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Sydney Pollack | ... | ||
Marie Richardson | ... | ||
Rade Serbedzija | ... |
Milich
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Todd Field | ... | ||
Vinessa Shaw | ... | ||
Sky du Mont | ... |
Sandor Szavost
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Fay Masterson | ... | ||
Leelee Sobieski | ... | ||
Thomas Gibson | ... |
Carl
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Madison Eginton | ... |
Helena Harford
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Jackie Sawiris | ... |
Roz
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Leslie Lowe | ... |
Illona Ziegler
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Peter Benson | ... |
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After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister. Written by garykmcd
I admire the work of Stanley Kubrick very much. All his films remain in my mind with a vitality far beyond most of the other work I see, even though the details of the films are often boring or inscrutable.
Eyes Wide Shut is no exception - there were many times in the movie where I could find no meaning or interest in an individual moment, but the overall experience is a lingering one with a deep impact - maybe Kubrick works the magic of making the spectator really _feel_ the characters turmoil and inner struggles by including so much of the mundane and seemingly unrelated incidents of "real life".
A fine conclusion to an excellent career.
p.s., being in Canada I had to put up with the "edited" version, which was certainly not subtle in its censorship. Oddly enough the couple beside me walked out from boredom, not sexual squeamishness. Should have digitally added some gunfights.