Basic Instinct and the scandalous making of a zeitgeist-shifting bonkbuster
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Three decades ago, Paul Verhoeven directed Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in an erotic thriller so shocking, so violent and so sexually provocative that culture at large was never the same, writes Tom Fordy
Three decades ago, Paul Verhoeven directed Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in an erotic thriller so shocking, so violent and so sexually provocative that culture at large was never the same, writes Tom Fordy
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Basic Instinct
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Basic Instinct and the scandalous making of a zeitgeist-shifting bonkbuster
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Basic Instinct director denies Sharon Stone was tricked into nude scene
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Basic Instinct and the scandalous making of a zeitgeist-shifting bonkbuster
Total Film - Issue 322, March 2022