Eye For Film >> Movies >> The Nasty Girl (1990) DVD Review
One run-of-the-mill trailer and a 20-minute interview aren't much to write home about, but writer/director Michael Verhoeven gives good value. He explains how the film was inspired by the real-life story of Anja Rosmus, a young West German woman who wrote a book about her hometown's attempts to hide its murky past during the Third Reich. Verhoeven met Rosmus and, as he puts it, "pestered" her to let him bring her story to the screen.
She agreed. He changed her name to Sonja and changed the location and decided to call it The Girl And The Town, which would have been a strong contender for the most boring title in movie history, before opting for The Nasty Girl.
Verhoeven touches on some aspects of his directorial style - the use of theatrical background sets and a scene in which Sonja's family drive through the town on a carnival float done up to resemble their living room - but at just 20 minutes the interview barely scratches the surface.
Reviewed on: 09 Mar 2005