I wonder what Kubrick was thinking about when he made this film?
Overlong, slow paced, normally something I detest, but there were some
interesting moments, especially the millionaire sex club scene -
some of the masks they wore were very creative and bizarre. I did
experience a letdown when Cruise was informed of the fake nature of
the threats against him. Seems there could have been some exciting
plot elements developed here, but they were innocously explained away by
Pollock. Ergo, no real climax. I predicted a lot of things; in particular
Cruise's real/fake wife's declaration to copulate at the end of the film. In reality,
would a successful doctor storm off into the night after his wife
confessed some sexual fantasy and her desire live it? Sort of
an improbable reaction IMO. And never have I seen Cruise make so many
confused, contorted faces in a film! Did Kubrick want to imply some
sort of correlation between Cruise's faces and the sex cult masks?
Were the masks symbols of the fantasies Tom and Nichole were having
to confront and overcome to reestablish their relationship? In the
final analysis, this film is a mixed bag, one that had a lot of
potential, but sadly fell short. - AH
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Topic - "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - AudioHead 10:41:40 10/16/00 (49)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - super8 08:56:51 10/23/00 (1)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - Victor Khomenko 09:42:31 10/23/00 (0)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - Justin Doring 13:50:57 10/18/00 (39)
- Thank you, Justin - Tyson 03:14:40 10/24/00 (27)
- Nothing To Get - AudioHead 07:27:36 10/24/00 (7)
- Re: Nothing To Get - Dmitry 07:41:07 10/24/00 (6)
- Re: Nothing To Get - Victor Khomenko 08:08:39 10/24/00 (2)
- Re: Nothing To Get - Dmitry 17:06:07 10/24/00 (1)
- Re: Nothing To Get - Victor Khomenko 05:29:18 10/25/00 (0)
- Re: Nothing To Get - AudioHead 07:58:47 10/24/00 (2)
- Re: Nothing To Get - Dmitry 17:30:40 10/24/00 (1)
- Re: Nothing To Get - AudioHead 12:09:45 10/25/00 (0)
- Bravo! - Dmitry 06:52:43 10/24/00 (18)
- Ooops - wrong! - Victor Khomenko 08:04:17 10/24/00 (4)
- Re: Ooops - wrong! - Dmitry 17:23:47 10/24/00 (3)
- Re: Ooops - wrong! - Victor Khomenko 18:17:25 10/24/00 (2)
- Re: Ooops - wrong! - Dmitry 18:47:33 10/24/00 (1)
- Getting more right - Victor Khomenko 05:22:42 10/25/00 (0)
- Thanks, (more analysis - long. . . .) - Tyson 07:49:33 10/24/00 (12)
- Re: Thanks, (more analysis - long. . . .) - Dmitry 18:22:25 10/24/00 (2)
- Thanks, again. . . . - Tyson 01:32:31 10/25/00 (1)
- Re: - Dmitry 06:09:05 10/25/00 (0)
- Re: Thanks, (more analysis - long. . . .) - Victor Khomenko 11:14:57 10/24/00 (1)
- Well Said! <Nt> - AudioHead 13:44:20 10/28/00 (0)
- Re: Thanks, (more analysis - long. . . .) - Victor Khomenko 10:33:11 10/24/00 (3)
- Interesting. . . . - Tyson 01:14:23 10/25/00 (2)
- Re: Interesting. . . . - Victor Khomenko 06:06:32 10/25/00 (1)
- Ooops... It is Lessing, not Gessing. - Victor Khomenko 14:33:51 10/25/00 (0)
- Re: Thanks, (more analysis - long. . . .) - AudioHead 08:58:36 10/24/00 (2)
- I am curious. . . . - Tyson 10:09:15 10/24/00 (1)
- Re: I am curious. . . . - AudioHead 11:01:59 10/24/00 (0)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - AudioHead 09:39:10 10/22/00 (0)
- thank god - Scott 08:29:03 10/20/00 (1)
- Re: thank god - AudioHead 10:30:25 10/22/00 (0)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - petew 17:45:39 10/18/00 (1)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - Victor Khomenko 19:11:23 10/18/00 (0)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - edta 17:34:30 10/18/00 (5)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - Victor Khomenko 19:16:33 10/18/00 (4)
- Which Kubrick flics do you consider great? - edta 19:54:18 10/19/00 (3)
- Re: Which Kubrick flics do you consider great? - Victor Khomenko 05:13:32 10/20/00 (2)
- Re: Which Kubrick flics do you consider great? - edta 17:38:18 10/20/00 (1)
- Careful here... speak in low voice - Victor Khomenko 18:46:07 10/20/00 (0)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments -- I stayed awake, but just barely. - Bruce from DC 07:53:57 10/18/00 (0)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - petew 14:45:13 10/17/00 (3)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - Victor Khomenko 17:52:54 10/17/00 (0)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - Rod M 17:46:35 10/17/00 (1)
- LOL! - Stephen Hayes 19:38:21 10/17/00 (0)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - Stephen Hayes 12:04:41 10/17/00 (0)
- Re: "Eyes Wide Shut": Comments - W7VS 21:54:28 11/21/00 (0)
- Yawn.... - Victor Khomenko 12:34:15 10/16/00 (0)