Quote of the Day, You Volunteered To Write A Screenplay For Paul Verhoeven, Scooter McGee edition.

Don’t be surprised when that particular path takes you to weird places:

[Paul Verhoeven’s upcoming film Benedetta] is based on the book by Judith C. Brown. The screenwriter of the film, Gerard Soeteman, has distanced himself from the project because he “is very unhappy with the director’s emphasis on the sexual aspect of the true life story of a lesbian nun in the Renaissance.”

After all, ‘messing with the book’ is pretty much Verhoeven’s thing. You think he was gonna stop doing that? For Heaven’s sake: why?

Moe Lane

PS: You can watch the trailer at the GeekTyrant link. I’m not putting it up here out of prurient interest: when you promise me ‘lesbian nun erotic thriller,’ I expect at least cleavage. Which is, I suppose, the exact opposite of Soeteman’s objections.

One thought on “Quote of the Day, You Volunteered To Write A Screenplay For Paul Verhoeven, Scooter McGee edition.”

  1. Browsing the deep end of the free movie selection on the TV I came across – IIRC – Nude Nuns with Big Guns. I haven’t had 2 hours alone to see if it fulfills it’s titular (Ha) promises.

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