gronde |
| Edited by | Tom van Klingeren |
Release dates | 27 November 2014 (IDFA) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | The Netherlands |
Sluizer Speaks is a Dutch documentary from 2014, directed by Dennis Alink. The film depicts the life of the Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer. The movie premiered during the IDFA in 2014.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of filmmaker George Sluizer (Spoorloos, The Vanishing) from the moment he decides to finally finish his unfinished film Dark Blood. Being of old age, however, Sluizer is expected by doctors to die at any given moment due to him suffering from a ruptured artery. While Sluizer struggles with his health and his movie, he takes a look back in time at his turbulent life in the film industry.
Death
Dennis Alink started following George Sluizer in 2012, after Sluizer announced he was going to finish the unfinished film "Dark Blood", the last film starring deceased actor River Phoenix. Sluizer was suffering from a ruptured artery, however, causing uncertainty whether he would live to see the completion of both his own film as well as the documentary. Exactly a week before Sluizer's death on 20 September 2014, he and Alink worked together on the final version of the documentary, after which he indicated to be very happy with the result. Two months later the film premiered at the EYE during the IDFA.