Eyes Wide Shut

[commonpeople]

Comments

[verybadhorse]

i am a kubrick fan, and was really disappointed by this film. underwhelmed. it seemed like a lot of hype about an extreme, risque sexual subculture which, to me, seemed pretty unimaginative. then again, maybe the illuminati is boring to me. i know tom cruise is.

[commonpeople]

I really liked the film at the time - but I felt the hype had done it disservice. It was a very academic film - I agree with the author in the first article I linked to that it feels very closed in, with tons of symbolism. I need to revisit it and see how I'd feel about it today. Its trailer seems a bit dated...

[olamina]

Precipitated? I think you mean "commemorated". Dude has three failed marriages under his belt. It was just a matter of time.

[commonpeople]

True! I went looking for their divorce date after your comment and it was about two years after the release of this film. That's a lifetime in Hollywood.