Eyes Wide Shut | Moral Of The Story (Film Analysis)

Few movies in cinematic history can equal the intrigue of Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick's swan song. Being the final film of Kubrick's storied career, there is an understandable desire to figure out what Eyes Wide Shut attempts to communicate. Is it a moral condemnation of elites, or is it another exploration of how humans confront their primordial drives? In this video, I breakdown the many thematic layers of Kubrick's film and what we can take away to improve our lives.
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[@Bozemanjustin]

0:51 Stanley, Kubrick had it in his contract that he had final say on the film. When he showed the studio heads the film, they demanded a section be taken out. He argued that it's in his contract. They can't take it out. They murder him and they remove the scene and release the film without the scene

[@lucasoheyze4597]

The scene is there, just watered down

[@agl9591]

The editor of the movie would disagree

[@phoebs50]

What was the scene do you know

[@h0llyn1gga]

​@@phoebs50 probably some children stuff.

[@bemiatto67]

​@@phoebs50 supposedly it was children being exploited at the party

[@juzujuzu4555]

Saying Kubrick film isn't about exposing the elites is at the same time laughable and true. The film obviously is much deeper than just exposing the elites, but it sure as hell exposes a ton for those who do not have their eyes wide shut. The amount of information in this film, like in all of Kubrick films, is staggering.

[@stokmarket743]

man was too woke for his time

[@AudioJeep]

You think he made this to help you lol? They rub it right in your face because its part of their religion. Mockery. Of course everything they do is sprinkled with lies, even in the rare cases that they do show some truths. Much is ommitted from this film that leads you to a false conclusion, and so as revealing as it might seem to someone who is ignorant, it actually in reality is misleading, and more harmful than good

[@juzujuzu4555]

@@AudioJeep I know what I know, I have enough research spent on these issues. The way Kubrick did hide his information on the films since he moved to England in the early 60s has been so complex that it's far from "rubbing it in your face", even thought I agree that most that the elites do is exactly that. I think it's quite ignorant to assume other people ignorant without some actual evidence.

[@raul-cv5lz]

The premise was inspired by an illvminated elite...

[@mikepastor.k6233]

It was mainly about Dr. Harford and his desire to join the upper class. Himself, being middle approaching upper middle class finds there is a huge chasm between the elites and everyone else. Kubrick just is expressing the obvious that the elites control everything as they always have and probably will for a long time.

[@seanmcdonnell2649]

From what I can gather, I think the song playing during the ritual is called 'Masked Ball' by Jocelyn Pook... the haunting vocals in the track are actually a Romanian chant played backwards. Also, one thing that I found interesting is that movie mirrored life. When the organ player goes missing, we are not sure if he was killed by the elites or not... the same could be said of Kubrick himself for exposing such a world.

[@ethanbarganier2739]

Interestingly, the Romanian chant was actually that of the Divine Liturgy, the ultimate rite in Christianity also known as the mass in the western church namely the Roman Catholic. Kubrick could have known that and if he did it was a master stroke since this was obviously the ultimate rite in whatever cult thing this was.

[@ryanscottwright]

Nothing was exposed by Kubrick lol

[@michaeldrew5429]

See Jonathan Kleck You Are Exiles and Strong's Concordance, precise linguist translation of hebrew and greek. Will blow your mind. Rotchilds and other 'elites' who run Davos and most governments behind the scenes are Genesis 3.15 and 6.4 nephilim DNA. Bloodlines who also run Vatican. Adamic race is their target. See also 9 11 and Rev 9 11 rise of their father from hell.

[@howardamberealestate]

Art is a reflection of life

[@howardamberealestate]

@@ryanscottwrightyour Eyes are literally wide shut.

[@brandirobinson8430]

He was definitely exposing some truths. You have to sacrifice your first child to be a member of the club. The couple bring their bond, their mutual love to the toy store. Instead of picking out a toy their daughter was picked up as a toy by the two gentleman you see seated at a table through the entrance of the mansion in the beginning of the film. They lost their integrity. Innocence taken away. The innocent pay for decisions they themselves didn't make.

[@mjk-th2tm]

That’s a whole lot of conjecture. But, that’s what’s great about Kubrick’s films, everyone sees something different.

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

when does the daughter get picked out by them? i keep watching that final scene and cannot see what you people keep claiming to see

[@WillPhilpin]

Weirdest take , nothing of the sort happens in the movie .

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

@@WillPhilpin i have literally no clue what people keep talking about this, it doesn’t happen

[@NetherrealmMadness]

@@thebasedgodmax1163 People want their theory to be true, so as soon as they convince themselves, they try to convince other people. Like a conspiracy virus. Until they read Traumnovelle.

[@eef7251]

Honestly this video really helped me to understand myself and humanity. I can’t keep judging them when I myself am like a tiger, unable to act against my desires and my wild nature. I have to be better. We must be better. It’s so easy to get lost in it all. So easy. Truly a test of God.

[@guessdxb]

I think we are created to pass the test of desires and self-control for an internal reward by the All Mighty God

[@tierracharnea]

Test by Satan not God

[@eef7251]

@@tierracharnea you don’t know God like I do. It’s allowed by God so that we can overcome our natures and be better

[@eef7251]

@@guessdxb not so much internal reward as it is to live like Christ, the Son of God, who was made to be an inspiration to humans to be better and to live like he did with infinite compassion, kindness, but also sternness and a healthy amount of self confidence, but not to the point it becomes prideful. Balanced. The reward is Heaven.

