BUSINESS IS BUSINESS

BUSINESS IS BUSINESS (WAT ZIEN IK), 1971
Netherlands | DVD, Color, 90’ | Dutch
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Ronnie Bierman, Sylvia de Leur, Piet Römer, Jules Hamel

Paul Verhoeven’s first feature film, Business is Business signals the formation of his artistic aesthetic and is the first notable instance of his treatment of the male/female relationship, a theme to which he would return in greater depth in subsequent movies. Blonde Greet is an experienced, but kind hearted, prostitute in the Red Light District of Amsterdam. When Greet meets the married Piet, they feel a great attraction for each other. But life is not like a Hollywood movie in the streets of Amsterdam.