# Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh murdered

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**Created:** [November 2, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-filmmaker-theo-van-gogh-murdered/272551 "2004-11-02T14:59:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-filmmaker-theo-van-gogh-murdered/272551/1 "2004-11-02T14:59:26Z")

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From [CNN and Reuters](http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/02/netherlands.filmmaker.reut/index.html): Dutch filmmaker and newspaper columnist Theo van Gogh, who made a film about violence against women in Islamic societies, has been murdered.

I particularly liked his 1989 film _Loos_, which was deeply disturbing on so many levels (that’s a plus, in my book, BTW :eek: ).

R.I.P.