Split into two parts, the first details verhoeven s experience on the crowdsourced project, while. After his string of subversive hollywood hits like basic instinct, robocop, and total recall, director paul verhoeven has returned home to holland for his most experimental project of all the first usergenerated film, tricked. Inadvertently posing as evidence for auteur theory, its an. Jan 21, 2016 director paul verhoeven has returned home to holland for his most experimental project of all the first usergenerated film, tricked. Made as part of a yearlong online audienceparticipation stunt, with scenes and plot points based on user suggestions, paul verhoevens 53minute sexandbusiness farce tricked doesnt get within spitting distance of the subversive dutch masters best work, but the fact that its fastpaced and diverting rather than, say, a godawful mess is a credit to his skill at black comedy. Last man on the moon, paul verhoeven tricked hit theaters. The first five minutes of this comedicerotic thriller. The reknowned and occasionally reviled director pulls together a team of professionals to write, cast, and produce the first four minutes of a feature film. Feb 29, 2016 paul verhoevens tricked is a halfdocumentary, halfnarrative film operating off of an interesting whatif. Debuting his latest film at tribeca, director paul verhoeven took the stage on an almost apologetic note. Oct 21, 2014 paul verhoeven s latest film features a script written collectively by its audience. During the films otherwise superfluous makingof supplement, verhoeven talks about how he and screenwriter kim van kooten wrote a fourpage scenario that introduces eight characters. This unique feature begins with a documentary of tricked s production, pauls experience, which takes you through nine months of behindthescenes adventures, as the whole nation guided verhoeven in his project.
Tricked, an enjoyably soapy thriller, is for anyone who has wondered. Pauls experience, an approximately 30minute documentary that provides an inside look at verhoevens most extraordinary cinematic experiment, an experiment that even tops soderberghs grand lowbudget. A new trailer has arrived online for paul verhoeven s user generated experimental film tricked. Paul verhoeven is finally feeling like an artist with a purpose and point of view again. Shooting only four minutes of a prepared script, the remainder is culminated from thousands of part behindthescenes documentary, part narrative feature, paul verhoevens tricked is the result of an ambitious experiment in filmmaking. During his 50th birthday party thrown by his wife, remcos life takes a turn for the worse. Paul verhoeven, director of the film tricked poses at the tribeca film festival 20 portrait studio on april 22, 20 in new york city. The experience taught him the value of professionals, he tells emma jones. Like so many of his films, the verhoeven we met has himself been remade rejuvenated he claims, by the experience of making tricked the 50minutelong, partially crowdsourced film. Tricked is a brisk 50 minutes, but is paired with a less than illuminating documentary surrounding the films conception. Paul verhovens experimental film tricked was born out of a crowdsourcing campaign that allowed those who contributed to dictate where the story would go based off of a very brief four page outline written by kim van kooten. Gathering input from social media followers, verhoeven slowly crafts a film about wealthy head of the family, remco, whose world is slowly challenged by extramarital affairs and. Paul verhoevens crowdsourced thriller tricked has a. Paul verhoeven on tricked the director paul verhoeven discusses his latest project tricked, a film with a crowdsourced script.
Paul verhoeven demonstrates a real taste for unfortunate events as a means of creating humor. Tricked looks to be more in line with his basic instinct, a sexually. Apr 27, 20 debuting his latest film at tribeca, director paul verhoeven took the stage on an almost apologetic note. Plenty of submissions were made and from those submissions verhoeven and his team pulled ideas and worked them into what. Feb 04, 2016 opening on friday 226 at cinema village in manhattan, nyc. Thats exactly the mission of paul verhoevens basic instinct, total recall latest project, tricked. A behindthescenes promo doc called pauls experiencewhich, incidentally, rounds the.
