We dive into Paul Verhoeven’s Psychological Damage Themed Movie Quadrilogy.
This includes his disturbing, enlightening and very well-roudned set of 4 feature films: Spetters, The 4th Man, Tricked & Elle (1980 to 2016).
For our Robocop Themed Week, we get to dive into some of the Dutch filmmaker's deep cuts in his filmography as well as explaining why his European style of abstract filmmaking meets blunt subject matter doesn't always translate for his American productions.
Which of these psycho thrillers have you seen? And was it compelling or just downright repulsive? Either way, all sides get validated here!
GUEST STARS' INTRO:
Jason (from Genre Exposure) compares Verhoeven to David Cronenberg.
Plus, Tim Caldwell, Josh Hansen, Oreo, Tom & Gil all try recasting Showgirls in order to make it better!
INTRO CLIP:
Paul Verhoeven 2017 Lincoln Center Q&A
MUSIC INTRO:
"Ashes Of An Empire" by AudioNautix.
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