the dead man 2: return of the dead man
ian kerkhof * script and director (based on le mort and madame edwarda by georges bataille)
ben van os * art director
merzbow * original music score
hans kemna * casting
rolf laimbock * producer (for the nfvf)
martijn van beenen * director of photography
mark du plesis * lighting design
iris sikking * editor
jeroen philips * sound mix
elsbeth dijkstra * assistant director
goffe struiksma * stills photographer
dien verstraalen * costumes
yvette van boven * wardrobe
nancy d’ancona * makeup (devils and dead)
siu ming * makeup (madame edwarda)
suzanne welters * makeup (zyklus)
rinie jansen * sound recordist
martin broeckhoven * grip
constance de vos * art department
joost van herwijnen * camera assistent
onno perdijk * crane grip
ruud * scat scene camera
rene bruinoog * colour timer
bert hup * set dresser
August 31st, 2006 at 5:18 pm
i really want to see dead man 2.
the stuff you’ve posted has fascinated me. it reminded me of when i was a 2nd year anthro and philosophy student. i came across bataille’s stuff on sacrifice, and it blew me away.
so i went to the library to find more. i couldn’t bear to read it.
maybe it was cos i was 19 and i’d never had sex or drugs. maybe it was cos i thought i was terrifically dark and complex and hard, with my goth and punk and nietzsche and existence-preceding-essence. i thought i was staring brazenly into the void. i was ashamed to realise that bataille took things too far for me… to an unthinkable place: the annihilation of subjectivity, the impossibility of control: the ultimate step i shrank from in terror.
i want to go back to that stuff now.
and i’m fascinated to see how you depicted it filmically.