Salon.com > Kate Beckinsale http://www.salon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 13:05:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “Total Recall”: A sci-fi classic, reloaded http://www.salon.com/2012/08/02/total_recall_a_sci_fi_classic_reloaded/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/02/total_recall_a_sci_fi_classic_reloaded/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12970872 The original Arnold Schwarzenegger “Total Recall” from 1990 – and let’s admit that applying the word “original” to any Schwarzenegger movie, especially that one, feels weird – marked the apogee of director Paul Verhoeven’s meteoric Hollywood career. I still think film history will vindicate Verhoeven as a singular and important figure, who bridged the gap between 1970s European art-house film and big-budget spectacle cinema. (You can find my now-ancient essay in defense of Verhoeven's oeuvre and significance here.) A dedicated ironist and formalist whose work always has a dark, Freudian undercurrent, Verhoeven was following in the footsteps of Alfred Hitchcock and Brian De Palma, but just as clearly paving the way for Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder.

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