Amsterdam court dismisses French author’s complaint against film that shows him having sex with young women
A Dutch art collective can release an experimental erotic film showing the French novelisthaving sex with young women in spite of the author’s attempt to stop its circulation, an Amsterdam court has ruled.
Via email, Houellebecq and Ruitenbeek subsequently discussed plans to make “a work of art, in which the distinction between fiction and reality takes shape as a game with the rancorous paranoia of your enemies”. However, on 23 December, three days before the scheduled end of the shoot, Houellebecq walked out on the project. In a letter published on his personal website, the writer said his and the Dutch director’s “conceptions of artistic work were radically opposed”, likening it to “gutter journalism”.
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