Showgirls Director Says He Made It Over The Top On Purpose
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Director Paul Verhoeven spoke with Rolling Stone about his 90’s cult classic, Showgirls, and had this to say about it:
I always felt that it was what you might call a hyperbolic approach to filmmaking. Yes, it was over the top. And that was on purpose. The environments were very flashy. There were too many lights, too many idiotic things, and too much Vegas — not only in the surroundings, but “Vegas” in the way the people behaved, in the dialogue, in the acting. As for the finished product: I thought it was perfect.
The new slugline for a re-release of the film has to be Showgirls: So Bad, It’s Perfect.
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