{"product_id":"paul-verhoeven-interviews-9781496810151","title":"Paul Verhoeven: Interviews","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Margaret Barton-Fumo\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Director\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 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 \u003cem\u003eRoboCop\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTotal Recall\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBasic Instinct\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStarship Troopers\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eShowgirls\u003c\/em\u003e before returning home to direct 2006's \u003cem\u003eBlack Book\u003c\/em\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, \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e, starring Isabelle Huppert.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaul Verhoeven: Interviews\u003c\/em\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beginning with six newly translated Dutch newspaper interviews dating back to 1968 and ending with a set of previously unpublished interviews dedicated to his most recent work.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 \u003cem\u003eThe Entertainment Experience\u003c\/em\u003e, which resulted in the film \u003cem\u003eTricked\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as his latest feature \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eJesus of Nazareth\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46493668573335,"sku":"9781496810151","price":12584.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781496810151.webp?v=1769173393","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/paul-verhoeven-interviews-9781496810151","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}