Before Paul Verhoeven was Hollywood’s pervert-auteur of choice, he was making massive hits in Dutch cinema like this episode’s focus, Katie Tippel. Ben’s main question for this episode: what is Paul Verhoeven’s worldview? To answer, the Deep Cut trio explores the economic and sexual exploitation of Tippel’s world, the surprisingly modern-feeling period filmmaking, and lots of nudity.

Links:

Adam Nayman on Katie Tippel

Ben’s review of Mahjong

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:51 Summary, context, and general reactions

00:19:08 Verhoeven's worldview

00:33:43 Prostitution and sexuality

00:48:47 Historical films and the feeling of modernity

01:04:00 Exploitation?

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