The Night of Bad Taste

The "International Filmfestival Rotterdam", is an important event for those who like arthouse movies. Each year in January some of the best movies produced in the year before are selected for the audience. Among the visitors are directors, producers, actors and other important people from the industry. The festival started out more than 25 years ago and has evolved into a big cultural thing. This should serve as a kind of introduction to what follows next. Today I was browsing the website of the festival. There I ran into the "Nacht van de Wansmaak" (Night of Bad Taste). That struck me as odd. There you have a big cultural event. All kinds of intelligent, fashionable people gathered together. And these people are going to watch "Night of Bad Taste"? Perhaps it is supposed to be camp. On the other hand. Bad taste is not such an uncommon thing in the Netherlands. Bad taste can be good fun indeed. At least; that is an opinion not uncommonly encountered around here. Furthermore I think it is really hospitable, to share this with our foreign guests.