[@kremesauce]

A big scene that stands out for me is when Kubrick decides to cameo and it’s when the protagonist is introduced to the party and the code word fidellio

[@angusquake]

When later asked for the second password, Dr. Bill should have replied "um, could it be SWORDFISH ?" rather than "I don't know". kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmGqqJhrnLCaoNE

[@hwingerrr5680]

Fellatio might be an apt guess

[@tomdean104]

@@hwingerrr5680 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaeldrew5429]

See Jonathan Kleck You Are Exiles and Strong's Concordance, precise linguist translation of hebrew and greek. Will blow your mind. Rotchilds and other 'elites' who run Davos and most governments behind the scenes are Genesis 3.15 and 6.4 nephilim DNA. Adamic race is their target. See also 9 11 and Rev 9 11 rise of their father from hell.

[@shanebobey9435]

That wasn't kubrick

[@Luis-np2sc]

The same people at the Xmas party it’s the same people at the castle late that night. Alice dancing with the Hungarian guy knew what was all about because she was part of the whole thing too. Bill was the missing link that they wanted in, the piano man telling him about where he was playing next, the models taking him to the end of the rainbow, the 2 guys at the gate of the castle practically waiting for him, renting the cloak at the store, Alice calling him to ask him at what time he will be home, Ziegler and his wife with their masks in the balcony saying “hello” with their heads, Mandy going straight to him to kiss him. Everything was a set up for him to see what was going on and join. This movie is great! It’s created so you can come up with your own theory about society. Amazing!

[@mbelma6329]

Alice was already in the club? Idk if that was made clear to the viewer

[@colinneighbers4741]

Eyes Wide Shut was Kubrick's adaptation of the 1926 novella titled Traumnovelle or Dream Story, the author was an Austrian named Arthur Schnitzler. Some of the dialogue and scenarios from the movie are word for word the same as the book. The book was set in early Vienna so Kubrick just changed it to modern times and Greenwich Village New York for Eyes Wide Shut. Amazing book and movie.

[@reachthegodss]

Does absolutely no one think it’s suspicious as fuck that Stanley Kubrick died the same year this movie came out

[@prsimoibn2710]

Here's something even more fascinating, Balenciaga is linked to the movie.

[@thirdeyeordie8226]

​@@prsimoibn2710 type Balenciaga and Baalenciaga into Google translation to Latin.. Your eyes will be open

[@user-ne1pn8ih4j]

@@thirdeyeordie8226 what’s this mean

[@boondockpaint]

I remember distinctly yhe newspaper Bill picked up with the front cover boldly stating "Lucky to be alive."

[@letranger89]

Beautiful simplified and understandable analogy for anyone who appreciates the complexities and diversity of this film From mysticism, to religion, to history, sexuality, and filming technique itself.

[@celtickshatriya4306]

Kubrick was a genius,great analysis of a true masterpiece.

[@josephinetracy1485]

Stanley Kubrick died unexpectedly 666 days after 1-1-2001. '2001: A Space Odyssey' was probably the film he was most known for. Punishment?

[@Wade_Fucking_Wilson]

@@josephinetracy1485what? He died on march 7th 1999

[@josephinetracy1485]

@@Wade_Fucking_Wilson I was mistaken; it was 'before." So there were 666 days between 3-7-99 and 1-1-01.

[@patrickvalentino600]

Two things, and I haven't seen this in a long while so I may be miss remembering, but... Bill finding the mask on his pillow wasn't just some self-help push he needed to open up to Alice, it was an obvious threat to the lives of his family if he investigated the orgy further...a little reminder "we can get to you anywhere", and a reminder of the staggering power that evil cabals have. Second, in the final scene in the toy store, while bill and Alice ostensibly reconcile, their daughter just wanders off, in the direction of older men... Perhaps a sign that she will be subsumed into that evil culture, but at the very least a reminder that you never "get over" battling evil, and if you think you do, something precious is about to vanish while you take a victory lap. This was much less a self-analysis movie than the author is making it into, and more a condemnation of the decadent and debauched culture of elites.

[@watermelonlalala]

I agree, the way Kubrick presented it, many people probably ask themselves "Is Alice dead or asleep?" when they see her next to the mask (I did), and they think the cult got into the apartment somehow and killed her. However, since Alice isn't dead, and there is no talk about fleeing from the cult, we kind of forget that before the end of the movie. False alarm. Also, I believe many people think, "They should be watching their daughter, she could get kidnapped" during the toy store scene, but they don't make the conclusion that she has been kidnapped, let alone kidnapped by the cult. And nobody points out that Red Cloak told Bill he shouldn't say a single word to anyone, but Tom breaks down and tells Alice "everything". Hence, there is a plot line there that begs for something awful to happen to Bill or his family, or at least for Bill to afraid something will happen. In the toy store, Bill seems strangely unbothered by what has happened in the rest of the movie, in my opinion.

[@MCOult]

Excellent comment!

[@Johnnysmithy24]

It’s both. A movie doesn’t have to just be about one thing.

[@atr4454]

Bull exposed the weakness of the cabal. Truth and light destroys the darkness. Bill didn't keep silent and won his life back.

[@andrewcruz1931]

I was 14 years old when I first saw some of this movie on Cinemax late at night . Oddly enough I caught it during the cult scene …nothing beats that curiosity and excitement when you see something like that as a kid .

[@johns8653]

Then you stuck around after the movie when skinamax came on

[@nmc8931]

​@johns8653 there's no way this was ever gonna not be funny no matter how obvious. Gold.

