With Michael Douglas' sexy trilogy of FATAL ATTRACTION (1987), BASIC INSTINCT(1992) and DISCLOSURE (1994), American pop noir hit a real hot streak about 25 years back. This week, we discuss the genre hybrid that introduces a flawed Douglas protagonist to his match/demise in the femme fatale's of Glenn Close, Sharon Stone and Demi Moore. On an episode that's real steamy and just as political, we've got a guest to boot.
3:35 - FATAL ATTRACTION, and how Glenn Close wins and loses big
20:35 - Can this podcast handle BASIC INSTINCT?
28:05 - Birth Movies Death writer Jacob Knight guests as our Verhoeven scholar
50:54 - DISCLOSURE won't let you ignore its reactionary politics
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