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Erik Van Looy
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Erik Van Looy's film, now "Memory of a Killer," is a Belgian throwback to 1970s police thrillers. He uses some flashy, even trashy editing that jogged memory of crime films, usually starring Charles Bronson, often directed by Michael Winner or other adrenalized hacks. Fortunately, the main figure, though losing his memory, is fairly unforgettable.
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Peter belt met Erik Van Looy, want die gaat samen met Bart De Pauw 'Loft' draaien. Het verhaal: 5 gehuwde mannen die in 't geheim een loft huren waar ze hun liefjes mee naartoe nemen. Op een dag wordt een meisje er teruggevonden, ze is vermoord. Eén van de 5 heeft het dus gedaan en daar draait de film rond.
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Along with Carl Joos, Van Looy adapted the script from a novel by Jef Geeraerts, and the movie they've produced is an agile chase picture. It's easy to imagine another movie playing Angelo's failing memory for comedy. ''Memory of a Killer," which ... goes by the name ''The Alzheimer's Case," doesn't exploit its protagonist's flagging mental health. The movie gingerly builds suspense around the illness. The pills he takes are intended to keep his mind clear, but the more running he does the tougher it is to stay on the schedule.
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For most of "The Memory of a Killer (The Alzheimer Case)", van Looy's combination of angry cynicism and driving style pulls the story along. The slick, steely look, shadowy imagery and jumpy editing give the film a jittery charge, and the impressionistic glimpses of the instinctive professionalism that kicks in after each assassination are like murky, repressed memories dredged up by Ledda's failing mind, further evidence of his increasing disconnection.
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In plaats van Keanu Reeves of Forest Whitaker krijgt Van Looy dus Koen De Bouw en Mathias Schoenaerts voor zijn camera. Maar daar is hij allerminst rouwig om. "In de VS begint het een processie van Echternach te worden", zegt hij.
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The story, directed with surpassing slickness, skill and high energy by Van Looy, is told from three angles: the cops', the crooks' and Ledda's. The crooks are properly smug, sadistic and loathsome, and the cops are a likable, handsome twosome who suggest American movie prototypes. The smoother, more liberal Vincke, who looks like Ethan Hawke, lives in a condo that resembles a Van Gogh print gallery, and the rougher-hewn, angrier and more right-wing Verstuyft, a Chris Penn type, gobbles sweets, drives fast and shoots awesomely straight.
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