[@seven-11]

noticed how initially, the tiger was facing Domino right after the phone call. once he hung up with his wife, the tiger was sitting in the opposite direction. symbolizing him turning his back on having an affair. also, when he returns to Domino's apartment, the christmas tree is disfigured, as if it's symbolic of Domino's HIV status...another thing eye noticed at the end of the film, there's a game called, "The Magic Circle" for sale in the toy store. symbolic of the second party he infiltrated.

[@runarvollan]

It's actually the ONLY party he attends, as the other place is referred to as 'the house'. "Was she the woman at the party?" (Bill mixing up the two places, much to karma-slave Ziegler's frustration)

[@ttrrrr7690]

I also noticed the tree, bill even says nice tree the 1st time

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

Also, when Domino is gone, so is the guardian angel (on a postcard) that was over his shoulder when he talked with Domino in the kitchen.

[@seven-11]

@@nineteenfortyeight6762 Good EYES! now i must watch it again to peep. Thanks for sharing!

[@muckyguru]

I think the final scene is the most important of the film, she admits her love for him and when she says there's something we need to do, fuck, she admits her carnal nature and desire. marriage is a sacred place where the canal can be acted out safely with love which is the real unifying bond. in the Bible it says that wifes should give way to husbands and husbands should give way to wifes so that the devil will not come and temp you. 1 Corinthians 7

[@danieljanostik3564]

AMEN!

[@hiimleila9191]

Amen

[@taylormoran5494]

Amen

[@cryptoesquire3168]

What if you marry the devil?

[@Johnnysmithy24]

I’m an Atheist but AMEN

[@FreedomAtRisk]

I would pay serious money to see his first cut of this

[@KidFresh71]

With better luck and timing, we could've been gifted three more Kubrick films: (1) Napoleon biopic - doomed by the 1970 release and commercial failure of Waterloo (2) A.I. - which Spielberg competently brought to the screen; but imagine if Kubrick realized this vision (3) The Aryan Papers - which Kubrick abandoned after Spielberg masterfully crafted Schindler's List. While appreciative for the Kubrick cinematic catalog that exists, I can't help but imagine if the aforementioned trio of movies came to light.

[@jasonkh4]

I'm happy we got the version of AI that we did. That flick was Kubrick by proxy, and Spielberg had his blessing.

[@Ax-xN]

Moral is simple, FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT

[@bauerfilms4832]

The passage from Genesis re: adam and eve revealed to me a new way to view this film. Terrific analysis. Kubrick was truly the master.

[@brandirobinson8430]

Santa Claws! He See's you when your sleeping. He knows when your awake. He knows if you've been bad, or good and what you'll lose from your mistakes.

[@kazbroadway5702]

Santa is an anagram of satan. Santa Claus and Satan's claws!!

[@edeliteedelite1961]

The pose the masked people are doing is called "child's pose".

[@getsmartquick]

And what does child's pose mean and imply

[@pt6943]

6:55 You absolutely right, It is a very beautiful shot!

[@Camille_Anderson]

The mask on the bed when Bill went into his room wasnt mentioned. It was a potential supernatural element.

[@frankb821]

Wow, that was the best succinct analysis of the film I've seen in my attempts to glean important questions and its overall messages. Also one of the few to incorporate inherent religious tie-ins, despite Kubrick's beliefs and non-judgments made about the ramifications of actions taken within the story. Bravo.

[@murraypullen2500]

Couldn't agree more.

[@magimon91834]

Thank you for such a thurough rundown

[@haroldquesnel8275]

Most of SK's films deal with pathology. War, mass murder (and even things like MK-Ultra) are the results of psychopathic mindsets. I believe that he was helping us to understand this. The role of psychopaths with power seem to have been examined in most of Kubrick's work. This is most obvious in films like Dr Strangelove (with some characters based on real-life Cold Warriors seeking nuclear war) and The Shining (constant symbolic references to Native genocide, the Holocaust, imperialism, culture which produces psychopaths...). Kubrik meticulously researched everything, INCLUDING political conspiracies (not uncommon among those in the 1950s and 60s who were conscious of the CIA shenanigans, Nazi bankers and scientists, etc). Including the REALITY of secret societies and their depraved social activities in EWS was consistent with all of his other works: Normal people are conflicted, but as John Lennon said: The World is run by PSYCHOPATHS.

[@alexpearson8481]

Yup. Not forgetting JFK’s assassination either. He was going after these secret society’s.

[@jihigh482]

He was very much part of those circles otherwise a movie like this would have never been greenlit. I hate it when people make him out to be some sort of heroic crusader. He was simply another puppet that got discarded when he started being annoying

[@jasonkh4]

@@jihigh482 The movie probably got greenlit because he sold it to them as an erotic thriller, the same way it was marketed to the masses

[@klaunstance9554]

I always share your videos. So fantastic!

[@nowbandnyc]

I’ve seen this film many times and had watched it repeatedly before learning about any of the conspiracy theory interpretations. This video is an excellent summary of my perception of the work’s meaning. Great stuff.

[@DavidTMSN]

This movie (piece of art) is the literal definition of pulling back the curtain. The "elite" - whomever that entails - are 100% conducting EWS style gatherings. I agree that the entire message of the movie is not about that sole scene but to me it's essentially a warning to the audience that this type of stuff is actually occurring.

