First Kill
Coco Schrijber / NL, 2001 / 97 min.
Filmmaker Coco Schrijber’s first full-length documentary reveals an uncomfortable truth. Some soldiers who fought in war zones return relatively unscathed. Schrijber interviewed Vietnam veterans about their experiences and the rush of warfare. Screened as part of Eye’s Shell Shock programme about the representation of trauma resolution.
9 May with introduction (in Dutch) by director Coco Schrijber and co-screenwriter and cameraman Sander Snoep
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Details
Director
Coco Schrijber
Production year
2001
Country
NL
Original title
First Kill
Length
97 min.
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Shell Shock
The tormented Vietnam War veteran Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, the soldiers suffering from PTSS in the documentary Crazy and the ex-tank commander of the animated film Waltz with Bashir share one thing: the urge to tell what happened to them in order to come to grips with it. Eye’s Shell Shock provides a forum for the cinematic representation of violent conflicts and traumatic memories.
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