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...polls. Ironically, Fortuyn's own party, the List Pim Fortuyn, is faring badly. But as his once-radical ideas turn into the conventional political wisdom, Fortuyn is emerging a posthumous winner. "It's as if Fortuyn weren't dead - he might as well still be here," says Amsterdam-based media consultant Joop Nederstigt. - By Andrew Rosenbaum/Amsterdam...
GANGS OF NEW YORK. In Gangs of New York, Leonardo Dicaprio solidifies his reputation as the savior of super-long historical epics that go tens of millions of dollars over-budget. In his first decent film since Titanic, Dicaprio plays Amsterdam Vallon, another troubled but determined young man struggling against deep social divisions. Last time he was trying to give Kate Winslet a reason to live; this time he wants to kill a guy nicknamed Bill the Butcher. Gangs of New York is as loaded with scenes of bloodshed as Titanic’s had cliches. Like his last memorable...
...TIME: He's provoking events, whereas Amsterdam is reacting to them...
...DiCAPRIO: We tried to make Amsterdam more human through the course of the film - tried to embody what it would be like for him achieving success, getting emotionally attached to a woman for the first time, and receiving admiration from a father figure who ironically is the one who dispatched his own - and show how all these things would affect him as a person. Eventually he realizes that his father's battle wasn't really an individual one, but more a battle for his people...
...TIME: Both Amsterdam and Frank are living out their father's dreams. Each is doing what his father taught him to do, and each on a grander scale...