Eyes Wide Shut
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ResidentAlien said:
Oh, it coincidentally happened 666 days prior to the new millennium.
so wah mu
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Who Grant?
...similar to Bitter Moon. Roman Polanski me thinks. Never thought much about this guy Hugh grant in a minor role in this film. Always thought of him as a wet blanket. Not my wet blanket i must add.
Still what a great film.
Full of strange twists and turns, brilliant acting from the other cast members too. Really shows the constant changing phases of relationships, and the warped and depraved behaviour some show towards each other when the relationship sours.
A compelling yarn, and thoroughly recommend this film to anyone with half a brain.
...like that kid in 6th sense who messes with his dads shotgun.
...similar to Bitter Moon. Roman Polanski me thinks. Never thought much about this guy Hugh grant in a minor role in this film. Always thought of him as a wet blanket. Not my wet blanket i must add.
Still what a great film.
Full of strange twists and turns, brilliant acting from the other cast members too. Really shows the constant changing phases of relationships, and the warped and depraved behaviour some show towards each other when the relationship sours.
A compelling yarn, and thoroughly recommend this film to anyone with half a brain.
...like that kid in 6th sense who messes with his dads shotgun.
Joe Brody
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Couple of things:
1. How I've missed this thread I don't know.
2. No contest between Kidman and Holmes. Kidman has a brain.
3. . . .and Kidman looks fantastic in this movie. Kubrick may have botched this movie but there's some great Kidman.
4. Only thing worse than a whining b*tch . . . . it's one that b*tches from the grave.
1. How I've missed this thread I don't know.
2. No contest between Kidman and Holmes. Kidman has a brain.
3. . . .and Kidman looks fantastic in this movie. Kubrick may have botched this movie but there's some great Kidman.
4. Only thing worse than a whining b*tch . . . . it's one that b*tches from the grave.
Joe Brody said:
I was thinking the same thing. Kubric conspiracy theory aside, I'd like your interpretation of this masterpiece.
Joe Brody
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Pale Horse said:
Rightly or wrongly, I have to admit that I'm a basher. I'm a literalist -- and all the stuff at the end, for me, was just too staged and contrived. Using bodies is good cheap filler in a lot of film (notably, in war movies including Full Metal Jacket), but in EWS the staged bodies just seemed forced . . . and fake. I don't see how Kubrick can peg all those languid bodies at the end on Cruise/Kidman (not to mention some of earlier silly scenes).
But even amid some of the more adsurd scenes in the middle of the film, I recall there being a Shining-type suspense. Years ago, I remember being preoccupied by what Kidman was going to do to Cruise. The pending consequences for Cruise's inevitable misdeeds were more important and more interesting that what was on the screen.
I don't know if this makes any sense. In other words, EWS had Shining-like suspense by negative implication. But instead of the Shining's mountainous void -- the EWS viewer is left with the silly nocturnal scenes.
But I'll say it again, watching Kidman is worth the price of admission.
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agentsands77
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I always thought that this article offered a very interesting interpretation of EYES WIDE SHUT.