{"product_id":"paul-verhoeven","title":"Paul Verhoeven","description":"After a robust career in the Netherlands as the country's most successful director, Paul Verhoeven (b. 1938) built an impressive career in the United States with such controversial blockbusters as \u003ci\u003eRoboCop\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTotal Recall\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBasic Instinct\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStarship Troopers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShowgirls\u003c\/i\u003e before returning home to direct 2006's \u003ci\u003eBlack Book\u003c\/i\u003e. After a recent stint as a reality television judge in the Netherlands, Verhoeven returned to the big screen with his first feature film in a decade, a highly anticipated French-language production, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Isabelle Huppert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVerhoeven, who holds an advanced degree in mathematics and physics, boasts a fascinating background. Traversing Hollywood, the Dutch film industry, and now French filmmaking, the interviews in this volume reveal a complex, often ambiguous figure, as well as a director of immense talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Verhoeven: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e covers every phase of the director's career, beginning with six newly translated Dutch newspaper interviews dating back to 1968 and ending with a set of previously unpublished interviews dedicated to his most recent work. He experimented with crowd-sourced filmmaking for the television show \u003ci\u003eThe Entertainment Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, which resulted in the film \u003ci\u003eTricked\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as his latest feature \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e. Editor Margaret Barton-Fumo includes \"\"Sex, Cinema and Showgirls,\"\" a long out-of-print essay by Verhoeven on his most controversial film, accompanied by pages of original storyboards from this and some of Verhoeven's other films. Finally, Barton-Fumo allots due attention to the director's little-known lifelong fascination with the historical Jesus Christ. Verhoeven is the only non-theologian member of the exclusive Westar Institute and author of the book \u003ci\u003eJesus of Nazareth\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57330881954136,"sku":"9781496818287","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781496818287_f78e974b-c9a6-42fb-9ffd-f540e0c91194.jpg?v=1780389945","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/paul-verhoeven","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}