Review of Eyes Wide Shut (1999) by Dairia — 31 Aug 2019

Ive always wanted to be in a cult but obviously not one where you are intimate with someone but more sorority cult bit like dead poets society. I love the sublime experience of the film.

He is in a world which his own fantasies have created although he never succumbs to temptation.

The film is not about sex, or even about infidelity, it’s about wealth, power, corruption at its core, and class distinction.

A great epitaph for a great director, Stanley Kubrick, who passed away shortly after Eyes Wide Shut was finished. Critics panned what they couldn't understand - a movie, subtly and ingeniously directed, reflecting the lifestyle of the rich and famous, and the influence of paganism in contemporary society, through the worship of Satan. The nudity in the movie emphasises the immorality and depravity that exists among the rich and famous.

Personally, I wouldn’t class this as an erotic movie, it has adult content and lots of nudity but it’s more about controlling desires, sexuality and trust rather than eroticism. Starting off in a warm fuzzy this creates a dreamy, affluent and seemingly carefree world where the background colours reflect the current plot mode, green for jealousy etc, as the story unfolds. Well written and directed with amazing camera work [albeit in a TV format], this never really reaches a ‘run’ tending to stroll along at an even pace which is all part of its charm, although many may complain that it is slow and plodding.