148. Paul Verhoeven: Katie Tippel

<p>Before Paul Verhoeven was Hollywood’s pervert-auteur of choice, he was making massive hits in Dutch cinema like this episode’s focus, <em>Katie Tippel</em>. 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 <em>Tippel</em>’s world, the surprisingly modern-feeling period filmmaking, and lots of nudity.</p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/brofromanother/film/katie-tippel/"><u>Adam Nayman on </u><em>Katie Tippel</em></a></p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/byap/film/mahjong/"><u>Ben’s review of </u><em>Mahjong</em></a></p><p>Jump rope double dutch style in our FREE patreon, discord server, and our socials @ <a href="http://www.deepcutpod.com"><u>www.deepcutpod.com</u></a> </p><p><strong>Timestamps:</strong></p><p>00:00:00 Intro</p><p>00:03:51 Summary, context, and general reactions</p><p>00:19:08 Verhoeven&#39;s worldview</p><p>00:33:43 Prostitution and sexuality</p><p>00:48:47 Historical films and the feeling of modernity</p><p>01:04:00 Exploitation?</p>