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Eyes Wide Shut
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kubrick was plain "out there" Here is another one of his films Clockwork Orange
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I thought it was great.
From a review:
"When Harford returns home to find Alice with the mask from his costume, he is unveiled. His horror at having risked everything that he loved for the sake of a prurient diversion is devastating. He does not lie, however. He confesses and asks Alice for her forgiveness, who earlier has confessed a dream that parallels Harford’s journey. Now, they can continue with their marriage, without any masks, with their eyes wide open. Their newly-found knowledge may be painful, but their marriage, Kubrick suggests in the abruptly truncated final scene, will in the long run be made stronger.Eyes Wide Shut is a largely visual work. The languid scenes at Ziegler’s party float along sensuously. The orgy, except for its post-hoc digital fig leaves, is an eerie visual masterpiece, with its monstrously carnal masks and garish colors. Every shot is painstakingly composed. Even the street signs comment on the story–one on the back exit of the jazz club where Harford meets Nightingale reads “All Exits Are Final.” The primary function of language is to enhance a mood. The words are frequently simple and repetitive, and yet musical, like Hal’s cadences in 2001: A Space Odyssey. In Eyes Wide Shut, Harford speaks deliberately, often repeating himself. He is in a daze, waking up from a lifetime of comfortable assumptions. The stilted dialogue adds to the feeling of confinement and disquiet. "
From a review:
"When Harford returns home to find Alice with the mask from his costume, he is unveiled. His horror at having risked everything that he loved for the sake of a prurient diversion is devastating. He does not lie, however. He confesses and asks Alice for her forgiveness, who earlier has confessed a dream that parallels Harford’s journey. Now, they can continue with their marriage, without any masks, with their eyes wide open. Their newly-found knowledge may be painful, but their marriage, Kubrick suggests in the abruptly truncated final scene, will in the long run be made stronger.Eyes Wide Shut is a largely visual work. The languid scenes at Ziegler’s party float along sensuously. The orgy, except for its post-hoc digital fig leaves, is an eerie visual masterpiece, with its monstrously carnal masks and garish colors. Every shot is painstakingly composed. Even the street signs comment on the story–one on the back exit of the jazz club where Harford meets Nightingale reads “All Exits Are Final.” The primary function of language is to enhance a mood. The words are frequently simple and repetitive, and yet musical, like Hal’s cadences in 2001: A Space Odyssey. In Eyes Wide Shut, Harford speaks deliberately, often repeating himself. He is in a daze, waking up from a lifetime of comfortable assumptions. The stilted dialogue adds to the feeling of confinement and disquiet. "
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