The 4th Man Comments

  • Eleanora 2022-10-24 22:17:17

    There are too many straightforward metaphors, and I don't think there is any doubt about the so-called "scorpion girl" (maybe the director didn't shoot it). But the director's male identity anxiety has always been there. Female phobia, paranoia, witches and Maria's female cognition in the form of two evil girls and loving mothers (in the end, it slipped to the setting of bisexuality!?), fortunately the director did not write the most boring way (childhood shadows) ), some say like Hitchcock and...

  • Nico 2022-10-24 21:52:59

    Everything about Paul Verhoeven is so fascinating, and the religious and surreal elements in this one make the film even more interesting, and the audience and the protagonist step into this bizarre abyss, every shot and every detail. Captivating enough, psychologically oppressive and emotionally tangled, Verhoeven has the same ability to dominate audiences as his predecessor Hitchcock in this...

  • Mae 2022-10-24 20:50:27

    It's a good b-horror erotica. Verhoeven's work is fast-paced and never sloppy. The femme fatale) Handsome little fresh meat (after giving the male lead a mouthful in the cemetery, he will eat...

  • Augustus 2022-10-24 15:34:11

    This protagonist actually has the ability to be a symbol of Rong Gee's dream anytime and anywhere, and there is no doubt that the stand-in messenger... At first, I thought that when I was watching David Cronenberg, Verhoeven's strange romance is...

Extended Reading

The 4th Man quotes

  • Gerard Reve: I've seen you before.

    Herman: Oh yeah?

    Gerard Reve: At Amsterdam Central.

    Herman: That's possible... or someone else. I have a very plain face.

    Gerard Reve: It was you. I don't forget a body like yours.

  • Herman: I like you Gerard.

    Gerard Reve: Really? A dirty old man like me?

The 4th Man

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Language: Dutch Release date: March 24, 1983