@@d33dr0 it is definitely mythological 👍 but I've heard that it was Cupid and Psyche that are portrayed in the statue

@trevorparry2287 interesting, though that's not exactly what's happening here , in my opinion. But there's definitely more to this Costume Shop than we see on the surface 🤔

@Haley-s8x I have not seen this , it's a channel?

@Bostonjohn64 thank you so much for the kind words 😃 I will definitely check out your channel too 👍

@@Hidesinmud interesting 👍 thank you

@ToggsMonger yes it seems you are right . my mistake and thank you 👍, but the seats and people definitely do disappear in different scenes . But things disappearing in Kubrick films is not unusual.

@Killers-ICU I understand 👍 but for me it's one of those things that .... once you see it .... you can't unsee it . And I was actually quite surprised when I realized that something actually does disappear in the Green Bathroom 😮

@tedwojtasik8781 Respectfully, Kubrick adds multiple layers and themes to the film that might not have been in the original material. Kubrick is famous for not always sticking to a book , and for changing things .

@@kubricktheory237 As a student of film, I would really like if someone can explain all these ridiculous conspiracies and intentions of Kubrick. He was a filmmaker, nothing more. He did not film the "faked" moon landing, there are no references to such in The Shining, and EWS is just a movie. People make it seem as if Kubrick was a spy or connected to the highest levels of govt or whatever. Dude made films and a cigar really only is a cigar.

Why would you assume meaning ends with the source material? Or even the screenplay? Meaning is added and formed even well past post-production.

@luiznogueira1579 and yet there are points on the Discovery One when the atmosphere is quite tense 😬 I still think there is something odd going on there since there are always layers underneath the more obvious storyline. There may in fact be something ominous going on (which I may look more into in another video about the 'sleeping ' crew members .) And if I misspoke and said Floyd was speaking on the Space Station instead of the moon , then I apologize. I will keep that straight for next time.

@@aaronbaron3155 thank you 👍

@joshmorgan838 I'm at the point that I think almost everyone in this film is an unreliable narrator, and that possibly includes Nick . But I still think he was in on it and that getting Bill to the party is kind of a pre-planned set-up. And although Nick is a bit of a flunky he does work at Red Cloak's party ...so he is very much CONNECTED 🤐

@ that’s a very interesting theory, you’re right. Sometimes you don’t know if what some people are saying are genuine. I took Nick as a hired hand from the lower class who was reliable and discreet. In the end he broke his ability to be discreet by leaking information to bill and in the process he got worked over by the cult and was ejected from working for them again. I never got the feeling he would he entrusted to recruit he wasn’t of their class. I think Nick was honest about everything he said to bill maybe too honest. I think you maybe give him way too much credit for bills situation.

@MuckyPup115 yes I am ! 😃 I'm basically just sitting in my New York apartment when I make these videos 👍

@Jessie-bd2hq that is something I will have to look into. I have seen images of the Leper King 🤴 I will definitely research it a bit. Thank you though 👍

@@kubricktheory237 he's connected to the templars and all that and the crusades.

@@warrenarden1681 because of the hierarchy? Perhaps

@hagengilbert8102 yes I think so too 👍

@ricardolorrio8228 thank you 😃 for that info . Yes , I know Kubrick filmed in the UK 🇬🇧

@@kubricktheory237 I think they closed the club for a month to film that scene... my friend was a DJ there at the time... and his club night was postponed, thus him making no money... I also think a lot of the NY street scene were filmed in and around Hatton Garden, which is the jewellery/Diamond district of London, and not much used for filming locations... personally, I don't like the movie...

@robertprice2148 yes I actually mentioned the curtain of lights in another video called "The Costume Shop Explained " from 6 months ago. And you're right ✅️ it looks the same as the lights at Ziegler's party . Also thank you, and I think it's a good idea to do a video on the lighting in this film 👍

@uneedtherapy42 thank you for your kind words 😃 and yes I also agree with you that this film is a masterpiece ❤️ and definitely does not get appreciated as much as it should. There is always something else to learn from this movie 👍

@@kubricktheory237 While I found the theory thoroughly enjoyable, I'm afraid I'll have to reject it on the ground that it doesn't make enough sense.

@GlynDwr-d4h wow thank you very much for giving me the info 😃 I had tried to find the name of the statue when I was making this video but was unable to find it. You're the first who has given me the name of the artist 🏆 so thank you ! 👍

@elaspic yes ! I noticed some odd things with the mannequins too and I will do a video about that at some point. There's a lot of odd details here . I agree with you 💯 And thank you for your great comment 👍

@@kubricktheory237can you imagine how “Artificial Intelligence” would have turned out. If Kubrick would have done it.

