The 4th Man ★★★½ Die Vierde Man 1979 Steeped in saturated colors and jet black comedy, with an atmospheric score, Verhoeven's nouveau noir mystery enjoyed considerable art-house success but was not released in the US until 1984. The story is decidedly non-linear, the look stylish and symbolic. Krabbe is an alcoholic bisexual Catholic writer who inadvertently becomes the hypotenuse of a love triangle involving Herman, a young man he encounters at a railway station, and his lover Christine, who owns the Sphinx beauty parlor and whose three husbands died, shall we say, mysteriously. In Dutch with English subtitles. 102m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. NL Jeroen Krabbe, Renee Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman, Jon (John) DeVries, Geert De Jong;
Director:
Paul Verhoeven;
Writer:
Gerard Soeteman;
Writer:
Jan De Bont;
Cameo:
Loek Dikker. L.A. Film Critics '84: Foreign Film.
