Basic Instinct
Paul Verhoeven / US, FR, 1992 / 128 min.
A drug addicted detective, a hyper-intelligent femme fatale, explicit sex scenes and Los Angeles as its backdrop: Basic Instinct was the most talked about 1990’s neo-noir thriller. Starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone and an ice pick. 4K restoration.
In the 1990s, Paul Verhoeven scored global hits with his Hollywood films Basic Instinct and Total Recall. Both have since been digitally restored and will be screened at Eye as a double bill – in Cinema 1, naturally. The films can also be watched individually.
In Basic Instinct Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) investigates the bloody murder of a pop star in LA. The latter’s girlfriend, Catherine Tramell, a mystery thriller author, is the main suspect. Tramell seems almost untroubled by her lover’s death. The murder was committed using an ice pick which just happens to echo a scene in Trammel’s most recent novel. Curran interrogates the hyperintelligent seductress Tramell incapable of avoiding her devious snares.
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Director
Paul Verhoeven
Production year
1992
Country
US, FR
Original title
Basic Instinct
Length
128 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
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