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De blauwe bus

  • 20102010
  • GPGP
  • 30m
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8.9/10
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De blauwe bus (2010)
'Am I dead or does this only seem to be so?' 
Detective Wikkobus (Frank Groothof) suffers from 'the blues'. After fifty-five years of letting other people dictate his life, without having taken any initiative, only hanging around the blues cafe, drinking whiskey and searching for things that don't matter anyway, he has had enough of it. Wikkobus decides to go and find himself because, as he knows: 'Hell is what you make of it'.
The Blue Bus takes the viewer on a dazzling journey with colourful characters who will touch the lives of even those who claim never to have heard of 'the blues'. Dedicated to Charles Bukowski.
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The Blue Bus takes the viewer on a dazzling journey with colorful characters who will touch the lives of even those who claim never to have heard of 'the blues'.The Blue Bus takes the viewer on a dazzling journey with colorful characters who will touch the lives of even those who claim never to have heard of 'the blues'.The Blue Bus takes the viewer on a dazzling journey with colorful characters who will touch the lives of even those who claim never to have heard of 'the blues'.
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
18
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    • Frank Groothof
    • Xander van Vledder
    • Lauretta Gerards
    • Sanne Kortooms
    • Sanne Kortooms
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    • Frank Groothof
    • Xander van Vledder
    • Lauretta Gerards
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    Maarten Rooijakkers in De blauwe bus (2010)
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    Lauretta Gerards in De blauwe bus (2010)
    Frank Groothof and Lauretta Gerards in De blauwe bus (2010)
    Jan Mulder in De blauwe bus (2010)
    Frank Groothof in De blauwe bus (2010)

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    Frank Groothof
    • Wikkobus
    Xander van Vledder
    Xander van Vledder
    • Ludwig Van
    Lauretta Gerards
    • Lady Red
    Jan Mulder
    Jan Mulder
    • Hank Chinaski
    Monique van der Werff
    • Marilyn McMolly
    Hans Dulfer
    • Fritzy
    Michiel Blijboom
    • Mickey
    Maarten Rooijakkers
    • Bass Player
    The Tralala's
    • The Tralala's
    Sanne Kortooms
    Sanne Kortooms
    • Cameo
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      • Sanne Kortooms
      • Sanne Kortooms
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    • Trivia
      The film is dedicated to Charles Bukowski. The name Wikkobus is an anagram of Bukowski.
    • Quotes

      Wikkobus: I smoke cigarettes because it gives me something to do. And I drink whisky to make my blood flow. It makes me hot. Hotter than hell. Am I dead yet, or does it only look that way?

    • Connections
      References Barfly (1987)

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    Delicious compelling short film on paranoia vs. openness
    Delicious compelling short film in which you, even though it only lasts for about half an hour, completely forget the time. The images, dreams vs. reality, the blues, the paranoia and openness. The confusion and disillusionment. The fused identity, awareness and change in identity that creates opportunities. Private detective WIKOBUS(Read: Bukowski!)finds himself in a dead end street paralyzing his brains with cigarette smoke & whiskey. Almost motionless sitting there in his shabby attic listening to Mozart, at the start of the film, drops a clue for "greater" things that are about to happen. (Linking up with Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange). But first he plunges into deep dark blues café's. Here the wonderful Dutch band THE TRALALA'S contribute to a terrific soundtrack covering some blues giants and even a rewritten version of Bob Dylan's "Things have Changed". Through a series of startling missions, even haunting a golden contra bass, WIKOBUS' way of perceiving reality changes from paranoid black & white, to a more colourful palette with a dash of sensuality & love. Of course! How enlightening and shaking awake do you want it do be? Exactly! The next step is yours! "Come on baby and take ride with us! Let's Meet at the back of the blue bus!" Hope that many of us have the opportunity to make this trip! Regards, Mickey
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      • April 17, 2010 (Netherlands)
      • Netherlands
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      • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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      • SannQ
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    • 30 minutes
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