{"product_id":"paul-verhoeven-interviews-paperback-softback-9781496818287","title":"Paul Verhoeven; Interviews (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496818287","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePaul Verhoeven\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInterviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Barton-Fumo (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496818287\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 June 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 14.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.392 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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 \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beginning with six newly translated Dutch newspaper interviews dating back to 1968 and ending with a set of previously unpublished interviews dedicated to his most recent work.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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716600688920,"sku":"9781496818287","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/paul-verhoeven-interviews-paperback-softback-9781496818287","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}