According to Paul Verhoeven, Hollywood has a basic problem: There’s not enough sex onscreen.The era of the erotic thriller is all but forgotten, with sensuality giving way to Marvel movies and watered-down studio films.
But “Showgirls” and “Basic Instinct” director Verhoeven isn’t letting steamy cinema go down without a fight.“Sex is the essence of existence,” the filmmaker, whose 2021 “Benedetta” is now releasing in the U.K., told The Times.
“Without it, there are no species anymore.
So why is that a big secret? There is a new purity.”The “Benedetta” director made headlines last year for depicting a lesbian nun masturbating with a crucifix, among other Nsfw (and arguably blasphemous) sequences.
Verhoeven, whose upcoming film “Young Sinner” reportedly is a return to form as an erotic thriller in the vein of “Basic Instinct,” blamed the Church for snuffing out sex in films.Verhoeven said that “the
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