Wat zien ik (1971)

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Writers:

Albert Mol (novel)
Gerard Soeteman (writer)

Release Date:

10 September 1971 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Blonde Greet is an experienced, but kind hearted, prostitute in the Red Light District of Amsterdam...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Train Station | Market | Blind Date | Red Light District

Cast

Ronnie Bierman	...	Blonde Greet
Sylvia de Leur	...	Nel Muller - Haar van boven
Piet Römer	...	Piet
Jules Hamel	...	Sjaak
Bernard Droog	...	Bob de Vries
Eric van Ingen	...	Klant Albert - Doctor-scene
Wim Kouwenhoven	...	Klant
Ton Lensink	...	Klant - Witch scene
Henk Molenberg	...	Klant - Cleaning scenes
Allard van der Scheer	...	Klant - School scene
Jan Verhoeven	...	Klant - Chicken-scene
Helmert Woudenberg	...	Klant - First one
Trudy Labij	...	Prostitute
Kika Mol
Dini de Neef	...	Older prostitute

Also Known As:

Any Special Way
Business Is Business
Diary of a Hooker (USA)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:R | UK:18 (video rating) (2002) | UK:X (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Rob Houwer Productions

Trivia:

Paul Verhoeven's first feature film and Gerard Soeteman's first feature film script.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Allemaal film: De gouden jaren (#1.3)" (2007)

A Verhoeven movie that should be forgotten.

I'm not really sure what to think about this movie. I'm still trying to figure out what exactly 'the point' of this movie was. It seems like Paul Verhoeven himself also agrees with this; This movie should be forgotten.

For a comedy it simply is not funny enough and for a drama it ain't heavy enough. It's a incoherent mess of sometimes intended funny scene's and intended dramatic one's. Neither style really works out an 100% and the end result is an unpleasant movie to watch that's neither really funny or dramatic.

Also a bit of a problem is the story itself, it's not realistic and highly unlikely all. The actors are quite good, I mean there are some big Dutch names in here but none of the characters are really any good or likable enough.

I always used to think that it was a awesome thing that a distant relative of mine, Henk Molenberg played in a Verhoeven movie. He is even on the cover of the movie. But than I saw the role he played...ha-ha I'm almost embarrassed now, he plays the customer of Greet who loves to clean while wearing pumps and nothing much else and when he doesn't clean good enough he loves to get slapped with a carpet-beater. Yeah weird I know, there are several other weird 'sex-fantasy' scene's like this, with different costumers that are just too odd to find amusing.

The way Amsterdam is filmed is quite good actually and one of the few things that I enjoyed about this movie. The cinematography is from Jan de Bont and one of his assistants is Theo van de Sande, two well known Hollywood names now.

A movie not worth seeing, even not if you're a Verhoeven fan.

4/10