Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Classic party scenes (2): Basic Instinct



It's 1992 and cop Michael Douglas pursues suspect psycho Sharon Stone into a San Francisco club with sex, drugs and pumping sounds by Channel X (Rave the Rhythm) and LaTour (Blue). Jacques Peretti once characterised this as 'The Citizen Kane of club scenes... in which Michael Douglas, playing an Andrew Neil-lookalike in V-neck jumper and no shirt (a sweaty fashion detail signifying middle-aged man smelling out sex) watches Sharon Stone, who taunts his manhood by indulging in a faux-lesbian sex dance'.

Apparently this scene was not filmed in a real club but on a Hollywood film set inspired by the Limelight Club in New York.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

95% it is DV8, south of Market, owned by Dr. Winky

Anonymous said...

I always heard it was filmed at the Trocadero Transfer. I remember DV8 and the ceiling seemed a bit low for what's shown in the movie scene.