Verhoeven basic instinct, total recall shoots four minutes of the film tricked. Tricked, a 55minute short film puffed up to featurelength by the addition of a halfhour behindthescenes featurette, is presented as a career rehabilitation of sorts. In 1969, he directed the popular dutch tv series, floris 1969, about a medieval knight. Paul verhoevens tricked is a halfdocumentary, halfnarrative film operating off of an interesting whatif. In the makingof documentary that precedes the film, verhoeven admits to nixing a popular suggestion to have the russian mafia kill off all of. The first section follows director paul verhoeven elle as he navigates the. Paul verhoeven s tricked which consists of two parts, tricked, a farce built from crowdsourced suggestions, and tricked. With his latest film project tricked, paul verhoeven worked with a list of screenwriters that rivaled the length of the script itself. Paul verhoeven is one of the best talkers in the business, often offering elaborate explanations for his most bizarre decisions as heard in many of his commentaries. Synopsis in the first part of paul verhoevens tricked, audiences are introduced to the unique conceit of the film. The first section follows director paul verhoeven as he navigates the production of a crowdsourced film.
Verhoeven is best known amongst film fans for directing deranged masterpieces like robocop, starship troopers, and total recall. The first five minutes of this comedicerotic thriller were written by a professional screenwriter and filmed by verhoeven. Turns out a crowdsourced paul verhoeven film is not. He entered the royal netherlands navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the navy and later for tv. The nice cast is another attraction of this underrated film. First trailer for paul verhoevens tricked flickering myth. Hollow man 2000 verhoeven ended his hollywood residency not with a bang, but with a sigh. Tricked directed by paul verhoeven now playing at cinema village a bit of preliminary barsetting. Paul verhoevens tricked kino lorber edu kino classics. In tricked verhoeven calls it my 14 12, like fellinis 8 12, the characterdriven story still relies on a visual effect the exposed behindthescenes process of filmmaking. The ninthhighestgrossing film of the year, the movie was a return to themes verhoeven had explored in turkish delight and the fourth man. It took a dozen years, two films and tens of thousands of citizen screenwriters, but here he is in new york. While paul verhoevens next proper feature length film will be the upcoming elle starring isabelle huppert, a few years ago he tried out a little experiment called tricked.
Verhoeven and his team then pieced together the rest of the plot from their submissions. During the films otherwise superfluous makingof supplement, verhoeven talks about how he and screenwriter kim van kooten wrote a. Split into two parts, the first details verhoevens experience on the crowdsourced project, while. Gathering input from social media followers, verhoeven slowly crafts a film about wealthy head of the family, remco, whose world is slowly challenged by extramarital affairs and shady backroom business deal.
After his string of subversive hollywood hits like basic instinct, robocop, and total recall, director paul verhoeven has returned home to holland for his most experimental project of all. The documentary is a 20 american documentary film directed by johnkeith wasson and jane wells. The independent critic paul verhoevens tricked opening. Paul verhoeven sprints through a farce in the crowdsourced tricked.
Opening on friday 226 at cinema village in manhattan, nyc. Part behindthescenes documentary, part narrative feature, paul verhoeven s tricked is the result of an ambitious experiment in filmmaking. During the film s otherwise superfluous makingof supplement, verhoeven talks about how he and screenwriter kim van kooten wrote a. All 16 paul verhoeven movies ranked from worst to best. Paul verhoevens tricked, a documentary and a farce. Apr 20, 20 thats exactly the mission of paul verhoeven s basic instinct, total recall latest project, tricked.
Part behindthescenes documentary, part narrative feature, paul verhoevens tricked is the result of an ambitious experiment in filmmaking. A film about a corporate bigwig whose former mistress shows up with a baby bump at his birthday party is preceded by a documentary about its. Apr 24, 20 paul verhoeven on tricked mekado murphy april 24, 20 the director paul verhoeven discusses his latest project tricked, a film with a crowdsourced script. As presented on kino lorbers new dvd release of the film, titled tricked although verhoeven refers to it in the film as 14 12, viewers are offered an 89minute feature presentation made up of both the 50minute short film, and a brief documentary segment outlining verhoeven s experiences making the project. Verhoeven followed those successes with the equally intense and provocative basic instinct 1992, an erotic thriller. Through interviews and various events taking place during the nine months of the production process, we look at the unique process behind the film. See tricked paul verhoevens crowdsourced thriller tribeca. Apr 23, 20 paul verhoeven, tricked director, on the robocop and total recall remakes by mike ryan new york, ny april 22. This unique feature begins with a documentary of trickeds production, pauls experience, which takes you through nine months of behindthescenes adventures, as the whole nation guided verhoeven in his project. But the latest project from verhoeven is the furthest thing from hollywood one could possibly imagine. Director paul verhoevens new movie is a thriller called tricked, although it is debatable whether the project really counts as the robocop and basic instinct auteurs new movie. A new trailer has arrived online for paul verhoevens user generated experimental film tricked.
