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![]() ![]() Kubrick's direction makes efficient use of all his trademarks and just like before, he manages to push forward the existing boundaries of the medium while adding a few innovative tricks into the filmmaking manual in the process. ![]() The entire film exhibits a sexually charged atmosphere and every single character inhabiting it has nothing but sex on his or her mind. Co-written, produced & directed by Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut is a film about sexual desires that's jam-packed with symbolism & metaphorical elements. Unable to get the image of his wife & the other man out of his head, he embarks on a night-long adventure during which he comes extremely close to cheating on his wife & also infiltrates a quasi-religious sexual ritual at a country mansion after learning about it from a friend. William "Bill" Harford whose life spirals out of control when his wife tells him about an erotic fantasy she had about another man which shatters his faith in her. Set in New York City, Eyes Wide Shut tells the story of Dr. And just like all of his reappraised works, is a classic that unveils more of its intricate layers on multiple viewings. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining & Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut marks the final entry in the decades-spanning, unprecedented & extraordinary filmmaking career of Stanley Kubrick. From the director behind influential masterpieces like The Killing, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. ![]()
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