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These scenes are from Basic Instinct, a cop-and-copulation thriller starring Michael Douglas as a San Francisco detective on the trail of a serial killer and Sharon Stone as a bisexual novelist, a suspect in the case, with whom he has a convulsive affair...
...years ago, directors and reviewers raised a ruckus about the X ratings given such critically acclaimed independent fare as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover. After much debate, and the likelihood that a major-studio film (Universal's Henry & June) would get an X, the film industry's rating board altered the label to NC-17. The idea was to remove the stigma of pornography that the X rating bore and allow serious filmmakers to explore provocative styles without worrying that the parents of a 14-year-old might be offended...
...rate is less than 7 out of 10. Police complain that they have so many killings to investigate that they must concentrate on the simplest cases and put more complex slayings on the back burner. The consequences can be grievous. FBI behavioral-science experts suspect that at least one serial killer contributed repeatedly to New York City's 1991 death toll of more than 2,200. But the suspect -- or suspects -- remains at large because detectives have little time to compare notes...
DAYS OF OUR LIVES: ONE STORMY NIGHT (NBC, Jan. 10, 8 p.m. EST). Just before presenting the annual Soap Opera Digest awards, NBC tries something new: a special prime-time episode of its popular daytime serial. Hold your breath: if it scores well in the ratings, nighttime may soon be awash in soapsuds...
...drama -- quick, affectless riffs and crosscuts of action in an ambisexual world of AIDS, serial killers and arrestingly etched violence. Playwright Brad Fraser's theme was the anomie that makes it easier to couple in the dark than to voice one's feelings. His underlying mantra: "Everybody lies...