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You Don't Nomi

I don't think that mgm thoughtthey were gonna fill 3,000 theaters of peoplegoing to see...

I don't think that mgm thought
they were gonna fill 3,000 theaters of people
going to see "showgirls" to have reality
reflected back at them

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I don't think that mgm thought they were gonna fill
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3,000 theaters of people going to see "showgirls"
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to have reality reflected back at them.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:07
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Grade Five Films,XYZ Films

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Movie Summary

Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don't Nomi traces the film's redemptive journey from notorious flop to cult classic, and maybe even masterpiece.
It's sort of supposed to be an escape, - You Don't Nomi 00:08
It's sort of supposed to be an escape,
Are the mirrors here better, - You Don't Nomi 00:10
Are the mirrors here better,
In all the years that I've been a critic, - You Don't Nomi 00:07
In all the years that I've been a critic,
And I always wondered, you know, - You Don't Nomi 00:35
And I always wondered, you know,
It's drearily pedestrian and mainstream. - You Don't Nomi 00:05
It's drearily pedestrian and mainstream.
It pretends that the open display of body parts and sex - You Don't Nomi 00:11
It pretends that the open display of body parts and sex
In its basic structure, it's as formulaic - You Don't Nomi 00:10
In its basic structure, it's as formulaic
But, you know, then you have - You Don't Nomi 00:07
But, you know, then you have
Nayman: Paul verhoeven basically invented the idea - You Don't Nomi 00:06
Nayman: Paul verhoeven basically invented the idea
You know, his biography is really fascinating - You Don't Nomi 00:16
You know, his biography is really fascinating
And so verhoeven, who, you know, came out of the box - You Don't Nomi 00:16
And so verhoeven, who, you know, came out of the box
It's not that it's necessarily a hostile or a repressive place, - You Don't Nomi 00:13
It's not that it's necessarily a hostile or a repr...
A film like "turkish delight” is not gonna pass unnoticed, - You Don't Nomi 00:06
A film like "turkish delight” is not gonna pass unnotic...
I mean, it got an Oscar nomination, - You Don't Nomi 00:08
I mean, it got an Oscar nomination,
"Spetters,” which is about three young men - You Don't Nomi 00:21
"Spetters,” which is about three young men
Not a film that is itself homophobic, - You Don't Nomi 00:05
Not a film that is itself homophobic,
Verhoeven's Dutch films are the work of somebody - You Don't Nomi 00:15
Verhoeven's Dutch films are the work of somebody
It's funny that for a lot of European filmmakers, - You Don't Nomi 00:06
It's funny that for a lot of European filmmakers,
In verhoeven's case, it's semi where he kind of got sent to - You Don't Nomi 00:08
In verhoeven's case, it's semi where he kind of go...
And then you have this whole second cycle, - You Don't Nomi 00:22
And then you have this whole second cycle,