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I found the score to BLACK BOOK unmemorable, so I'm a little disappointed that he's using Dudley again.
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Interesting that Verhoeven continues working wirh Dudley. Dudley has two other features and one TV movie coming up this year, so she is really active.
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I'm also a fan of Verhoeven. I especially appreciate his dark humor, which continually turns up in unexpected, often dark, ways. (Loved the commercials in ROBOCOP - "I'd buy that for a dollar!," or STARSHIP TROOPERS - "Want to know more?" Quirky fun.)
Although, so far, my favorite Verhoeven is THE FOURTH MAN, a truly mesmerizing whirligig of symbolism, visions, eroticism, suspense, and even violence. Truly a genre unto itself.
ELLE, I understand, received much praise when shown, in competition, at this year's Cannes festival, in competition, but was totally ignored by the judges. Apparently, it's graphic in the Verhoeven tradition (Remember the shock of BASIC INSTINCT?), and ELLE is no exception.
I'm looking forward not only to seeing it, but also to hear how it's received here.
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Jun 8, 2016 - 8:46 AM
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Coco314
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And the score was excellent too; it seemed clearly molded on a Goldsmith-ian type of sleazy, sensual, dark romanticism a la BASIC INSTINCT or HOLLOW MAN.
The score has a seductive theme in BASIC INSTINCT style.
It's funny, I wish I could hear the score again because I didn't have this BASIC INSTINCT feeling at all.
Indeed, when watching a contemporary Verhoeven thriller, there is the "Does it sound like/ what if Goldsmith had done it?" thought looming over the head, but I struck right away by the feeling that I forgot that completely: the score was it own thing, more dark and raw than the 'seductive' aspect of BASIC INSTINCT. It's not like the HOLLOW MAN main title, that had this Verhoeven /Goldsmith sound almost consciously according to Goldsmith.
As for the movie, it's more interesting as a character study (Huppert is great) with Verhoeven twisted humor to boot, than as a whodunit thriller.
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Yes, ELLE has the same producers...but PASSION was terrible. ELLE's trailer frightens me a lot. Bad acting (even if Huppert can be very good), awful light...Wait and see.