[@radleyiswrong3536]

it is fs happening and has been for decades

[@gomezgomez7759]

Its a high class alternative to a brothel. It looks legit n fun m safe. Every city should have a place like this for the middle classes

[@DavidTMSN]

@@gomezgomez7759 Except these "high class alternatives" involve pedophilia and human sacrifices. Kubrick could only get away with showing so much of what actually occurs in real life while your eyes are wide shut. - Epstein.

[@DavidTMSN]

@@gomezgomez7759 Regular rules don't apply at these gatherings. Morals that most of us of follow do not apply at these parties. If you break the rules as a member there will be consequences and no outside force can help you. - Example: Scientology.

[@Romans8-9]

@@gomezgomez7759 You dont think this happens in the middle class? This is basically a swinger event for the ultra elite.

[@robertprice2148]

Good analysis, thanks for posting.

[@Flitalidapouet]

And of course ..... Guylaine Maxwell court procedures won't be televised...... and happened at a fast incredible pace ..... so we forget about it ASAP.

[@stokmarket743]

sick world people will never wake up , at this point they deserve whats coming 🐑💉

[@Lexi_Con]

@@dionysius1b870 Hard to follow your writing style, just saying. Use of punctuation to separate your sentences is key if you want to further your career.

[@alexarsy1015]

Great analysis, i like how you managed to say things that make sense while not diving too deep down the rabbit hole that people who analyse kubricks movies ofte n fall into. I don't think this video explains everything, but it does help solving parts of the puzzle that is eyes wide shut while still having two feets grounded in reality.

[@juzujuzu4555]

There really isn't diving too deep into rabbit hole of Kubrick films, there are people who shy away from that, do not have the knowledge/wisdom/intelligence or who do not put down enough work. Obviously there are wrong theories, but the correct ones that actually have the evidence to back it up are what most people think are probably the craziest ones. "having two feets grounded in reality" is a synonym of keeping your eyes wide shut. After having spent the better part of the last two decades researching the things Kubrick has in his films I have to say that the realism of most people is total dream land where almost everything is a lie.

[@alexarsy1015]

@@juzujuzu4555 where did i say that every single theory is wrong? But at least 95% are. And im being generous. People who have worked with kubrick and even kubrick himself have said that these theories are pure nonsense. But let me guess... they are in on the conspiracy to keep it secret?

[@juzujuzu4555]

@@alexarsy1015 Where did I say you did say every theory is wrong? Based on my research on Kubrick films (over thousand hours of research) I would say big portion of the theories are part of the whole. "This film is about x" theories are pretty much all wrong in a sense, Kubrick films are not simply about just one thing, but for the most part that theory is one part of the whole. Kubrick didn't want to reveal anything about his films so his denial is obvious. To be fair, I mostly have researched 2001, The Shining and EWS, so if there are tons of theories about other films, I don't know about those and they might be shite. The Shining is the film I have researched the most. And the amount of details, and evidence on that film is staggering. Many of the theories have proofs in almost every single scene. But I don't want to argue about this topic. I just highly encourage to open up to these theories more, even though most are wrong about their initial claim that the film is about that one thing. Many say Kubrick is one of the most intelligent person who ever lived. And I have to agree. Even though that intelligence is only part of what makes him so amazing. Amazing work ethic, him accumulating knowledge like a sponge and having lots of people feeding him knowledge. And his perfectionism.

[@VredesStall]

@11:35 "This is not a picture Dorian Gray". Very insightful!!💯

[@davidnowel5199]

I was impressed with Nichol Kidman acting skills. She makes the torture of fidelity and marriage real. I am not sure that marriage really works. There is always that struggle that love can last when their is always the element of lust. She is brave enough to tell her partner what she is feeling. Real honesty is hard to have.

[@hermanhale9258]

The torture of fidelity and marriage? Ahahaha. They both only get tortured looking after they hear the other one is thinking of being unfaithful.

[@jihigh482]

"Brave" lmao yeah she deserves a medal for telling her husband she wants to fuck other men. You m0r0ns are something else

[@hermanhale9258]

I have watched many "explanation" videos of what is happening in this movie, but I have never heard anyone talk about how sometimes people do just SEE someone and make fools out of themselves because they are so obviously swept away "in love" with this stranger. Gaga. Sometimes they are kind of like a deer in the headlights, they can't process what is happening to them. I doubt a Nicole Kidman type would have this experience, I don't know. And if she did have it, she could probably just throw herself at the guy and he would take her. He probably should have been a rock star and not a naval officer, we could have understood that better.

[@gomezgomez7759]

Alice was a scummy for making dr bill jealous like that. The poor man works his ass off n he has to come home to psychological torture. Hes a good christian!!

[@hermanhale9258]

@@gomezgomez7759 She never even cooked him some food and put it on the table.

[@Themidnightegardener]

And don't forget how perfectly placed the music is in your favorite shot in that apartment.

[@GODFATHER-zi1fb]

I was wondering why a tamil song was played in the movie. The song kaadhala a tamil song made me cry. My god muruga ❤.

[@fobbitoperator3620]

Outstanding breakdown of an artistically beautiful, yet creepy classic!

