Michael Douglas returned to Cannes and remembered 'Basic Instinct' scandalizing the festival in 1992: “Seeing a lot of those sex scenes on the Grand Palais’ huge screen, it was a little overwhelming for a lot of people.'
Considered genre-defining or high camp depending on who you ask, Douglas said the project was “unique, even for France,” during a conversation in Cannes on Wednesday.
“Basic Instinct” followed a weary homicide detective investigating a successful crime writer . The film was initially given an NC-17 rating, but was downgraded to an R after studio lobbying. A scene where Stone flashes detectives in a police interview is one of the contemporary film’s most memorable scenes and is still referenced and parodied.
“There was a little controversy over [that] because it was made for cable TV and it was released as a feature film here in France,” Douglas recalled. In a nod to the festival’semerging tech, he said: “The reality is now, in streaming, they are making movies. If you are fortunate enough, you can contractually get them to require the movie to play in a theater for one week. You cannot underestimate streaming.
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