Talk:Basic Instinct

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Contents 1 cult film? 2 Psychologist 3 Up her dress 4 umh 5 Palme D'Or

[edit] cult film?

Just wondering what the justification is for classifying this as a cult film? It doesn't really seem to make most lists of cult films in the articles and books I've read, and a google search doesn't turn up much. --Misterwindupbird 07:57, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

It is a cult movie.[1] --Mabm 12:58, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

my neighbour girl was some kind of jealous and told me that people which watch this movie (instead of doing other things) are funny /or maybe even stupid/; but I think there is something about it - one does not know if the woman in the main role is good or bad, and what's going on... one woman I know said about this movie that it is "very french" :-) --85.180.103.156 05:24, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Psychologist

I am always surprised that gays protested (or fell for a publicity stunt) about this film, but psychologists did not. The film presents psychologists as manipulative, unstable types.

[edit] Up her dress

Well she didn't think that a camera would be positioned to see up her skirt, but then why wasn't she wearing underwear? ... Going commando

Wouldn't you put on underwear if you THOUGHT the camera would go up your skirt? I know I would.

It's possible the underwear was removed to prevent "undie lines" being visible on the surface of the clothing, I suppose. Or, maybe that's what she was told, or whatever.

What I'm wondering is why she came back for the sequel if she was so mad at the director for that stunt. I probably would not have, personally. Runa27 05:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] umh

is there a comparison between this movie and the insider with al pacino? like a ,..iunno.. i jus need help.

[edit] Palme D'Or

I removed the mention to Jerry Goldsmith being "nominated for a Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival" for this film. Whoever wrote it has no knowledge of the functioning system of the Cannes Film Festival (or any film festival, for that matter). There's no such thing as nominations in this or that category in Cannes. If a film is in competition, it is assumed that it can be elected for any award that the jury chooses to give it. Besides, the Palme D'Or name refers solely to the maximum prize of the event. Actors, directors and such don't win Palmes D'Or for their given specific works in Cannes. A score award (which would be something extraordinary, given at the jury's convenience, since there's no regular award for that) would be referred to as simply a Best Score Award. If someone wants to reinstate the mention to Cannes 1992, it should read solely that the film was shown there in competition that year (where it won no awards). P.S. I know the mentioning of Goldsmith comes from Imdb, but Imdb is simply wrong in this case. I can't fix it easily there, but I can here, so... Cheers. JimboB 22:44, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I went to Imdb and saw where the mistake comes from. Somehow the page for the Cannes Film Festival 1992 mentions his name alongside with the film's name in the "Films in Competition" section, as if he were the director or producer (in Cannes, the former would be the correct, since they credit mostly the director for the film's accomplishments over there; it's the director who receives the main prize, the Palme D'Or, not the producer, as in the Academy Awards). Since Goldsmith's only the soundtrack composer, this is just blatantly wrong. I'll try to contact Imdb, so it gets changed there. Cheers. JimboB 22:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC)