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Eyes Wide Shut
(1999)
Cruise.
Kidman. Kubrick.
Director: Stanley Kubrick, rated R for language,
sexual content, nudity
  Starring:
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson,
Rade Šerbedžija, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Cumming, Sky du
Mont, Fay Masterson, Leelee Sobieski
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★☆☆
- great
"Bill, I don't think
you realize how much trouble you got yourself into last night
just by going over there. Who do you think those people were?
Those were not just some ordinary people." – Victor
Ziegler
Why watch this? It's
an erotic journey, wrought with excitement and real danger.
Plot Summary:
The story follows a New York City doctor whose life is upended
after his wife admits to having past unfaithful thoughts.
Plunged into a spiral of jealousy and obsession, he embarks on a
surreal, night-long odyssey through the city's sexual
underworld. His journey eventually leads him to a secretive,
masked gathering of a mysterious elite, where he quickly finds
himself in dangerous territory.
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Dad's Preview:
Films that hint at secret societies, and the private
whims of the rich, have always frightened me. I am sure
there is a bit of truth to the tales. This story, as
seen through a young doctor's eyes, descends into the
elite underworld of sexual depravity. The sect's
architects can spot an intruder from a mile way, then
trap the victim in their web. This film, one of Stanley
Kubrick's best, creates titillation (that draws us in)
and emotional dread (something bad is coming), akin to
the best of film's erotic thrillers. We ask, "What makes
a man, with a beautiful spouse (played by his real-life
wife at the time, Nichole Kidman), seek new, dangerous
erotic adventures?" The answer is the theme of the film:
Like Eve's apple, we have to sample the object of
our temptation... regardless of the consequences. |
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Stanley
Kubrick Prod., Pole Star,
Hobby Films; Warner Bros.
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