There are very few movies with extensive lore, the way people talk about Eyes Wide Shut. I mean, there's an entire part of the internet that thinks it's a documentary that got Stanley Kubrick killed.But what I'm more interested in is unpacking the movie in more scholarly ways, although I do love a conspiracy theory.So today, we're going to go over the dreamlike pacing, masked rituals, and Christmas-lit paranoia to peel back the layers of this Kubrickian classicAnd we'll also talk about the film's controversial ending and its meaning. Plus, we go over that infamous final line.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comEyes Wide Shut Plot In order to dissect the ending, I think we should quickly go over the plot of the movie.Eyes Wide Shut follows Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) and his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), during the Christmas season in Manhattan. It's clear they're having marital issues, but are trying to keep it together for their daughter.After attending a party where each of them flirts with people, they have a drug-fueled late-night argument where Alice confesses to a past, intense sexual fantasy about a naval officer. She admits she would have abandoned her family for him.This revelation shatters Bill’s masculinity. He tells her the pot is making her aggressive, and heads out into the New York night to clear his head.Of course, New York at night is filled with interesting people, and Bill has some strange encounters with all of them. He has a somber visit with a grieving...
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