{"product_id":"paul-verhoeven-interviews-9781496818287","title":"Paul Verhoeven: Interviews","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Verhoeven, 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 \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beginning with six newly translated Dutch newspaper interviews dating back to 1968 and ending with a set of previously unpublished interviews dedicated to his most recent work.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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Barton-Fumo\u003c\/b\u003e has contributed to \u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e since 2006. She has interviewed such directors, actors, and musicians as Brian De Palma, Alejandro Jodorowsky, James Gray, Andrzej Zulawski, Harry Dean Stanton, and Paul Williams.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50853342314770,"sku":"9781496818287","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4f3e56f-6207-4772-86e6-77f012a2b22f.jpg?v=1737448435","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paul-verhoeven-interviews-9781496818287","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}