[@edwinrivera5377]

Definitely deserve a like for keeping it PG

[@warriorv9359]

This movies a masterpiece

[@deckofcards87]

I've read the book by Arthur Schnitzler which Eyes Wide Shut is based on. It's never actually implied that jealousy is purely what drives the husband to try and cheat, but that this "event", his wife's confession of longing, has appeared and disrupted his seemingly stable and "happy" life. This guy is straight laced to the T., runs his own medical practice, has a beautiful wife and daughter, up-market city apartment, wealthy circle of friends, etc, etc. He's a living candidate for sleepwalking through life, a naive illusion of stability, hence the title, Eyes Wide Shut. Kubrick does something crafty here; by cutting to the black and white images of Kidman rolling around in bed with the Naval officer he misleads the audience into thinking that the sexual act, or fantasy of the sexual act, is primarily what's bothering Bill Harford. It's more nuanced than that. In his prologue to Schnitzler's book, the film's screenwriter Frederic Raphael asserts that the "confession" scene in the bedroom is meant to symbolize a therapy session. The wife is like the blubbering patient and the husband the quiet, attentive listener. Only it's turned on it's head. Instead of coming to a breakthrough, her confession instead creates a trauma in the husband's mind. In this instance the therapist is the one who goes a little mad. And before he can heal the mental wound by talking about it with her; the opportunity is interrupted by the maid (in the film by a phone call) ushering the husband to the house of his patient. Henceforth he gets got caught in a kind of loop, where unconsciously, and uncannily; he repeatedly has near-sexual encounters which mirror his wife's fantasy of "the missed opportunity." Apparently this is a very real phenomena that was explored by Sigmund Frued and the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan would later coin 'Repition Compulsion.' And "that which is forgotten tends to be repeated, unconsciously" according to Frued. Equating the couple's dreams and fantasies with waking life as equally important is also typical Freud. Then there's the themes of death and sex which are continually being contrasted with each other throughout the story. Each one is worth of it's own essay. It's all very fascinating, but, to it's own detriment, this film isn't at all accessible to those not familiar with or interested in Psychology, early 20th century psychoanalytical archetypes. Kubrick obviously knew this, so casted Hollywood's sexiest couple and jazzes up the film's promotional material probably in the hopes that it would make the film more approachable for mainstream audiences, especially American audiences. All this stuff happens to be an area I'm interested with so I enjoy the insights into jealousy, dreams, paranoia and 'The Uncanny.' I read that Kubrick discovered Schniztler's books and stage plays in the 60s. He considered his work and to be "genuinely psychologically brilliant." In a letter that Freud personally dedicated to Schnitzler in the 1910s, he wrote: “I have gained the impression that you have learnt through intuition - though actually as a result of sensitive introspection - everything that I have had to unearth by laborious work on other persons (patients)" I have to say, one wonders what they were putting into the water in Vienna a century or so ago to produce those authors with such a capacity to enter into the human soul, and then render it into art like that. Stefan Zweig was another impressive writer from Vienna whom I discovered through Kubrick; in the late 50s Kubrick and Harris made various attempts to adapt Zweig's 'The Burning Secret' to no avail.

[@rajeshdhone6292]

Explained very thoughtfully, their are many perceptions and thoughts after watching the movie. Many questions comes to mind which story we have to believe with full conscience and morality of life about marriage, sex and honesty, you have to be careful about thought and actions. Kubric had done a great job for questioning the desire with faithfulness.

[@ConstellationCommunication]

Excellent commentary.

[@marksuits4379]

Fate had death speak to Kubrick and Mozart after they played with elite mind games as each one's final great "Opera" of his day. In Mozart's case it was exposing Masonic symbols in his Magic Flute.

[@getsmartquick]

Did they actually die or just extradite through pseudocide

[@nickdrago9416]

Great video! Well done.

[@999urem4]

Very persuasive! 👍

[@mremington8]

excellent breakdown

[@philwalkercounselling]

Really enjoyed that.

[@jimmytiler5522]

What did Nicole say in the last scene. it took much deception by Kubrick to let out the secret of Hollywood. She said," at least were Awake". I know what this means do you?

[@fdfac]

Christmas is a commercial holiday.

[@watermelonlalala]

Only since Victorian times. That's why the last scene is in an expensive toy store instead of in a church with every body singing a Christmas carol.

[@jonathansfv3109]

I wish I can rewatch this movie for the first time in the theater

[@joanofarc33]

Excellent analysis! You did a great job of explaining something a bit obscured in a short period of time, well done. I agree the sex scene with the elite is about supporting a different premise, the film is not about that scene or built for that scene.

[@aftermath4096]

7:03 No way man, movie is almost 3 hours and I also had this as my favorite shot, to the point where I wanted to make a poster out of it.

[@thato596]

This film is not about sex only there is many scenes without sexual things. This shows what this people do behind the scenes the rituals they do.

[@anonymoushuman8443]

They do sex in the rituals

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

My favorite Kubrick film, in my top 5 films of all time. So glad to see you taking it on... I always felt it was, as you said, "Kubrick, through and through" - if not the exact final cut, something very, very close to it.

[@DiegoRodriguez2]

Great analysis

[@traciemarsh1611]

love this movie beautiful music

[@runarvollan]

Morale: Choose your Fidelio, either to temporary pleasures, or to everlasting love.

[@ThePRCommander]

Good point.

[@getsmartquick]

I got the vibe be congruent that's the moral of the movie to me. If you a player be a player if not don't be

[@Aman-nk5uq]

@@getsmartquick good point. Be congruent but the good guys always want to taste the bad thing pleasure at times and thats what makes it so mysterious

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

No such thing as love. Otherwise they wouldn't be thinking of cheating.

[@Chiefkahuna2]

The Movie is about mankind's Sin. How contagious it is. How when sin hits your mind, it imbalances you. And will lead you to dark places and death. And sometimes all that will save you from it, is good luck.

