“Dutch cinema has a poor reputation, especially from within the Netherlands. Ask the average Dutch person about a film from his fatherland and he will respond: ‘I don’t watch Dutch movies’. Outside of the Netherlands reception of our flicks seems somewhat more positive, but no one will argue we’re competing at the top. This has two main reasons. Primarily the poor acting. We do not have a professional acting school and most actors come from theatre, which simply is entirely different from movie acting. Secondly, there is hardly any budget.” Dit schrijft een zekere “Noddahead” op de Internet Movie Database n.a.v. “Ventoux” van Nicole van Kilsdonk uit 2015 (*) en zoals men uit de tekst kan afleiden, is hij (of zij?) zelf een Nederlander.

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