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(In particular, they were inspired by the climate in Texas during the 1990вЂ™s under then-Governor George W. When asked about the movieвЂ™s prescience, especially in light of responses to TrumpвЂ™s victory, Verhoeven made it clear that the film was based on what he and Neumeier were observing in American politics at the time. So we got away with it because nobody saw it.вЂќ Verhoeven added that once a Sony executiveВ saw the film, she said to him, вЂњbut these are Nazi flags.вЂќ Verhoeven laughed, вЂњI remember saying, вЂYeah, but they are a different color, really.'вЂќ вЂњNobody looked at the rushes because they had no time because they were fired every three, four months. вЂњWe succeeded to do this movie, that is so subversive, and politically incorrect Sony changed every three, four months,вЂќ said Verhoeven.

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Verhoeven says the only reason he was able to get away with making the вЂњmost expensive art movie ever made,вЂќ was that during the two years he was making it Sony was going through tremendous turmoil in their executive ranks - constantly switching studio bosses, having gone from Marc Platt, to Mark Canton, to Bob Cooper to John Calley and Amy Pascal in a very short period. Watching the film today, 19 years removed, it is hard to understand how people missed VerhoevenвЂ™s obvious satiric perspective, with its heightened artifice, campy performances, propaganda newsreels and clear references to Nazi flags and uniforms. At the time, criticsВ didnвЂ™t see the double narrative and panned the film for advocating the very the neo-Nazi tendencies Verhoeven and Neumeier were actively trying to skewer. READ MORE: Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast вЂ“ Paul Verhoeven Refuses to Let Himself Be Censored By Critics (Episode 12) вЂњOur philosophy was really different ,we wanted to do a double story, a really wonderful adventure story about these young boys and girls fighting, but we also wanted to show that these people are really, in their heart, without knowing it, are on their way to fascism,вЂќ Verhoeven said. The idea behind вЂњTroopers,вЂќ according to Verhoeven, was to create a story that вЂњseduced the audienceвЂќ on one level, but then make it clear to the audience what they were admiring was actually evil. Verhoeven added thatВ HeinleinвЂ™s philosophy was fascistic for the director,В as well as screenwriter Ed Neumeier, theirВ film was having an open fight with the novel.

Lincoln CenterвЂ™s Dennis Lim, Paul Verhoeven, actor Casper Van Dien (вЂњJohnny RicoвЂќ) discuss вЂњStarship TroopersвЂќ

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