Saturday, April 27, 2013

Running with scissors: the director of 'Robocop' and 'Showgirls' bets on his fans and loses

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Debuting his latest film at Tribeca, director Paul Verhoeven took the stage on an almost apologetic note. “I hope that you enjoy it, and will accept the moral choices I made while making the movie.” Coming from a man best known for the super-charged sex and violence of RoboCop, Total Recall, and Showgirls, it’s downright bewildering.


If he’s cautious, it’s because he just took a big risk and got burned. His latest movie, Tricked, was conceived as “the first user-generated film,” in the words of his producer. It would be a story guided entirely by the audience. Verhoeven began by filming a five-minute script (the first episode), put it online, and asked the audience to write scripts for the next five minutes. All the...


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