New Dutch Verhoeven film...

[Chi-Guy31]

Hi all! We here in the States were able to enjoy the bold films of Paul Verhoeven for a short time (FLESH & BLOOD, ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL, BASIC INSTINCT, etc), but now he is back overseas and making films in Dutch. This is a trailer for his new World War II-era film, ZWARTBOEK, which contains his usual heavy doseage of violence and nudity!

http://www.filmfocus.nl/nieuws/item.php?id=8389&PHPSESSID=d458cf72b0389e04f0208af7500681ce

 

[M's girl]

Hi all! We here in the States were able to enjoy the bold films of Paul Verhoeven for a short time (FLESH & BLOOD, ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL, BASIC INSTINCT, etc), but now he is back overseas and making films in Dutch. This is a trailer for his new World War II-era film, ZWARTBOEK, which contains his usual heavy doseage of violence and nudity!

http://www.filmfocus.nl/nieuws/item.php?id=8389&PHPSESSID=d458cf72b0389e04f0208af7500681ce

Is this one going to be out in the US as well? Because, how did you know about this new film? I had not even heard about it

What do you think about the Paul Verhoeven movies?

 

[Minervous]

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[M's girl]

IMDb indicates the movie language to be Dutch/English/German, whatever that means. I would think that given the reputation of Verhoeven's Dutch movies (his American movies have, particularly recently, been rather less well received by critics--think Starship Troopers or, especially Showgirls) that this film might make the rounds of the art house circuit in the United States.

Here's a press release from 2005 about the movie. The movie was apparently largely shot in Den Haag.

I think it means all languages will be spoken in the film, but the film will not be in all English or all German besides the Dutch version. The movie is about the war and during the war lots of German and English was spoken here. I think for authenticity reasons that 'factor' will be used in the film as well. I may be wrong, but this does not 'sound' like a Verhoeven-thing that's going to be taken abroad unless for some reason it turns out to be very successful.

You are right, Verhoeven made some not so noticable films, especially outside "Holland". Still he's one of our most successful directors (now what does that say, ehm? )

Anyway... thanks for your comment and welcome to "Dutch Lit, the English Version" .....

 

[Chi-Guy31]

I heard about from one of my usual movie sites, ain't-it-cool-news.com, where Verhoeven has many US fans, especially the guys. I imagine we will get a dubbed or subtitled version here, since his name does still carry some weight. I found it interesting that even in just the trailer for the film, there is nudity. That would never fly here in the States with movie trailers, they have to be made safe for all audiences, even with an R rated film.

Oh, and I love several of Paul's movies, often mainly for the film composers he has used, namely Jerry Goldsmith and Basil Poledouris, 2 of my favorite film composers. But Paul's movies have a real visceral impact and wit, esp ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL, BASIC INSTINCT and STARSHIP TROOPERS, which is a highly underrated satire.

 

[E's Toy]

Zwartboek nu al succesvolste Nederlandse film ooit

AMSTERDAM - De oorlogsthriller Zwartboek van regisseur Paul Verhoeven is nog voordat de film zijn première heeft beleefd, al verkocht aan vijftig landen. Dat heeft producent Fu Works maandag gemeld. Zwartboek is daarmee volgens Fu Works commercieel gezien nu al de meest succesvolle Nederlandse film ooit.

Zwartboek wordt de komende maanden uitgebracht veel landen, behalve in gebieden als Noord-Amerika, Zuid-Afrika en Australië. De producent heeft echter goede hoop dat de film op het Festival van Venetië ook aan landen in die gebieden wordt verkocht. De veelbesproken productie beleeft daar op 1 september zijn wereldpremière.

Zwartboek is de eerste film van regisseur Paul Verhoeven sinds Hollow Man uit 2000. Het is bovendien de eerste Nederlandstalige film die hij maakte in meer dan twintig jaar tijd. Het verhaal vertelt over een joodse onderduikster die eind 1944 als dubbelspion bij de Duitsers infiltreert.

De hoofdrollen worden gespeeld door Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman en Halina Reijn. De film is vanaf 14 september in de Nederlandse bioscopen te zien. Fu Works verwacht dat de rolprent in Nederland zeker 1 miljoen bezoekers gaat trekken.

Telegraaf augustus 2006

 

[M's girl]

Nah, dan deze ook nog maar even.... info en trailer