[@aliensoup2420]

Thanks for the rational analysis - you see the film at face value without injecting a lot of conspiratorial BS. After 2 or 3 viewings, I came away with the same understanding. It's simple and direct. I have not completely rejected the wilder symbolism and conspiratorial theories, anymore than I am 100% atheist. There are some compelling links between the characters and imagery. The repeated use of rainbows that tie the Ziegler party to the costume shop, the fact that the Rainbow Fashions costume shop owner's (Milich) daughter knew what kind of cloak Dr. Bill should be wearing, and that the door to the room in which Milich finds his daughter with the 2 Japanese men, locks from the outside - meaning it's only purpose is to lock people in, as he did. Fairly compelling evidence that Milich is connected to the wealthy orgy crowd. Or it could be purely incidental to make for a more interesting scene. But the primary theme is about love, lust, trust, jealousy, and fidelity. The hidden secrets of a dark elite underworld are incidental to the plot. It just shows us how far people are willing to go to get their jollies.

[@Source.trustmebr0]

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[@colinburroughs9871]

Occult ceremony, trip to the club, occult ceremony, trip to the club? Ehh.. "we're just here for the jollies, fire up the backwards hymns and let's put on our ritual, for jollies!". That's not what's going on here at all.

[@Johnnysmithy24]

Mate the so called “Conspiracies” are pretty face value…

[@moirapettifr7127]

No. The dark elite underworld is a lot more than nearly incidental to the plot.

[@lizclegg7556]

Interesting, thank you. I wonder whether the orgy scene isn't really about sexual gratification. An Indian religious chant is played during it, which makes me associate it with tantra, and it is preceded by a "religious" ceremony. I think that the sex is ceremonial and that it has some other function, whether "religious", "spirirual" or to manifest something.

[@justincaseiamhere]

movies I used to for fun or boredom have deep meanings

[@mashan1978]

you are incorrect about the Christmas holiday. when Christmas was formed during that time the churches were trying to find a way to get more people involved. they decided to combine Christ's birth along with the pagan winter solstice so they can convert more people into christianity. a lot of the symbols used in Christmas are of pagan origins. so Stanley Kubrick was correct in his presentation of what Christmas and its origins really are.

[@facelessandnameless]

I was going to comment this same thing 👌

[@prsimoibn2710]

Merry Saturnalia

[@kykloskatharevousa7147]

Wrong, Christmas was always christian.

[@bikesrcool_1958]

Don’t mix your paganism with my Christmas.

[@ak2119]

I dont understand the scene when the docotor comes at night to the costume shop, at the end the owner of the store catches his daughter with two chinese man dressed up as women and gets really angry, the other day the docotr returns the costume and then the daughters comes with the chinese man back but they were dressed in suits and the owner even looked comfortable with them and doesnt get angry

[@MrZZooh]

Is there an uncensored version that shows the 25 minutes WB cut out of the movie?

[@mrpotatoguy1]

there's a cross on the chair of the red clock guy. Surprised you didn't notice.

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

I've watched Eyes Wide Shut at least 10 times, and I still don't have a damn clue what it means. Thanks for messing with my head Stanley.

[@0585janz]

It's about illumin@ti Satânic Cabal doing satanic rituals and sex orgies from pedophiles and pedovore with legal age or minor sex slaves. Also the mansion they used is A Rotschilds Mansion an Elite Cabal family who also did this kind of party wearing Mask.

[@ThePRCommander]

Its about fear of your inner desire. The last line in the movie, in the toy store, is when the woman (Alice) looks at her husband (Bill) and say "fuck". Alice Harford : I do love you and you know there is something very important we need to do as soon as possible. Dr. Bill Harford : What's that? Alice Harford : Fuck.

[@getsmartquick]

It has two meaning rich people like to fuck to relax from making decisions I think in psychology it's called decision fatigue and secondly it's about awaking to the reality of this. Thirdly my personal meaning is that this movie is a pagan ritual of fertility rites because inanna eg Venus is the god of love lust socialising etc

[@alethan5355]

For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers’ minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God.

[@anonymoushuman8443]

It means whatever you want it to mean.

[@aaronromo1590]

I like your analysis. I keep going back and forth between two famous, critics: was this is a masterpiece or a flop? I'm still not sure. I typically like 'half' of his films - to me, the latter half of 'Clock Orange' is amazing, whereas the first half of 'The Shining' and 'Full Metal Jacket' are as well. 'Barry Lyndon' has floating moments and 'Lolita' is just a complete "what?!?" for anyone who ever read the original book. With 'Eyes Wide Shut', I feel it's a chapter of two people's lives, merely that. There is still a moral, though - and it harkens back to possible similar moments in our own lives - moments we look back on and think how stupid our acts were and how lucky we are to still be alive after submitting to them. I think her dream and his actual, awake moments are merely the same things in retrospect. I read once that a memory of what has really happened and a dream we recall are considered pretty close to the same in our minds. In the end, we survived them, whether dream or reality and, hopefully, they may help in the way we live the rest of our lives.

[@LeahWalentosky]

Notices the lighting in Allison’s face is dark with a spot of light at her face when he comes home. It shows the yin and Yang of balance with good and evil

[@ericwilliams626]

The film is more about the NY lifestyle and its true loneliness even more in a marriage. The impulses of the main character is a disillusionment of his relationship with his wife as she begins displaying behavior that he can't quite grasp. What intersects is his wife is a byproduct of the people he ends up being curious about. It has nothing to do with her specifically being in that group, but the culture of NY higher society and what they want. The eyes in the title aren't there's, the eyes are ours, what do we really want to believe goes on behind closed doors. But the most integral part is the main character's journey though his disillusionment first with his wife, then with a good friend who is actually not a friend at all, a lot more like his old school mate. He is alone, very alone and no sexual encounter was going to fix it. What he accepts is his wife is here now and her journey, much like a lot of women, is to find her way back into her husband's arms, forgiven, sins wiped clean, starting over.

