There is perhaps no film director in history more shrouded in myth, conspiracy, and "what ifs" than Stanley Kubrick.The guy has so many legends about him that you'd kind of believe anything said about him because he's just such a staggering figure in film history.Kubrick is so legendary that even his films are shrouded in mystery and lore, especially his final film, Eyes Wide Shut. It was released months after the legendary director's sudden death in 1999, and there are conspiracy theories around it, ranging from the idea that Kubrick was killed by the Illuminati for it to the idea that he never got to finish editing it.And there might be some truth in one of those ideas...According to Todd Field—who starred in the film as Nick Nightingale before becoming the acclaimed director of Tár and In the Bedroom—the version we know might just be a rough draft.In a recent report by Indiewire, Field suggested that had Kubrick lived, the film would have looked different.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comThe "First Cut" TheoryThe official narrative around the movie has always been that Kubrick delivered a cut of Eyes Wide Shut to Warner Bros. executives and stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman on March 2, 1999—just six days before he passed away.Warner Bros. has maintained that this was the final version, with no frames removed (aside from the digital figures added to the orgy sequence to secure an R rating in the U.S.). We should probably get a cut with all that...
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