Best of both worlds: One of the finest movies of the festival, preluded by an introduction by one of the greatest academics of Erasmus University. Delia Dumitrica will introduce Dead Man’s Wire about how the media are used to convey (political) messages.
Dead Man’s Wire – The captivating true-life tale of Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård), who held his mortgage agent at gunpoint while pleading his case to the American nation through the media. Proclaiming himself a hero, Kiritsis addressed demands via telephone to the police and the media – especially Fred, a smooth radio DJ (Colman Domingo), believing he is doing a good deed.
Director Gus Van Sant presents us with a complicated ‘hero of the people’, simultaneously foolish and righteous, in the United States of the 1970s.
Dr. Delia Dumitrica is an Associate Professor in Political Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on the discursive construction of social media in politics and on digital activism. She has been awarded the Comenius Senior Fellowship for her work on innovating education.
Dead Man’s Wire I Gus van Sant I 104 minutes I United States I 2025 I With among others Bill Skarsgård, Colman Domingo and Al Pacino.
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Date: Wednesday 4 February 2026
Time: ± 18:00-20:00 hrs. (Time Table TBA)
Location: Pathe 1, Schouwburgplein
Moderation: David BoerenTicket:
Students: €8,50
Other visitors: €13,50
Tickets available from January 15 via the IFFR-PageThis Tiger College is a collaboration between International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and Studium Generale.
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