[@popcorn9791]

Domino was just sooo beautiful...i would've brought the donuts.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

No she wasn't 😂

[@traderduke2]

She is also in a film "Two Lovers" which you can watch on tubi. Ironically her character is...well, I won't divulge anything, so you can watch it yourself.

[@stephanieparker5049]

Great analysis are we ever going to see the 25 minutes that were cut??🙏

[@ThePRCommander]

Never.

[@robertsteele9192]

Thats why it was cut , for no one to ever see it....

[@theresamiley8917]

Good idea about the Christmas thing. It is technically a Christmas movie. Lol 🌲

[@kazbroadway5702]

You think this is a Christmas movie? Lol

[@gomezgomez7759]

Its a christian movie forsure

[@prsimoibn2710]

Technically a Saturnalia thing

[@RT-xj3of]

I don’t agree with this analysis at all. It was exactly that… him low key exposing the elite. How can you even ignore that?

[@nicolaupais8682]

Keeping in mind that the original story is by Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian writter/playwriter of late 19th Century Vienna only adds to Kubrick's genial adaptation. Brilliant.

[@drbuckley1]

EWS is Kubrick's take on Freud, just like The Shining is his take on Jung. EWS, like the novel upon which it is based, is explicitly Freudian.

[@Shindig109]

No it’s Kubrick’s take on a German novella from the 20’s

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

@@Shindig109 Which is Freudian 😂

[@stinkleaf]

I wish he completed the Final Cut! It would not be the same.

[@JesusSavesSinners]

Kubrick did Complete the Final cut of his Movie. After his Death / Murder the Studio hired Spielberg to gut the Movie. In this video he admits that Kubrick showed the Studio his completed Film. I think you missed this in this video. Watch the video again you will hear him say it.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

He finished it, showed everyone the product, then they killed him after they saw it and cut it to pieces.

[@aisle_of_view]

"Do you have to go?" "Do I have to go..." Much of the movie is Dr Bill parroting others.

[@harvyarmada5466]

A clockwork is the rush of blood for violence... with style.

[@Jfladager]

Maybe desire isn't the source of all suffering?

[@blainemonaco2092]

Bill could have been asked the same question. Why be married. Second. The name Domino is used because I think if he goes there then the domino’s will fall. I his life collapses. Finally in the end when there daughter holds up the Barbie doll my first thought was Jon bennet Ramsey…….

[@watermelonlalala]

The answer to the question is "Love".

[@yahu5988]

the movie has beautiful lights and colors

[@image30p]

It's very layered. That's what I love about his movies. I think the central themes in EWS are sociology and exploitation. Interesting choices in casting.

[@getsmartquick]

Why you say sociology and exploitation can you kindly elaborate on those terms please

[@jss302]

This movie reminds me so much of the p c game lust from beyond

[@Ryokon101]

I know Kubrick has a track record of including the audeince in very direct but toungue in cheek way, but why does the hungarian man saying the line "could have any man in this room" have to mean kubrick intentionally mean to incliude the audeince? was it intentionally written to evoke that meaning? or could it be that the line just happens to have multiple meanings if you look at it in a certain way. i'm not sure where the line begins or ends when overanalysing the meaning of certain elements within film

[@markwrede8878]

The day after the movie ends, the police have some questions for Dr Bill now that he has identified himself as physician to the deceased. If not and Dr Bill's license is not in danger, that must be because of the dealings of Zeigler

[@lonestarindie]

Thank you. You are the only person who has explained this movie that I understand. I thought i was just stupid or something. And i’m a Kubrick fan, just never got it, thanks again. 😊

[@user-hn2zk7tr1s]

Great

[@josephinetracy1485]

You said that there were no symbols of Christmas, except I noticed in this video the "Christmas tree." Bringing a tree into a home and "dressing it up" during Yule is an old Norse/German pagan tradition which was adopted into Christianity, of which some zealous Christians object because "dressing it up" seems to be idol worship. Stanley Kubrick died unexpectedly 666 days after 1-1-2001. '2001: A Space Odyssey' was probably the film he was most known for. Punishment?

[@lea9977]

I think this is a realization we all get at one point. That the world is full of evils, that plenty indulge in sin, and you can tirelessly be fighting to live a morally righteous life with as little sin as possible, but the world is still going in a circle around you. You grow tired and at times weak knowing doesn’t matter how much you try to be good, the world is still full of others who don’t have that same desire. Think overall growing up sheltered then having the sheets ripped out beneath you and realizing what Kurbick was trying to show, that is how people really are. You just have to learn to make the most of it.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

In the movie, Bill dodges an STD by not cheating. In reality, his wife gives him an STD after cheating on him. THAT would've been far more realistic and heartbreaking to add to the movie.

[@Ama-Elaini]

"Christmas is a Christian holiday." Well, there are both Pagan and Abrahamic influences and it's not called Christmas in every language so it's not quite as simple as that.

[@paulk.dicostanzo2279]

First class work.

