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Rob's report Cannes 2007
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    Director - filmography

1. Afterman 2 (2005)
2. The Polecat "Floere" (2004)
3. Blue Belgium (1999)
4. Berncastel (1995)
5. The Afterman (1985)
6. Groeiperikelen (1985)
7. Aardwolf, De (1984)
8. Brabant (1982)
9. Ernest Claes (1981)
10. Terugtocht, De (1981)
11. Mirliton (1978)
12. Naspel, Het (1974)
13. Anno 2033 (1973)
14. Berke en de speelpop (1973)
15. Ontbijt voor twee (1972)
16. Jeugd 70 (1969)

He claims that the light-hearted anarchism that characterizes him goesback to his roots: in 1548 his home-town Zichem was one of the few city's totally destroyed by the Spanish invader during the ninety-years war as the people of Zichem were standing for freedom of religion . He doesn't bow for any authority ;is therefore in constant conflict with the establishment: thrown out of seven schools because of rebellion-a nightmare for his officers in the armed forces-starts a social revolution in the bank where he worked for 8 months-burns his first feature-length movie BREAKFAST FOR TWO (1972) on the steps of the Cannes film festival-palace after a fight with his distributor. That anarchism and his innate aversion for the powers that be is to be found in all his movies: MIRLITON (1978) is about schizophrenia,the tormented individual as a toy in the hands of power-hungry psychologists - THE RETREAT (1981) showing a loner in his fight against a fanatical village community,with a symbolic cock-fighting scene - THE EARTHWOLF (1984) a would-be winner thrown into self-destruction because of neo-fascistic assertiveness training. In his futuristic classic THE AFTERMAN (1985) he shows an unworldly loner in a community without law and order,an anarchistic-chaotic universe where he will finally find rest after discovering true love. Ultimately shocking and controversial is the way he uncovers the network around the Belgian pedophile psychopath Dutroux in BLUE BELGIUM (1999) where state nor church are left untouched. In AFTERMAN 2 (2005) he gives Europe a warning,in a nonsensical,comical way about a nazi-fundamentalistic dictatorship that could bring us back to the dark ages...
anno 2007-2008:
Rob Van Eyck works on the last episode of the Afterman trilogy:
AFTERMAN 3, a spoof on the fear of the establishment for the 'global warming'!