Description: Paul Verhoeven: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) [Hardcover] Barton-Fumo, Margaret Product Overview 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 RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers, and Showgirls before returning home to direct 2006's Black Book. 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, Elle, starring Isabelle Huppert. 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. Paul Verhoeven: Interviews 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beginning with six newly translated Dutch newspaper interviews dating back to 1968 and ending with a set of previously unpublished interviews dedicated to his most recent work.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 The Entertainment Experience, which resulted in the film Tricked, as well as his latest feature Elle. 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 Jesus of Nazareth. Read more Details Publisher : University Press of Mississippi; 1st edition (December 26, 2016) Language : English Hardcover : 256 pages ISBN-10 : 1496810155 ISBN-13 : 51 Item Weight : 1.16 pounds Dimensions : 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches Best Sellers Rank: #9,452,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,617 in Individual Directors #3,212 in Movie Director Biographies #6,792 in Video Direction & Production (Books) #2,617 in Individual Directors #3,212 in Movie Director Biographies Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 1496810155
ISBN10: 1496810155
ISBN13: 9781496810151
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Brand: University Press of Mississippi
GTIN: 09781496810151
Book Title: Paul Verhoeven : Interviews
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / Direction & Production
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Author: Margaret Barton-Fumo
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: Conversations with Filmmakers Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
