Basic Instinct - A Tense Exchange Between Two Characters
Gus:
Where the fuck you been? I've been over to your place.
Nick:
Easy, cowboy, easy. I wasn't there.
Gus:
I went over last night, too.
Nick:
Well, I wasn't there either.
Gus:
You fucked her! Goddamn dumb sonofabitch! You fucked her! Goddamn, you are one dumb sonofabitch!
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Basic Instinct - Exploring Emotions After a Tragic Event
Nick:
How did you feel when I told you Johnny Boz had died, that day at the beach?
Catherine:
I felt somebody had read my book and was playing a game.
Nick:
But you didn't hurt.
Catherine:
No.
Nick:
Because you didn't love him.
Catherine:
That's right.
Nick:
Even though you were fucking him.
Catherine:
You still get the pleasure. Didn't you ever fuck anybody else while you were married, Nick?
Lt. Walker:
How did you know he was married?
Catherine: [She lights a cigarette for herself]
Maybe I was just guessing. What difference does it make? Would you like a cigarette, Nick?
Corelli:
Do you two know each other?
Nick:
No.
Catherine:
No.
Lt. Walker:
How did you meet Mr. Boz?
Catherine:
I wanted to write a book about the murder of a retired rock and roll star. I went down to his club. I picked him up. Then I had sex with him.
Lt. Walker:
You didn't feel anything for him. You just had sex with him for your book.
Catherine:
In the beginning. Then I got to like what he did for me.
Gus:
That's pretty cold, ain't it, lady?
Catherine:
I'm a writer. I use people for what I write. Let the world beware.
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Basic Instinct - Questioning Drug Use and Intimacy
Gus:
Did you ever use drugs with Mr. Boz?
Catherine:
Sure.
Gus:
What kind of drugs?
Catherine:
Cocaine. Have you ever fucked on cocaine, Nick?
Catherine:
It's nice.
Nick:
You like playing games, don't you?
Catherine:
I have a degree in psychology, it goes with the turf... Games are fun.
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Basic Instinct - The Art of Believable Deception
Gus:
It must really be somethin -- makin stuff up all the time.
Catherine:
Yeah. It teaches you to lie.
Gus:
How's that?
Catherine:
You make stuff up, it has to be believable. It's called suspension of disbelief.
Gus:
I like that. "Suspension of Disbelief.
Nick:
What's your new book about?
Catherine:
A detective. He falls for the wrong woman.
Nick:
What happens?
Catherine:
She kills him.
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Basic Instinct - Exploring the Mind of a Killer
Dr. Lamott:
I see two possibilities. One: The person who wrote this book is your murderer and acted out the killing described in ritualistic, literal detail. Two: Someone who wants to harm the writer read the book and enacted the killing described to incriminate her.
Nick:
What if the writer did it? What are we dealing with?
Dr. Lamott:
You're dealing with a devious, diabolical mind. You see, this book had to have been written at least six months, maybe even years before it was published, which means that the writer had to have at least planned the crime in the subconscious, back then. Now the fact that she carried it out indicates psychopathic obsessive behavior in terms not only of the killing itself but also in terms of applied advance defense mechanism.
Gus:
You know, sometimes I can't tell shit from shinola, Doc. What was all that you just said?
Beth:
She intended the book to be her alibi.
Dr. Lamott:
Correct.
Beth:
She's going to say: Do you think I'd be dumb enough to kill anyone in the exact way I described in my book? I wouldn't do that because then I'd know I'd be the suspect.
Nick:
So what if it's not the writer? What if it's, uh, someone who read the book?
Dr. Lamott:
You're dealing, then, with someone so obsessed that he or she is willing to kill an irrelevant and innocent victim in order to place the blame on the person who wrote that book. I'm talking about a deep-seated, obsessional hatred and an utter lack of respect for human life.
Gus:
So we've got a once-in-a-lifetime, top-of-the-line, looney-tooney the way you cut it -- that's what you're saying, right, Doc?
Dr. Lamott:
You're dealing with someone very dangerous and very ill.
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Basic Instinct - Casual Attitude Towards Relationships and Intimacy
Nick:
How long were you dating him?
Catherine:
I wasn't dating him. I was fucking him.
Nick:
What are you, a pro?
Catherine:
No, I'm an amateur.
Nick:
How long were you having sex with him?
Catherine:
About a year and a half.
Nick:
Were you with him last night?
Catherine:
Yes.
Gus:
Did you leave the club with him?
Catherine:
Yes.
Nick:
Did you go home with him?
Catherine:
No. We had a drink at the club. We left together. He went home and I came out here.
Nick:
Was there anyone with you last night?
Catherine:
No, I wasn't in the mood last night.
Nick:
Let me ask you something, Ms. Tramell? Are you sorry he's dead?
Catherine:
Yeah. I liked fucking him. Look, I don't really feel like talking anymore.
Gus:
Listen lady, we can do this downtown if you want.
Catherine: [A long pause]
So read me my rights and arrest me and then I'll go downtown. Otherwise, get the fuck out of here. Please.
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Basic Instinct - Unexpected Discoveries in a Crime Scene
Andrews:
There's cum stains all over the sheets.
Nick:
Very impressive.
Gus:
He got off before he got offed.
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