A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.
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“Basic Instinct is highly influenced by Touch of Evil - especially the camera movements. The technique of the fluid, continuous camera was already evident in film noir, of course, but in Touch of Evil that fluidity reached its apogee. Not editing, but mise en scène - that is what I have tried to approach with Basic Instinct.”
Paul Verhoeven1
“Basic Instinct figures not only fragmentation and contradiction in the construction of the female protagonist but also the contemporary male point of view that makes this ambiguity possible. The character's mysterious nature is inscribed in the narrative through the internal point of view of Nick Curran (Michael Douglas). The film turns male uncertainty in the perception of woman into an obsessive narrative principle, and narrativizes that perception through the character of Nick.”
Celestino Deleyto2