@unclebud1 Well , you're the first person I've heard call this film hopeful. I guess I am a bit more skeptical about Milich and the other people at the Costume Shop because I think the whole thing is a bit of a set-up ( with another ritual playing out there .) Thank you for your comment friend, as always 👍

I can see a ray of hope - a ray surrounded by the overall dark revelations of the film, but as Uncle Bud points out, -Dollar- Doctor Bill does emerge at the end of the film relatively unscathed, considering his ordeals. While not discounting the possibility of the two businessmen being "in on it," I concur with Uncle Bud that a more straightforward reading is that the shop owner and the girl - whether actually his daughter or not - are running a scam. That's what I imagined since I first saw this as explaining how the shopkeeper goes from outrage, to business, to cordially bidding the two businessmen farewell the next morning. To add my own experience, I was invited to something with the innocuous sounding name "Landmark Forum." If you look it up on Wikipedia, it has been described as a cult, or at least using cult-like tactics. Although I didn't know this when I arrived, and I can't say to what extent it was a setup - for me or for any number of other newcomers (I don't know how many others there might have been), I will tell you that I left part way through because I recognized some of their tactics as psychologically-manipulating. Now, some may say that's only because I'm one of "those paranoid, conspiracy types," but if that's all it was, it's strange that they attempted to debrief me before I left to discover what they had done that had exposed them as psychologically-manipulative. Now, joining a cult of my own free will is something else entirely, and so yes, I am one of those weirdo adult converts to Catholicism ;)

I think the fact the girl tells him what kind of material he should wear suggests that she is familiar with the party he is going to attend. The fact the girls at the first party want to take dr bill to where the rainbow ends, or whatever exact words were, suggests to me that the party girls had been through that shop and milech is a trafficker for them. Humiliation ritual makes sense in this circumstance as every significant encounter seems set up, but dr bill doesn’t indulge when he arrives at the ritual which gets him rejected for his betterment. His wife and daughter on the other hand…

@@sirjohnfalstaff you mean the original novella?

@martinsFILMS13 not sure if that was the intention 🤔 I will have to check if it is common for a billiards table to be in a library

@@kubricktheory237 think of the symbolism instead perusing knowledge like a serious adult should in a library the guy is playing a game and a further detail is that there is a small table with several bottles alcohol, so that clearly shows you what Ziegler does in the Library

@martinsFILMS13 yes , it's a possibility

@@SonOfNunz888 I have to disagree, I think Red Cloak is a composite character based on several different people ( both real and fictional. ) And I recently made a video about that subject called "Eyes Wide Shut- Red Cloak Revealed " if you wanted to check it out here on my channel. It's from October 👍

The voices don’t match

Zigler is the guy nodding to bill from The balcony, no way does he run things.

@paulkaszczak3445 it is true all journeys start with one step 🚶‍♂️ thank you for such a thoughtful comment Paul 👍

@@kubricktheory237 I don’t know punctuation the stairs are the threshold like the arch of a rainbow the final step at either top or bottom is the end of the rainbow will you find a pot of gold a prize pleasure or pain. The staircases are two way streets whether they head up high or go below. One can exit inward or outward. Continue to ascend or descend and you are locked in but if you do not like what you see and it scares you exit the world of curiosity never to return. I think it is duality

@thelowidhousereviews9764 thank you so much 👍

@CharlesSheen-x6h yes , I did but I'm glad we can have discussion in the comment

@sarloscantana Hmmmm 🤔 I kind of doubt Nick was killed- I think he's in on the whole set-up since we find him at not one but 2 prominent parties . I don't think he ranks very high in the cult ...but he has probably met Red Cloak. And I definitely DON'T think Ziegler is a reliable narrator so I won't give too much weight to what he says . Plus , he's a sketchy guy too ! 😝

@@kubricktheory237 Great point about the 2 prominent parties! I was just thinking how amazing would it be if there were a short story collection focused completely on the side characters from the film? Separate stories - Nick, Ziegler, red cloak etc. etc. !

Exactly correct 💯

@@kubricktheory237Ziegler is straight up after he tells bull to cut the bullshit. I believe everything he says except the overdose. Bill doesn’t need to know how dark and dangerous that group is.

@@harri7416 you have a good eye 👍 it's possible there's a connection

@unrealnews of course the table and 4 people also disappear in shots as I stated. It's certainly a strange party . And thank you for the thoughtful comment. 👍

I was looking up Helena kidnapped theories yesterday and on Reddit someone suggested the bald men are the ones who will kidnap Helena and the statue is a representation of a girl being kidnapped.

@@Damidas hmmm, that's definitely an interesting thought 🤔 Nick is a strange character for sure. I might need to revisit this guy for a future video

or they could have just used a damn stereo. I doubt some patron cornholing a model in the corner in front of 20 other doing the same is going to stop his rogering activity to complain they don't have a piano player. I can see it now, "Hey Hank, waddya do at the cult meeting last night? Well, Frank, it was ok, but they did not have a piano player. Can you believe it? I had to lick Red Cape's arsehole while a stereo played in the background. How uncouth!"

@@tedwojtasik8781 Loll yeah I thought about that aspect. I think that having a certain type of sound or musical note playing at a certain moment affects the ritual in a specific way. Like playing a sound that puts those in attendance in a certain mind-state can generate a certain type of energy for the ritual and make it stronger. Prerecorded music prob couldn't naturally coincide with Red Cloak's words. And who knows, maybe the ritual specifically requires live music so it can channel the energy of the person playing it.