My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community.
Van Gogh was impulsive.
I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.
When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.
It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures but that in an indefinable way they will come away feeling better human beings. And that is exactly what Van Gogh hoped for.
I think that Van Gogh is really the ultimate crazy artist that we all think of.
We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.
I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.
I rage against Vincent van Gogh for needing to die at 37, after painting for only ten years.