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His wife’s secret dream
Sends doctor on odyssey
Stumbles on sex cult
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EYES WIDE SHUT:
His wife’s secret dream
Sends doctor on odyssey
Stumbles on sex cult
This episode of my web series is about Kubrick's interest – or rather obsession – with Arthur Schnitzler's Traumnovelle, the literary source of Eyes Wide Shut. I will take you back in time to bring to the surface what lies beneath Kubrick's laborious work on his final, and most personal, film.
It's a 30-minute video, so you might want to save this for later. Thanks for watching!
Preliminary Round, Group 9
Citizen Kane (1941)
Darling (1965)
Gandhi (1982)
Belfast (2021)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Top two vote-getters will move on to the next round. See pinned post for all groups!
Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999).
So, because I'm a beautiful woman, the only reason any man wants to talk to me is because he wants to fuck me? Is that what you're saying?
Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick (1999)
Daisy Miller (1974). In this comedy of manners, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure out the bright and bubbly Daisy Miller, only to be helped and hindered by false judgments from their fellow friends.
Notoriously, Peter Bogdanovich made this movie as a vehicle for his then-girlfriend, Cybill Shepherd, which is in no means the worst part of this movie at all. As somebody who likes the novella quite a lot, I really enjoyed Shepherd’s take on Daisy, but the film struggles in a lot of other areas, to the point it never quite lifts off the ground. Barry Brown’s performance is pretty flat, and the pacing felt off to me overall. It’s average at best, but Shepherd does briefly shine. 6/10.
Mark Wallace: [Joanna has returned from an affair] “Hello.” Joanna Wallace: “Hello.” Mark Wallace: “Well?” Joanna Wallace: [softly, on the verge of tears] “I'm back.” Mark Wallace: “Enjoy yourself?” Joanna Wallace: [nods] “Yes, thank you. But I *missed* you.” [Mark sarcastically rolls his eyes, not believing her] Joanna Wallace: “I *did*.” Mark Wallace: “Why?” Joanna Wallace: “Because he's so serious.” Mark Wallace: “I thought you liked people who were serious.” Joanna Wallace: “But he's *so* serious. Mark Wallace: “Well, I'd better make some funny faces...” Joanna Wallace: [softly] “You don't need to make funny faces.” [Mark gives no response] Joanna Wallace: “Mark, I'm back!” Mark Wallace: “You humiliate me. You humiliate me... and then you come back.” Joanna Wallace: [nods tearfully] “That's right.” Mark Wallace: “Thank God!”
[he hugs her and they tearfully kiss]
Two For The Road (1967)
Produced and Directed by Stanley Donen
Written by Frederic Raphael
“What kind of people just sit like that without a word to say to each other?”
“Married people?”