Paul Verhoeven's Cinema of Violence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rybin, Steven, 1979- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Verhoeven, Paul, 1938---Criticism and interpretation.

Verhoeven, Paul.

Violence in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Other Title:

Cinema of violence

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

The first English-language critical study of the films of Paul Verhoeven, the Dutch director of provocative films such as Robocop, Basic Instinct, and Elle.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Sex and Images: Turkish Delight (1973) and Elle (2016)

2. Fates of Bodies: Spetters (1980), Robocop (1987), and Starship Troopers (1997)

3. Scissors and Ice Picks: The Fourth Man (1984) and Basic Instinct (1992)

4. Women at Work: Business is Business (1971) and Showgirls (1995)

5. Memories and Resistance: Soldier of Orange (1977), Total Recall (1990), and Black Book (2006)

6. History and Desire: Keetje Tippel (1975) and Benedetta (2021)

7. Films Maudit: Flesh and Blood (1985) and Hollow Man (2000)

Conclusion : Tricked (2012), or: Paul Verhoeven in the 21st Century

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5013-9907-1

1-5013-9906-3

1-5013-9905-5

9781501399053

OCLC:

1520506312