Filmtip for a Filmtrip - Film Reviews

W.E. Lawrence and Douglas Fairbanks This movie, with Douglas Fairbanks in the lead, rolls slowly. Although painter Augy does not make a penny, he does not look depressed at all and when he falls in love with the beautiful and rich Gladys he’s in seventh heaven. But when Glady’s seeks consolation in the arms of another man, Augy's heart gets broken and he does not want to live anymore. After a failed suicide attempt, he hires a contract killer to do it for him. From that moment on, it becomes a super fun and comic movie in which Augy sees his killer in almost everybody he meets. Fairbanks shows what he’s best in and does a lot of stunt work. When I heard about the Dutch film ‘De Surprise’, with Jeroen van Koningsbrugge and Georgina Verbaan in 2015, I thought I had already seen the plot earlier. 'De Surprise' has the same theme. This film is based on a story of Belcampo, which was filmed for Belgian television in 1984. But this is not the only movie with that same