Verhoeven versus Verhoeven

Verhoeven’s first French film Elle is the starting point of an extensive exploration of the director’s work. In an interview, he looks back on his oeuvre, from Floris (1969) to Turks Fruit (1973) and from Basic Instinct (1992) to Zwartboek (2006).

In his career, spanning nearly fifty years, Paul Verhoeven managed to fascinate audiences time and again with movies in which the themes sex and violence play first fiddle. For director Elisabeth Van Zijll Langhout, Verhoeven’s first French film Elle forms the starting point of an extensive exploration of this director’s work. In an interview, Verhoeven looks back on his oeuvre, from Floris (1969) to Turks Fruit (1973) and from Basic Instinct (1992) to Zwartboek (2006).

Credits

Director

Elisabeth van Zijll Langhout

Producer

Vincent Sacripanti

Production company

Kuiv productions

Title: Verhoeven versus Verhoeven
Year: 2016
Duration : 55 minutes
Category: Short Documentary
Edition: NFF 2016

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