Paul Verhoeven (director, 1938)

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Paul Verhoeven (2016)

Paul Verhoeven [ ˈpʌu̯l vərˈɦuvə (n) ] (born July 18, 1938 in Amsterdam , Netherlands) is a Dutch film director , screenwriter and film producer .

Life

Verhoeven 1980

From 1960 to 1963 Verhoeven made four short films. He studied at the University of Leiden and graduated in 1964 in mathematics and physics . During his military service, he was able to gain first experience with mass and battle scenes in the Royal Netherlands Navy (film service of the marine infantry ).

In 1968 the television series Floris von Rosemund marked the beginning of his successful collaboration with Rutger Hauer , which ended in an irreconcilable dispute in 1985. 1970 began his long-term collaboration with cameraman Jan de Bont . In 1985, Verhoeven moved to Hollywood - disappointed by the critical attitude of the public and the film funding in his home country . In the 2016 documentary Paul Verhoeven - Master of Provocation , Verhoeven explains: “I couldn't achieve American format while sitting comfortably in the Dutch province. The head of Orion said to me, 'Paul, you have to come over here and make films and it'll work. The thoroughly American environment will shield you from your bad European habits [...] 'I was afraid, basically I thought it was terrible, but in the end I dared to take the step. "

Since the mid-1970s, Verhoeven has worked several times with the German cameraman Jost Vacano , whom he met again in Hollywood and with whom he shot RoboCop . Originally Verhoeven wanted to work alternately with the two cameramen, but this only happened once because de Bont switched to directing. Vacano made four more films with Verhoeven until he retired. In 1996 Verhoeven was awarded the Golden Raspberry for his film Showgirls as worst director. He personally picked up this disgraceful award and gave a speech in which he said: “My films are criticized here because they are considered decadent, perverse and greasy. That sure means I'm part of this great American society. Thank you!"

In 2005 Verhoeven returned to Europe to direct the Second World War thriller Black Book with Carice van Houten and Sebastian Koch at Studio Babelsberg . He justified the return and purely European funding of the 17-million- euro production, among other things, by saying that he would thus retain the greatest possible freedom of choice. His first French-language feature film, Elle , a thriller starring Isabelle Huppert , was released in French cinemas on May 25, 2016. For this he received his second invitation to compete at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival .

In February 2017, Verhoeven became the first Dutch jury president to head the competition jury at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival . The next film project announced is a biography of the lesbian nun Benedetta Carlini (1591–1661). Virginie Efira is supposed to play the lead role.

Paul Verhoeven has been married to Martine Tours since April 7, 1967 and has two children.

style

Because many of Verhoeven's films address violence and sexuality , they are the subject of heated debate among film critics and in public. Violence is depicted in Verhoeven's films in a very exaggerated ( RoboCop , Total Recall , Starship Troopers ) or in an extremely "realistic" way ( Flesh and Blood ). Some of his films can also be understood as a kind of caricature based on conventional forms of violence.

Sexuality in Verhoeven's films is often used by critics in the vicinity of pornography and obscenity moved. His films also sparked violent protests from a wide variety of social groups (women's associations, homosexuals) ( Turkish fruits , Spetters , Basic Instinct ). In the documentary Paul Verhoeven - Master of Provocation from 2016, Verhoeven describes: “Such scenes are actually always left out, both in film and in literature. Or it is somehow played down in a trivializing way. Nobody shows how it really is. That's how it is in truth, people lay on top of each other and the thing is pushed in [...] I'm just showing how it really is. "

Filmography

Director

Screenwriter

executive producer

Fonts

  • Zwartboek . Naar de film by Paul Verhoeven. Podium 2006.
  • Jesus - the story of a person . Munich: Pendo 2009. ISBN 978-3-86612-225-3 .

Awards

  • 1983: Critics' Award of the Toronto International Film Festival for De vierde man
  • 1985: Main Prize of the Nederlands Film Festival for Flesh + Blood
  • 1988: Saturn Award (Best Director) for RoboCop
  • 1995: Golden Raspberry as worst director for show girls
  • 1999: Award for the best Dutch film of the century at the Nederlands Film Festival, for Turks fruit
  • 2000: Audience Award of the Locarno International Film Festival for Hollow Man
  • 2002: DIVA Award
  • 2002: Lifetime Achievement Award from the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
  • 2006: Main Prize of the Nederlands Film Festival for Zwartboek
  • 2017: Prix ​​Lumières , best film, best director, for Elle
  • 2017: Golden Globe Award 2017, Best Foreign Language Film, for Elle
  • 2017: César , best film, for Elle

literature

  • Douglas Keesey / Paul Duncan (eds.): Paul Verhoeven . Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-8228-3098-4 .

Web links

Commons : Paul Verhoeven  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Verhoeven - Master of Provocation ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Documentary by Elisabeth van Zijll Langhout, 2016, 55 min. (Quote from minute 27:41). Produced by Kuiv Productions (Paris), in collaboration with arte France @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
  2. ↑ Peter Hartig: cinearte XL 014, 2010, “And Action…” - Interview with Jost Vacano, pp. 14–31.
  3. ↑ [1] accessed on May 15, 2017
  4. ↑ Paul Verhoeven - Master of Provocation ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Documentary by Elisabeth van Zijll Langhout, 2016, 55 min. (Footage of the Golden Raspberry 1996 award ceremony from minute 39:01). Produced by Kuiv Productions (Paris), in collaboration with arte France @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
  5. ↑ cinearte XL 002, 2006, "Back to the roots", p. 10.
  6. ↑ Paul Verhoeven is shooting a drama about the legendary lesbian nun, spiegel.de, accessed on April 26, 2017
  7. ↑ "Sex and brutality are Paul Verhoeven's thing" , WeltN24 . July 18, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Elle: A Feminist Lesson" , Alice Schwarzer . February 25, 2017.
  9. ↑ Paul Verhoeven - Master of Provocation ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Documentary by Elisabeth van Zijll Langhout, 2016, 55 min. (Quote from 18:55 minute). Produced by Kuiv Productions (Paris), in collaboration with arte France @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
  10. ↑ Raspberry for the film in a total of eight categories
personal data
SURNAME Verhoeven, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch film director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam , Netherlands