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You Don't Nomi

It's written as if this movie is about to be a great success, and this is going to bea...

Nayman:
It's written as if this movie is about to be a great success, and this is going to be
a chronicle of its success

Full Transcript

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Nayman: It's written as if this movie
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is about to be a great success,
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and this is going to be a chronicle of its success.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:56
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.
In my book I describe it as like reading a brochure - You Don't Nomi 00:05
In my book I describe it as like reading a brochure
Schmader: And it's gotten more valuable - You Don't Nomi 00:11
Schmader: And it's gotten more valuable
But the essays are, - You Don't Nomi 00:12
But the essays are,
It's invaluable for all those times - You Don't Nomi 00:07
It's invaluable for all those times
What the fuck was he thinking?" And this dossier is the closest - You Don't Nomi 00:05
What the fuck was he thinking?" And this dossier is the...
Except, of course, that the movies really, uh, suck! - You Don't Nomi 00:05
Except, of course, that the movies really, uh, suck!
Schmader: Paul verhoeven accepted his worst film, - You Don't Nomi 00:11
Schmader: Paul verhoeven accepted his worst film,
I got seven of the worst awards, - You Don't Nomi 00:09
I got seven of the worst awards,
If you make a movie that everybody considers as bad, - You Don't Nomi 00:14
If you make a movie that everybody considers as bad,
Schmader: At the time, it seemed really healthy, - You Don't Nomi 00:10
Schmader: At the time, it seemed really healthy,
I used a style - You Don't Nomi 00:09
I used a style
The best comparison would be to look at, - You Don't Nomi 00:09
The best comparison would be to look at,
That was perhaps difficult, at that time, - You Don't Nomi 00:07
That was perhaps difficult, at that time,
I mean, that's another theory. - You Don't Nomi 00:05
I mean, that's another theory.
Nayman: Even in trying to write about the relationship - You Don't Nomi 00:10
Nayman: Even in trying to write about the relationship
Nayman: There's a queer line that runs through the movie - You Don't Nomi 00:11
Nayman: There's a queer line that runs through the movi...
Baume: The parallels between "showgirls" - You Don't Nomi 00:11
Baume: The parallels between "showgirls"
That is something that a lot of queer people do. - You Don't Nomi 00:04
That is something that a lot of queer people do.
They leave whatever unfortunate circumstances are behind, - You Don't Nomi 00:19
They leave whatever unfortunate circumstances are behind,
Another reason that nomi resonates is because - You Don't Nomi 00:05
Another reason that nomi resonates is because