Comments on: Paul Verhoeven Talks His “Felliniesque,” Intentionally “Non-Erotic” And Over The Top ‘Showgirls’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/paul-verhoeven-talks-his-felliniesque-intentionally-non-erotic-and-over-the-top-showgirls-20150923/ Mon, 23 May 2016 02:03:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: lulu https://staging2.theplaylist.net/paul-verhoeven-talks-his-felliniesque-intentionally-non-erotic-and-over-the-top-showgirls-20150923/#comment-124908 Mon, 23 May 2016 02:03:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/paul-verhoeven-talks-his-felliniesque-intentionally-non-erotic-and-over-the-top-showgirls-259410/#comment-124908 Viewed this one again not so long ago and have to agree with @FBS, it\’s bold, daring, and visionary. All the bullshit that makes American culture pop turned up to eleven. I think I must have heard this somewhere, possibly one of the reappraisals making the rounds, but a conscious Leni Riefenstahl comes to mind.

]]> By: benutty https://staging2.theplaylist.net/paul-verhoeven-talks-his-felliniesque-intentionally-non-erotic-and-over-the-top-showgirls-20150923/#comment-124909 Mon, 23 May 2016 02:03:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/paul-verhoeven-talks-his-felliniesque-intentionally-non-erotic-and-over-the-top-showgirls-259410/#comment-124909 "frankly, I don\’t even find it enjoyable enough on that level to be able to get through the movie more than a few minutes at a time"

yeah, go watch Upstream Color again

]]> By: FBS https://staging2.theplaylist.net/paul-verhoeven-talks-his-felliniesque-intentionally-non-erotic-and-over-the-top-showgirls-20150923/#comment-124910 Mon, 23 May 2016 02:03:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/paul-verhoeven-talks-his-felliniesque-intentionally-non-erotic-and-over-the-top-showgirls-259410/#comment-124910 One of the most misunderstood masterpieces of our time. You don\’t understand yet, but one day you will. It\’s American aesthetics distilled to their essence… and he\’s right, it\’s gorgeous. But you have to meet the film on its own terms and realize that every choice is a conscious one.

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