Erotic Movie of the Week - Basic Instinct

Image by K嘛 via FlickrAfter giving you a few obscure erotic movies, I've swung back to a popular one this week: the 1992 classic Basic Instinct. This thriller starred Michael Douglas as a cop with many demons investigating Sharon Stone (in a superstar making role), who is a writer. This movie was very controversial at the time of its release; not for the sex scenes (although a couple were cut short for theatrical release) but for showing a bisexual as a sociopath. Gay activists protested outside theaters during its opening weekend and shouted out the movie's ending, in a vain attempt to get people to not see the movie. It didn't work.
The movie was box office gold. It spawned a really REALLY bad sequel many years later, along with many rip-offs; I mean, imitators. The movie still stands the test of time and has one of the most iconic scenes in movie history: Sharon Stone being interrogated while sitting in a chair in a tight white dress uncrossing her legs in front of a bunch of very horny old white guys.
I say that you don't see the original version and go for the unrated directors cut. You'll get the complete sex scenes that were cut in the theatrical version. For instance, the theatrical version opening scene where a blonde woman is stabbing her lover while having sex in bed cut the part where the blonde is riding the guy while she's stabbing him. It's erotic and disturbing at the same time. The theatrical version also cut a lot of the scene where Michael Douglas throws Jeanne Tripplehorn around and takes her up the ass, much against her will. Also, the main sex scene when Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone first have sex is a lot longer in the directors cut.