During his 50th birthday party thrown by his wife, remcos life. The film itself, running at slightly less than a full hour in length, is paired with the michael greivedirected documentary tricked. Shooting only four minutes of a prepared script, the remainder is culminated from thousands of part behindthescenes documentary, part narrative feature, paul verhoeven s tricked is the result of an ambitious experiment in filmmaking. This unique feature begins with a documentary of trickeds production, pauls experience, which takes you through nine months of behindthescenes adventures. Active in both the netherlands and hollywood, verhoevens blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. With a brisk pace and exhilarating zigzag of a plot, tricked is a cliffhanger character drama that takes. Chiefly known for his hollywood output, which includes films such as robocop, basic instinct, total recall and showgirls, paul verhoeven is part of a distinguished lineage of european expats who have made the dream factory great. As presented on kino lorbers new dvd release of the film, titled tricked although verhoeven refers to it in the film as 14 12, viewers are offered an 89minute feature presentation made up of both the 50minute short film, and a brief documentary segment outlining verhoevens experiences making the project. Five questions with tricked director paul verhoeven. The first five minutes of this comedicerotic thriller were.
In tricked, paul verhoeven turns fans into writers a scene from paul verhoevens somewhat crowdsourced tricked. Hollow man was neither big enough or weird enough to provoke a wrathful response from the likes of the razzies, but time has nevertheless been far less kind to the film than to verhoevens other u. Steekspel tricked is about a real estate tycoon and womanizer. It documents human sex trafficking, and its presence within the united states, from the perspectives of the victims involved in sex trafficking, the johns who pay for the sex and the pimps responsible for instigating the illegal business. Paul s experience, an approximately 30minute documentary that provides an inside look at verhoeven s most extraordinary cinematic experiment, an experiment that even tops soderberghs grand lowbudget. I hope that you enjoy it, and will accept the moral choices i made while making the. Get tricked in trailer for paul verhoevens experimental new feature nick newman february 4, 2016 were excited enough for paul verhoeven s elle to name it one of our mostanticipated films of 2016, so consider us pleasantly surprised that another, newish work will be arriving even sooner. Paul verhoevens tricked 2012 international movie trailer stars peter blok. Apr 23, 20 paul verhoeven is finally feeling like an artist with a purpose and point of view again.
Director paul verhoeven basic instinct, total recall shoots four minutes of the film tricked, and crowdsources the remainder of the script. Paul s experience, a documentary about how that film was made. The second part presents tricked itself, a slickly realized thriller of lies and romantic betrayal. In this video interview at the tribeca film festival, the dutch director, best known in america for hollywood hits like robocop and basic instinct, discusses how he and his team assembled the crowdsourced work of multiple writers to create. Paul verhoeven is a dutch director, screenwriter and film producer. Paul verhoevens latest film features a script written collectively by its audience. During the party for his 50th birthday, organized by his wife ineke ricky koole, the life of remco takes a. Verhoeven directed it and it was a project he started, but he doesnt consider it one of his films. Tricked is a sexually charged comedy which includes a documentary on how the movie came to be before it even begins. Nov 26, 2012 like so many of his films, the verhoeven we met has himself been remade rejuvenated he claims, by the experience of making tricked the 50minutelong, partially crowdsourced film. Feb 04, 2016 while paul verhoevens next proper feature length film will be the upcoming elle starring isabelle huppert, a few years ago he tried out a little experiment called tricked. Paul verhoeven, tricked director, on the robocop and total recall remakes by mike ryan new york, ny april 22. This manifests itself not so much in stylistic terms tricked. Paul verhoeven on tricked mekado murphy april 24, 20 the director paul verhoeven discusses his latest project tricked, a film with a crowdsourced script.