Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick's Swan Song

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  @BroeyDeschanel · 4 years ago · pinned

  Guys I don't actually think org*es are bad lmao. I was trying to be hilarious.

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  @AcolytesOfHorror · 4 years ago

  The way Kubrick&apos;s actors speak so highly of a man who often made them miserable reminds of when I was a freshman in college, performing in this play being directed by someone I now realize was having a mental breakdown. (We spent 6 hours of tech rehearsal on the first page alone.) Many of my castmates remember her as an abusive tyrant, and she probably was, but in a fucked up way it&apos;s one of my favorite acting experiences. Most of my actor/director relationships have been pretty formal and professional. Clock in/clock out kinda thing. With her, there was something intimate about the way she expected us to pour out our deepest vulnerabilities and mix it in with hers. Her obsessiveness made that play The Most Important Thing In Our Lives for a few months, and I&apos;ll always feel connected to everyone who worked on it in ways I don&apos;t with most other artistic collaborators.<br> <br>I don&apos;t mean to defend tyrannical behavior. She was fired shortly after and totally deserved it. Just thinking aloud about some confusing feelings those kind of stories always dig up for me. <br><br>Great work, as always!

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  @SukieOOO · 4 years ago

  Eyes wide Shut &nbsp;gives me the exact same feeling i get when watching The Shining , no other two films have that feeling

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  @jennynorberg6122 · 4 years ago

  I watched this film many years ago and completely forgot about the plot (besides the BIG BAD), but I still vividly remember the uncomfortable, weird feeling I had afterwards, like I had accessed a secret part of my brain..

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  @poindextertunes · 4 years ago

  I feel like EWS is the most realistic horror film thats ever been made. the real horrors of the world. the club none of us are in

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  @Oggydog313 · 3 years ago

  Why was the dude so obsessed that Stanley didn’t care if he was a Jew.

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• ZA

  @zachnew3102 · 4 years ago

  I think Tom Cruise&apos;s scoiciopathy is what makes him such a good actor

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  @laartwork · 4 years ago

  The movie suffered from celebrity backlash. But they were both great in it. <br>Tom Cruise&apos;s quiet and still inner rage as he hears her fantasy is amazing acting.

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  @pinkyhc4130 · 4 years ago

  Oh thank goodness someone is finally going to explain this movie to me.

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• FL

  @fledglingbodhisatva4821 · 3 years ago

  Kubrick’s intention was never to faithfully reproduce a story. It was to embed his hidden story within the illusion of someone else’s.

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  @TheLastOfTheRockstarsU2 · 4 years ago

  I disagree entirely that Tom retreated into action films after eyes was shot. I think the work he did in that next 5 to 6 years was actually the most interesting work of his career. With films like Magnolia and vanilla sky and minority report and the last samurai and collateral. All of which his characters have no resemblance to each other. I think it’s the best streak he ever put together

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  @marinaserina2658 · 4 years ago

  I had no idea eyes wide shut was so hated by critics. I watched it when I turned 18 and I didn&apos;t like it but I couldn&apos;t stop watching. Now I rewatch once a year lol, and as I get older I feel something new

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