The 4th Man (1983) De vierde man
The 4th Man (1983)
DVDRip | AVI | 720x448 | XviD @ 1500 Kbps | 98 min | 1,19 Gb
Audio: Nederlands AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
DVDRip | AVI | 720x448 | XviD @ 1500 Kbps | 98 min | 1,19 Gb
Audio: Nederlands AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Gerard Reve (novel), Gerard Soeteman
Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman
This stylish erotic thriller gained a cult following for its frank treatment of bisexuality, bizarre visuals, and an extremely sexy performance by Renee Soutendijk as a woman who may or may not have killed her three previous husbands. Jeroen Krabbe is terrific as the intended fourth, a broken-down bisexual writer who is pulled into Soutendijk's web like an unsuspecting fly. Bloody and erotic, De Vierde Man will also interest fans of director Paul Verhoeven, who returned to many of the same themes in his smash American hit Basic Instinct.
IMDB - 4 wins
Well known for being something of a run-through for the infamous Basic Instinct (1992), The Fourth Man (1983) remains one of maverick director Paul Verhoeven's greatest works. Like Basic Instinct, The Fourth Man blends sex and death in a delicious cocktail of mystery, suspense and exaggerated imagery; telling a story of seduction and paranoia through the eyes and mind of an unreliable narrator. In this instance, Gerard Reve; an alcoholic writer of lurid pulp fiction, who in the film's subtle and darkly sardonic opening sequence, staggers out of bed, naked and hung-over, and - in a scene of quiet confusion and matter of fact precision - garrottes his homosexual lover to the point of asphyxiation. Right from the start, Verhoeven is skilfully introducing those aforementioned themes of sex and death, as well as establishing the air of incredibly dark humour, symbolism and that sense of blurring the lines between fact and fiction to near incomprehensible levels of uncertainty, all of which will permeate the film's very core.
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The 4th Man (1983) De vierde man
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