Hey folks, Harry here with the latest on what Verhoeven seems to be doing as he returns back to his roots of Dutch Filmmaking! Personally I couldn't be more excited about this career turn for Paul. I've always loved his filmmaking, even the lesser films, but in particular, it was his Dutch films that always held the absolute most power and awesome display of cinema. We'll keep tabs throughout this development...
Hi Harry
I am a filmstudent in Holland and yesterday i went to an open interview with Paul Verhoeven at the Dutch Filmfestival in Utrecht http://www.filmfestival.nl/.
Paul began talking about making movies in the US and that he was annoyed by the large influence actors, lawyers and accountants have if u wanna make a movie there. The commercial interest in the US are deadly for the creativity filmmakers like to have. That's the main reason he wanted to make a ducth or as he says " european " movie again, financed by independent studios. He talked about upcoming projects like 'Zwartboek' a dutch thriller set in WW2 about a young woman in the Dutch resistance. He will begin shooting in October.
Then he talked about 'Beast of Bataan'. A story about the japanese warcriminal Masaharu Homma who was executed by the americans after world war 2. He said this project is likely to happen and he is very passionate about it. Then some really exciting news. He is really interested in making a movie about the Israel/Palestin case. He will be informed by several specialist about this case soon and he was not afraid to film there. He even believed Arafat would let him in and shoot there.
I hope this news sounds as good to me as it did to me. i cant wait to see more of our best filmmaker.
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