Director Paul Verhoeven discusses his 1987 film 'RoboCop' after a screening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Verhoeven demonstrated his ability to deliver both genre thrills and serious social commentary in this prescient and disturbing look at the rise of the corporate police state. In a dystopian, futuristic Detroit, a nefarious megaconglomerate unveils the latest in crimefighting technology: part cyborg, part revivified corpse of a police officer (Peter Weller) slain in the line of duty, RoboCop at first seems a surefire success—until he rebels against his programming. This scifi pulp masterpiece is packed with both inventive filmmaking—a grimy, cyberpunk look; satiric news broadcasts; chilling pointofview shots—and provocative ideas about corporate takeover, the militarization of the police force, and the relationship between man and machine.

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