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Old 06-05-2005, 10:33 AM   #1 of 26
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THE FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #79 - The Films of PAUL VERHOEVEN


THE FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #79 - The Films of PAUL VERHOEVEN


Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.


PAUL VERHOEVEN

Black Book (2006)
Hollow Man (2000)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Showgirls (1995)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Total Recall (1990)
RoboCop (1987)
Flesh & Blood (1985)
The Fourth Man (1983)
Spetters (1980)
All Things Pass (1979) (TV)
Soldier of Orange (1977)
Keetje Tippel (1975)
Turkish Delight (1973)
Diary of a Hooker (1971)
The Wrestler (1970)
Mussert (1968) (TV)
The Royal Dutch Marine Corps (1965)
Let's Have a Party (1963)
De Lifters (1962)
Nothing Special (1961)
A Lizzard Too Much (1960)



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Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Incredible Hulk, JFK, La Femme Nikita, Live and Let Die, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4

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Old 06-05-2005, 10:34 AM   #2 of 26
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Seen 11
* Own 4

Black Book (2006)
Hollow Man (2000)
* Starship Troopers (1997)
Showgirls (1995)
Basic Instinct (1992)
* Total Recall (1990)
* RoboCop (1987)
* Flesh & Blood (1985)
The Fourth Man (1983)
Spetters (1980)
All Things Pass (1979) (TV)
Soldier of Orange (1977)
Keetje Tippel (1975)
Turkish Delight (1973)
Diary of a Hooker (1971)
The Wrestler (1970)
Mussert (1968) (TV)
The Royal Dutch Marine Corps (1965)
Let's Have a Party (1963)
De Lifters (1962)
Nothing Special (1961)
A Lizzard Too Much (1960)



The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Incredible Hulk, JFK, La Femme Nikita, Live and Let Die, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4

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Old 06-05-2005, 11:00 AM   #3 of 26
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PAUL VERHOEVEN

Seen: 4
Like: 1
Own: 1

Rank order:

Total Recall (1990)
Showgirls (1995)
Basic Instinct (1992)
RoboCop (1987)



"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder

"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.

"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock

"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk
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Old 06-05-2005, 11:16 AM   #4 of 26
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[rant]"They sucked his brains out!"[/rant]

Hollow Man (2000)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Showgirls (1995)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Total Recall (1990)
RoboCop (1987)
Flesh + Blood (1985)


I've seen RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct and Starship Troopers at the cinema, more than once in some cases. I'm a huge fan of Verhoeven's gore-drenched sci-fi output. But he seems to have disappeared lately.

Ranking

1)RoboCop (a SF classic, Verhoeven's masterpiece)
2)Total Recall
3)Starship Troopers
4)Basic Instinct
5)Flesh + Blood
6)Hollow Man
7)Showgirls


Average Ratings 4.2 out of 5



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Old 06-05-2005, 11:24 AM   #5 of 26
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Jim, Showgirls has plenty of nudity, but the film was awful, see it for the nekkid chicks but it's really crap, I wish he'd stick to sci-fi, maybe a version of Showgirls crossed with Total Recall would have been more my taste.

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Old 06-05-2005, 11:33 AM   #6 of 26
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Black Book (2006)
Hollow Man (2000) (Own the DVD)
Starship Troopers (1997) (Own the DVD)
Showgirls (1995) (Own the DVD)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Total Recall (1990) (Own both DVDs)
RoboCop (1987) (Own both DVDs)
Flesh + Blood (1985) (Own the DVD)
The Fourth Man (1983) (Own the DVD)
Spetters (1980) (Own the DVD)
All Things Pass (1979) (TV)
Soldier of Orange (1977) (Own the DVD)
Katie Tippel (1975)
Turkish Delight (1973) (Own the DVD)
Business is Business (1971) (Own the DVD)
The Wrestler (1970)
Mussert (1968) (TV)
The Royal Dutch Marine Corps (1965)
Let's Have a Party (1963)
De Lifters (1962)
Nothing Special (1961)
A Lizzard Too Much (1960)

Seen 14
Own 11

Paul Verhoeven is the 61st director in this series that I've seen/met in person




My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Ong-bak (2003,Prachya Pinkaew) 3/5, I Want to Live! (1958,Robert Wise) 2/5, Nancy Drew (2007,Andrew Fleming) 3/5, But Forever in My Mind (1999,Gabriele Muccino) 3/5, Death at a Funeral (2007,Frank Oz) 3/5, Pumpkinhead (1988,Stan Winston) 4/5, Beach Cafe (2001,Benoît Graffin) 2/5, 15 (2003,Royston Tan) 3/5, Lonely Boy (1962,Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor) 3/5, Privilege (1967,Peter Watkins) 4/5, Risky Business (1983,Paul Brickman) 4/5, The Free Will (2006,Matthias Glasner) 5/5, Speed Racer (2008,The Wachowski Brothers) 4/5, Lakeview Terrace (2008,Neil LaBute) 3/5, Burn After Reading (2008,Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) 4/5

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Old 06-05-2005, 11:39 AM   #7 of 26
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