BASIC INSTINCT: Cannes Heat at FOMO Cinema Tbilisi

FOMO Cinema Presents: CANNES HEAT

Summer has finally arrived, so FOMO is bringing CANNES HEAT to the big screen: a week of scandalous, divisive, sexy and seductive films that shocked audiences, split critics and turned desire into cinema history.

BASIC INSTINCT

Paul Verhoeven | 1992 | USA/France | 2h08m | Presented in the original English audio with English subtitles

BASIC INSTINCT begins with a murder, an ice pick, and a bestselling crime novelist who may have written the killing before it happened. Michael Douglas plays Nick Curran, a San Francisco detective investigating a brutal death that leads him to Catherine Tramell, played by Sharon Stone in the performance that made her a star.

The controversy started before the film even reached cinemas. LGBTQ+ activists protested its depiction of bisexual and lesbian characters, arguing that Hollywood was once again linking queer desire with danger and violence. Then came the sex, the interrogation scene, the censorship fights, the interviews, the arguments about exploitation, and the question of how much control Stone really had over one of the most famous moments in modern screen history.

Verhoeven takes the old noir setup of the dangerous woman and pushes it into a glossy, expensive, very early 90s fever. BASIC INSTINCT is lurid, stylish, nasty and knowingly excessive, with Stone turning Catherine into one of the most controlled and unreadable figures in mainstream American cinema.

When BASIC INSTINCT premiered at Cannes in 1992, the reaction was intense. Michael Douglas later described watching it with that audience as overwhelming, and you can understand why. On a giant Cannes screen, with all that sex, violence, moral panic and Sharon Stone in full command, the film didn’t just arrive. It detonated.

Screening: 21:00 Thursday 4 June
FOMO Cinema Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi

FOOD AND DRINK POLICY: FOMO Cinema Lounge Bar opens 1 hour before the first screening of the day and closes at 02:00, serving a wide selection of beer, wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic refreshments including coffee and tea, as well as fresh hot popcorn! Outside food is allowed in the bar but not in the cinema. No alcohol from outside allowed. All guests are invited to arrive early and stay late!

LOCATION: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.

HOW TO FIND FOMO: Enter Bazari Orbeliani via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left to Level 1. Signage on the door. You can also check our Instagram story highlights for a video showing exactly how to find us:
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