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Basic Instinct (1992)

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I have not watched Basic Instinct in a long time. Saw the video essay below in my feed, which made me recall some good memories about the film. It is like a Hitchcockian thriller with some steamy segments starring Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Michael Douglas (again a perfect film for this tharki):

 

 

 

Is it one of your favorites? Have you guys seen this recently? How does it hold up now? ... For those who like their PQ quality to be the best, Studio Canal is launching or has launched it in 4K UHD as well

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2 minutes ago, zen said:

Is it one of your favorites? Have you guys seen this recently? How does it hold up now? ... For those who like their PQ quality to be the best, Studio Canal is launching or has launched it in 4K UHD as well

 

liked wild thing CLIPS more than this basic instinct :Giggity: :giggle:

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btw, I visited Studio Canal's website and found the below (would be releasing in cinemas in select countries): 

 

STUDIOCANAL today announce the 4K restoration of Paul Verhoeven’s (ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL, STARSHIP TROOPERS) BASIC INSTINCT. Commissioned by STUDIOCANAL, the film was restored through 2019 and 2020 from the original 35MM negative and supervised by the director himself, with invaluable input to the bonus material from Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas.  As boundary-pushing today as it was in 1992, BASIC INSTINCT redefined the erotic thriller subgenre and remains a must-see for audiences globally.

 

The film will soon be launched theatrically in France with STUDIOCANAL’s partners Carlotta, coinciding with the French home entertainment release (June 16th 2021), and will also be in cinemas from June 17th 2021 in Australia and New Zealand, followed by a theatrical release from Rialto Pictures in the US later this year. STUDIOCANAL will also launch the film on Ultra HD™, Blu-Ray, DVD and Steelbook editions in the UK (June 14th 2021), Germany (June 17th 2021), Australia (July 7th 2021) and New Zealand (July 14th 2021). 

 

 

RESTORATION DETAILS:

The aim was to create an image just as crisp as audiences had enjoyed in 1992. The first step was to scan the 35MM image negative of the film in 4K DPX LOG 16 bits on Scanity – but the restoration team at Hiventy Laboratory in Joinville-le-Pont noticed a problem with the negative.  STUDIOCANAL project manager, Sophie Boyer, explains – “we quickly realized that the negatives corresponded to the short version of the film. In addition, some shots from the most erotic scenes were censored in the United States. We went looking for these cuts: their negatives had disappeared, but we found them in the internegative. Thanks to this, we were able to restore the full length version of the film, the only version that Paul Verhoeven wanted to have restored.”

 

All damages on the negatives were identified: stains, scratches, dusty shots and instabilities. DIAMANT film software was used to remove these defects.  The laboratory undertook over 100 hours of manual removal of the dark stains.  Light filtering was applied to remove the superficial defects, with particular care taken to retain the grain and the texture of the original image. The film was colour graded for theatrical, home entertainment and 4K HDR release using previous digital releases and 35MM prints as a reference. The colour-grading required a painstaking homogenization between the different versions (the director’s cut vs. censored versions). The sound was similarly restored – the dynamic of the mixes was improved and the sync checked throughout, with corrections made using Protools plug-ins for a 5.1 + 2.0 version, from sources 3324.

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blu ray v 4k UHD (may not be 100% accurate but for a rough idea):

 

 

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On 6/15/2021 at 6:00 PM, zen said:

Michael Douglas gets to work in such films and also marries CZJ 

 

:protest:

 

got mouth cancer because of oral sex :hmmmm2:

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2 minutes ago, velu said:

 

got mouth cancer because of oral sex :hmmmm2:

 

Poor guy, fun to watch him on screen. I like many of his films including Romancing the stone, Black Rain, Coma, Traffic, etc. ... I like his dad's (Kirk Douglas) films more 

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1 hour ago, zen said:

 

Poor guy, fun to watch him on screen. I like many of his films including Romancing the stone, Black Rain, Coma, Traffic, etc. ... I like his dad's (Kirk Douglas) films more 

 

wall street :bike:

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8 minutes ago, velu said:

 

wall street :bike:


There are quite a few. There is Game as well (but do not recall it much now apart from key segments) 

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On 6/16/2021 at 2:40 PM, zen said:

 

Poor guy, fun to watch him on screen. I like many of his films including Romancing the stone, Black Rain, Coma, Traffic, etc. ... I like his dad's (Kirk Douglas) films more 

Yes, Kirk douglas was far better an actor. and also got to stare in many classics. spartacus is one that comes to mind, but so many others too.

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I was in school when it came out and took 2-3 shops  before someone would rent us the VHS . Star had just launched its service, back then star tv was English programming channels and mtv was all about music and bit of movies. As a young boy I wanted to watch Basic Instinct for obvious reasons but i remember enjoying the movie. 

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5 minutes ago, EnterTheVoid said:

Sharon Stone was duped into doing that scene.

 

She spoke of her shock afterwords. Bloody pervert director. 

I would love to know how a women in duped into taking off her panties and flashing while camera is rolling  

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