Fitna (2008)

Director:

Scarlet Pimpernel

Writers:

Scarlet Pimpernel (screenplay)
Geert Wilders (screenplay)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

A short film in which Quran verses are shown alongside images from terrorist attacks. |

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Islamic Fundamentalism

Runtime:

15 min | Netherlands:17 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Company:

Scarlet Pimpernel

Trivia:

This movie was directed and edited under the supervision of Geert Wilders, a Dutch right wing politician. The Dutch public broadcasting network companies refused to air it, and Wilders had declined an offer from the Moslimomroep (MO) or Muslim Broadcasting Company, who wanted to air the film in its entirety. Seeing no other options, Wilders had the film posted on Liveleak, and can now be watched on-line.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Instead of Mohammed Bouyeri, the killer of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, this movie shows a parody of a news photograph featuring Dutch rapper Salah Edin.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Troost (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Arabian Dance

Not a bad movie. Geert Wilders makes his message clear.

There was a lot of fuss in The Netherlands about this movie before it came out. It was expected that this would a very controversial film about the Islam. But when I saw it a few hours ago, I thought it wasn't as controversial as I thought. Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician makes his message clear. Certainly not all people will agree with his message. I myself don't completely agree myself, but I dó think there are some points that he's right about. Just to make myself clear: I am nót a racist! I have friends from all over the world, from every continent, even some Islamic people. I don't mind what color of skin my friends have or by what name they call god. But, there are some Muslims that dó care about that. And I don't agree with these extremist Muslims. To come back to the movie, it's O.K., some parts are really well done. But in general, this isn't a really extremely controversial film. What I think about all of this: there are many people from Turkey and Morocco that come to The Netherlands (the same thing in Belgium) because these are rich countries and they want to look for a better life. Of course there's nothing wrong with that, but the problem is that many of them don't bother to adapt to the western norms. They don't learn our language, they keep talking Turkish or Moroccan, a lot of the (especially older) women wear head scarfs, there's a high rate of criminality. That is what troubles many people in Belgium and The Netherlands. We just expect that everyone that comes to our country does an effort to adapt to our norms, rules and regulations. Not all foreigners are like this (I don't want to generalize) but most of the Turks and Morrocans áre like this.