Crazy

is a film about violence in which the violence itself is not explicitly shown. The film focuses on the experiences of a number of Dutch UN soldiers in various hotbeds of violence around the world, and the horrors in Korea, Cambodia, Lebanon, and Bosnia are brought to life mainly by their personal accounts. Heddy Honigmann spoke with the Blue Beret in their native Holland, and the footage of the regions involved consists of photographs and home movies that were shot by the soldiers themselves. The vehicle of their recollections is the music they played at the time, which they will forever associate with their war memories. One of them used his music to literally drown out his fear, while another created a musical space with "Stabat Mater," where she could be alone with her thoughts. With a mixture of bravura and emotion, a young man tells about the perilous rides he made through "bomb alley" in Bosnia, invariably playing music by Guns N' Roses at full blast. demonstrates that Holland also has its Vietnam veterans - men who took their war experiences back home and are struggling to cope with them. It is a film that makes us realize the madness of war, creates doubt about the usefulness of so-called peace missions, and shows the power of music as a means to survive in extremely difficult situations.