It was busy at the Rembrandts yesterday. As dinner was not included for mere mortals like us, Levi and I paid the Burger King a visit before we went to the event hosted by Film1 at the Escape. It was funny: standing in line to order a Whopper, dressed to the nines.
As we arrived the red carpet was just being used by a few Dutch celebrities, among which the wellknown writer Kluun, whose first book "Komt een Vrouw bij de dokter" (English title: "Love Life") was made into a movie and nominated for no less than five Rembrandts this year.
Once inside we were offered cocktails that were sure to put hair on your chest and Levi and I had fun spotting the celebrities. Linda de Mol, gameshow host turned actress was there. As was Barry Atsma, who was competing against himself in the category Best Dutch Actor, as he was nominated twice (once for "Komt een vrouw bij de dokter" and once for "De Storm"). The director of "Komt een vrouw bij de dokter" was also present: soap actor turned mediatycoon, turned director Reinout Oerlemans.
And the winner is...
When the time came for the big ceremony, everyone thronged together in the Escape's largest room. Levi and I kept moving forward until we were right next to the stage, in front of the speakers (in clubs and at parties it is always the best place to be!). There was room to breathe here. Coincidentally, we were right behind Kluun, director Oerlemans and his cast, and rockgroup Kane was on our left.
Host René Mioch was a rather self-important, pompous man, who loves to drop names left and right. He made it a habbit to ask inane questions to actors and directors alike. As these were people's choice awards the nominations were at times surprising, if not to say grotesque.
People's choice
The people saw fit to nominate the familyfilm "SpangaS op survival" in the category Best Dutch Film. Also nominated was Robert Pattinson in the category Best Foreign Actor. Two of the three nominees for Best DVD Release were laughable, as was the winner in the category Best Foreign Actress: Sandra Bullock for her leading role in The Proposal. Sometimes the people just have bad taste. It's not that I do not like these films or these actors, but they are not the 'Best' of any category, to be sure.
Not surprisingly "Komt een vrouw bij de dokter" won the most awards. Levi and I skipped the Bols cocktail event after the ceremony, received a goodiebag at the exit (filled mostly with dvds and a small bottle of Genever, thanks to the sponsor, obviously) and went to Tuschinski to go see Alice. An entertaining evening!
photo by All Access, courtesy of www.film1.nl
