I'd recommend it - to you anyway. The plot was intelligent in a Hitchcock way, and there were several visual games. I also found it appealing because it was about sexual attraction in/of the mind (rather than body). Her lines (especially when she was describing her fantasies) were quite sexy.
I know people tend to associate Basic Instinct with sex scenes but I don't think the (few) bed scenes were particularly extreme, they were normal and affectionate (excluding the scene between Michael Douglas and Jeanne Tripplehorn, and a similar situation in the second film). The only thing unusual compared to other films was that the woman had an active role. The second film in particular is more about people having fantasies than actually showing them getting up to stuff in bed.
I disagree with the poster above who said the first film was misogynistic, I thought the opposite, and with this one even more so - by having a leading woman who is clever and sexy (or sexy through being clever) and in many ways superior to the male character, and the male character aspiring to be her, and by focussing on her getting pleasure.
I don't want to give too much away yet, but it's one of those films I'd enjoy discussing if anyone was up for it.
One thing that is bothering me: The print he had on the wall ("Ich rieche Blut") - does anyone know what it was from? (Is it a film or book reference?)
I bet Zizek would love it.
I know people tend to associate Basic Instinct with sex scenes but I don't think the (few) bed scenes were particularly extreme, they were normal and affectionate (excluding the scene between Michael Douglas and Jeanne Tripplehorn, and a similar situation in the second film). The only thing unusual compared to other films was that the woman had an active role. The second film in particular is more about people having fantasies than actually showing them getting up to stuff in bed.
I disagree with the poster above who said the first film was misogynistic, I thought the opposite, and with this one even more so - by having a leading woman who is clever and sexy (or sexy through being clever) and in many ways superior to the male character, and the male character aspiring to be her, and by focussing on her getting pleasure.
I don't want to give too much away yet, but it's one of those films I'd enjoy discussing if anyone was up for it.
One thing that is bothering me: The print he had on the wall ("Ich rieche Blut") - does anyone know what it was from? (Is it a film or book reference?)
I bet Zizek would love it.
