Has anybody seen "Turkish Delight" (1973)?

avocadojoe Sophomore @avocadojoe Posts: 367 Likes: 159	Has anybody seen "Turkish Delight" (1973)? Aug 22, 2020 10:03:28 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by avocadojoe on Aug 22, 2020 10:03:28 GMT Starring Rutger Hauer and directed by Paul Verhoeven... What did you think of it?

petrolino Revered Member "People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore.” - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. @petrolino Posts: 27,826 Likes: 21,325	Has anybody seen "Turkish Delight" (1973)? Aug 22, 2020 10:23:45 GMT avocadojoe likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by petrolino on Aug 22, 2020 10:23:45 GMT Yes. Excellent film.
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Has anybody seen "Turkish Delight" (1973)? Aug 22, 2020 11:15:10 GMT

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Martin Scorsese was working in Netherlands several years earlier with Surinamese director Pim De Parra on 'Obsessions' (1969). Scorsese was high on Woodstock and keen to ride the "sex wave" he'd heard about, having abandoned his plans to become a priest. Paul Verhoeven's controversial melodrama 'Turkish Delight' inspired De Parra's influential political horror 'My Nights With Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie' (1975).

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Has anybody seen "Turkish Delight" (1973)? Aug 22, 2020 20:37:50 GMT via mobile

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Aug 22, 2020 11:15:10 GMT petrolino said:

Martin Scorsese was working in Netherlands several years earlier with Surinamese director Pim De Parra on 'Obsessions' (1969). Scorsese was high on Woodstock and keen to ride the "sex wave" he'd heard about, having abandoned his plans to become a priest. Paul Verhoeven's controversial melodrama 'Turkish Delight' inspired De Parra's influential political horror 'My Nights With Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie' (1975).

I can understand Scorsese's zeal and feeling inspired. "Turkish Delight" would be able to excite somebody. Never an earthier film was ever made. I love that quality.

Rutger Hauer was stupendously charismatic. With eyes of plutonium blue! Wow! I need to watch "Soldier of Orange".