Basic Instinct (1992)

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Wikidata Q146673, film, IMDb tt0103772, TMDB 402: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 5 more episodes agree.

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What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

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Led to

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Babygirl: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Basic Instinct ⇒ Babygirl (the maker said so: Halina Reijn, interviewed on the episode). Reijn set out to converse with the 90s and early-2000s sexual thrillers she loved but found sexist.
    “I wanted to be in conversation with all the sexual thrillers that I so loved in the 90s and the early 2000s, but then I also thought were incredibly sexist and not human.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:16:04 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

Body of Evidence: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (genre copy): Basic Instinct ⇒ Body of Evidence (the host's read). Mid-90s sexy noir all followed Basic Instinct; Madonna's version was a spoof-level bust.
    “That was literally like a basic instinct spoof.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:22:30 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

Color of Night: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (genre copy): Basic Instinct ⇒ Color of Night (the host's read). Bruce Willis's Color of Night was another Basic Instinct era noir with a famous full-frontal moment.
    “Everyone, remember Bruce Willis did that movie where he showed his penis?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:21:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Connected to

Babygirl: 3 lines contrast ×2 lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Babygirl → Basic Instinct. Reijn set out to converse with the 90s and early-2000s sexual thrillers she loved but found sexist.
    “I wanted to be in conversation with all the sexual thrillers that I so loved in the 90s and the early 2000s, but then I also thought were incredibly sexist and not human.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:16:04 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

In the Cut: 2 lines contrast ×1 craft ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Basic Instinct → In the Cut. Every sex scene in Basic Instinct carries the threat of murder; In the Cut's are intimate and real.
    “But the undertone of every sex scene or basic instinct is, is she about to murder him?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:14:55 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)

Body of Evidence: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (genre copy): Body of Evidence → Basic Instinct. Mid-90s sexy noir all followed Basic Instinct; Madonna's version was a spoof-level bust.
    “That was literally like a basic instinct spoof.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:22:30 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

Color of Night: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (genre copy): Color of Night → Basic Instinct. Bruce Willis's Color of Night was another Basic Instinct era noir with a famous full-frontal moment.
    “Everyone, remember Bruce Willis did that movie where he showed his penis?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:21:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Decision to Leave: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (comparison): Decision to Leave → Basic Instinct. Sean likens Decision to Leave to Park's version of Basic Instinct, a perfectly directed little romantic noir.
    “I liked this one as like his basic instinct, you know, like, this is a perfectly directed little romantic noir.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:45:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Do the Right Thing: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (moral-panic parallel): Do the Right Thing → Basic Instinct. Basic Instinct raised concern about its effect, a different kind of fear than Do the Right Thing.
    “There was concern, though, about whether or not basic instinct was going to what effect it was going to have.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:13:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Hot Shots! Part Deux: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Basic Instinct → Hot Shots! Part Deux. Basic Instinct's sex is a parody, like the sex scene in Hot Shots.
    “It's like the fucking sex scene from hotshots part.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:15:07 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Internal Affairs: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Internal Affairs → Basic Instinct. Offered as a double-feature partner for Internal Affairs: a Basic Instinct coded movie.
    “Pretty good coded, basic instinct coded movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:06 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael Douglas: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Michael Douglas → Basic Instinct. Douglas discovered a dark streak with Basic Instinct, a genre he excels in.
    “And and then he discovered basic instinct.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Michael Madsen: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Michael Madsen → Basic Instinct. Madsen could have played the Michael Douglas part in Basic Instinct.
    “Like Madson could have been the Michael Douglas basic instinct part.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:22:58 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)

The Ice Storm: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Basic Instinct. Ryan says mass media (Basic Instinct) taught him about sex, like the kids learning from TV in this film.
    “mass media had taught me like the basic instinct and whatnot had taught me everything I needed to know.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:48:57 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Total Recall: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Total Recall → Basic Instinct. Total Recall predates Sharon Stone's appearance in Basic Instinct (a question about Verhoeven's intent).
    “The predates her appearance and basic instinct?”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:36:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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career (2)

  1. career (career): Michael Douglas → Basic Instinct. Douglas discovered a dark streak with Basic Instinct, a genre he excels in.
    “And and then he discovered basic instinct.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Total Recall → Basic Instinct. Total Recall predates Sharon Stone's appearance in Basic Instinct (a question about Verhoeven's intent).
    “The predates her appearance and basic instinct?”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:36:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (4)

  1. contrast (contrast): Babygirl → Basic Instinct. Babygirl is divisive because it borrows the erotic-thriller look but is not Basic Instinct.
    “One of the reasons why I think it's so divisive is, this is not basic instinct.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:05:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Babygirl → Basic Instinct. No Sharon Stone throat-slashing here; the thriller stakes are only a fall from power.
    “there's no Sharon Stone slashing someone's throat.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:05:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Basic Instinct → In the Cut. Every sex scene in Basic Instinct carries the threat of murder; In the Cut's are intimate and real.
    “But the undertone of every sex scene or basic instinct is, is she about to murder him?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:14:55 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Basic Instinct → Hot Shots! Part Deux. Basic Instinct's sex is a parody, like the sex scene in Hot Shots.
    “It's like the fucking sex scene from hotshots part.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:15:07 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): In the Cut → Basic Instinct. In the Cut's sex scenes are very intimate and real, unlike Basic Instinct's.
    “The sex is very intimate and real.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:15:22 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Internal Affairs → Basic Instinct. Offered as a double-feature partner for Internal Affairs: a Basic Instinct coded movie.
    “Pretty good coded, basic instinct coded movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:06 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Babygirl → Basic Instinct. Reijn set out to converse with the 90s and early-2000s sexual thrillers she loved but found sexist.
    “I wanted to be in conversation with all the sexual thrillers that I so loved in the 90s and the early 2000s, but then I also thought were incredibly sexist and not human.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:16:04 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

theme (5)

  1. theme (genre copy): Color of Night → Basic Instinct. Bruce Willis's Color of Night was another Basic Instinct era noir with a famous full-frontal moment.
    “Everyone, remember Bruce Willis did that movie where he showed his penis?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:21:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. theme (genre copy): Body of Evidence → Basic Instinct. Mid-90s sexy noir all followed Basic Instinct; Madonna's version was a spoof-level bust.
    “That was literally like a basic instinct spoof.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:22:30 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Basic Instinct. Ryan says mass media (Basic Instinct) taught him about sex, like the kids learning from TV in this film.
    “mass media had taught me like the basic instinct and whatnot had taught me everything I needed to know.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:48:57 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. theme (moral-panic parallel): Do the Right Thing → Basic Instinct. Basic Instinct raised concern about its effect, a different kind of fear than Do the Right Thing.
    “There was concern, though, about whether or not basic instinct was going to what effect it was going to have.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:13:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. theme (comparison): Decision to Leave → Basic Instinct. Sean likens Decision to Leave to Park's version of Basic Instinct, a perfectly directed little romantic noir.
    “I liked this one as like his basic instinct, you know, like, this is a perfectly directed little romantic noir.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:45:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Michael Madsen → Basic Instinct. Madsen could have played the Michael Douglas part in Basic Instinct.
    “Like Madson could have been the Michael Douglas basic instinct part.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:22:58 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Basic Instinct: The Rewatchables Basic Instinct episode did surprisingly well on YouTube.
    “For some reason, did really well on YouTube, that episode.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:53 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

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