Basic Instinct (1992)








San Francisco detective Nick Curran is put on he case of the murdered rock star Johnny Boz. Author Catherine Tramell is the main suspect, she was the last person who saw Boz alive and in one of her books she describes a murder similar to the killing of Boz. Nick has an affair with Catherine, but the killing goes on. Eventually also his ex-partner and current psychiatrist Beth is suspected.


Books with substantial mentioning of Basic Instinct

Linda Ruth Williams
The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema
Edinburgh, 2005

Jürgen Müller
Filme der 90er
Köln-London-Madrid-New York-Paris-Tokyo, 2001

Dawn B. Sova
Forbidden Films, Censorship Histories of 125 Motion Pictures
New York NY, 2001

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1993, A Survey of the Films of 1992
Pasadena, Ca.; Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993

Books related to Basic Instinct

Richard Osborne
Basic instinct, A novel
New York, 1992

Articles on Basic Instinct

Hannah McGill, Take your pick, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 10 (October), 2012 pp. 10-11

Articles with an entry on Basic Instinct

John Caps, Soundtracks 101, Essential movie music: a listener's guide, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (Nov/Dec), 2003 pp. 31-49



Year: 1992
Country: United States
United Kingdom
France
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0103772
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