[@user-wp8vy8le3y]

On a simple level, the film examines themes of fidelity, sexual desire, jealousy and the desire for revenge within the context of a supposedly 'normal' marriage; yet Stanley Kubrick shows that the lines between fantasy and reality are often illusory and blurred. He explored similar ideas in films such as 'Dr. Strangelove - the 'madness' of nuclear warfare; and also in 'The Shining' which - in a more frightening way - shows the breakdown of the idealised family unit as it charts Jack Nicholson's descent into a madness divorced from reality. In Kubricks' films there always seems to be a disconnect between reality and illusion; which perhaps mirrors the way that life - and the human condition will sometimes be for the unsuspecting person.

[@ericfurst6091]

Are there some sources about the missing 20min or the WB meeting (allegedly) or is it just a urban legend? 🤔

[@joshlamb8163]

Yes. I know 20-30 minutes was cut from the movie after Kubrick had a big fight with wb, but not before he died. From what I understand wb wanted sk to cut out something after viewing the full movie. The only thing left was to add sound. Yet an entire scene was cut out. I've verified that much. I don't have the sources on me but if you're really interested those facts are documented on the internet. Oh but there is only speculation to what the scene was.

[@BillVincent]

I have followed this very question closely. I personally don't believe there is 21 minutes (a more accurate number, but nevertheless unverified in any real way) of "removed" footage. There are a lot of clowns who have written their own fantasies out supposedly describing those missing minutes, but they have been strongly and harshly rebuked online as being fake and not anywhere near the truth. Personally I believe that the film SK wanted to make was the film that was released, barring the digital coverup of some naked bodies at the orgy scene. For one thing, Christianne (sp?) his wife would have known about the missing footage, and she has said nothing. I think she would have protested more loudly had those minutes been cut after SK turned the film over to WB. None of the actors have ever said any such footage exists. Maybe it does, but I am skeptical of it. Stanley had final cut in his contract with WB - and AFAIK nobody on Kubrick's side of things ever sued WB for interfering with that - so there's something. Having said all of this, if someone has credible sources and can prove otherwise, I'd love to know as well.

[@NetherrealmMadness]

@@BillVincent I also don't believe, but give people a hint that something might've been cut, director dies, and they fill the gaps with elites, satanists and murder. Of course something was cut, Kubrick was a perfectionist, and I'm sure he would even like to shoot some additional material hour the premiere, but not cut 21 minutes of some elite-sensitive scenes.

[@juzujuzu4555]

@@BillVincent There are scenes filmed that are not in the final cut. This is undeniable fact, they filmed scenes outdoors with Bill+Alice+Helene, then they filmed scenes in a different room on the mansion where there were no guests and it looked much more obviously satanic. In theory those scenes might have taken out by Kubrick, but I seriously doubt that because the editing on the film doesn't seem like it's finished by Kubrick. Christiane Kubrick not saying anything is obvious, if they already took out Stanley, why would she say anything? That would only be censored and she and her children would pay the price. The same goes why any actor wouldn't say anything. Heck they don't say anything about the hidden themes on other Kubrick films and just say "it's conspiracy theories" which they know 100% to be false statement. The films of Kubrick speak for themselves, and those that require the verification of some people in the production for certain themes to be in the film, would be the kind of people whose opinions doesn't matter that much. That explains why the people are silent about certain themes. Also it's quite possible that many really don't even know about those themes as Kubrick really was the sole mastermind on his films. Though for example on The Shining his daughter Vivianne Kubrick certainly knows everything. Her making of The Shining doc was important key for encryption, and she showed really important evidence on her interview of The Shining that got only released in the summer of 2020. I can't say for certain if there are extra footage on EWS or not, but things points to that quite heavily. What would be the thing the studio bosses wanted Kubrick to cut away from the film we got? As that is a known thing they fought, but it's supposedly about the graphic sex, which is quite ridiculous claim. What is the discriminating thing that would need to be cut on the EWS we have? There really is nothing that can be cut from the film without completely killing the film, you can't cut the mansion part away completely and there is nothing singular bad things on the film, anymore at least. So it's much more likely that there were some really eye opening damning scenes that were cut away. I doubt that the film would have been much more longer than it was, it seems that they deleted scenes and re-edited the film to lengthen all the other scenes to be as long as possible. That's why there's so much walking, standing, waiting etc. Obviously I can't prove this, but to me it's the most logical take.

[@BillVincent]

@@juzujuzu4555 The great thing about SK is you can choose to believe what you want. He's gone, so he'll never contradict or correct any theories. There are plenty of films dealing with secret societies, child sex trafficking, and satanic themes/rituals, some with much more graphic depictions than EWS. As interesting as EWS may be, it wasn't/isn't revolutionary in its revelations. I am absolutely sure that hundreds of hours of footage that was shot (including possibly entire scenes) never saw the light of day (and believe that footage was thrown out by Stanley himself) but I don't/won't go down some conspiracy hole thinking that Christiane is somehow under duress perpetually not to tell some truth that, in the light of day, isn't worth even worth fighting for all that much. I've seen the still from the "scene" in the boat that people read into. I've heard lots of theories. But now, 20+ years on I don't think he left out anything he didn't want in. Nobody of note has ever accused anyone of foul play in Stanley's death. This whole conspiracy theory involving WB, the Kubrick family, Tom & Nicole, etc, etc... it's just that. But thinking that a large chunk of the people involved in this film are being quiet because of fear for their lives is just plain silly.

[@Nikolay_Milenkov]

Great take!

[@CristiNeagu]

Nicol Kidman's whole look at the party at the start of the film is just perfection. I don't think I have ever seen anyone look that perfect. Her dress seems perfectly tailored to her body. Her face and hair are perfect. The tone of her skin is perfectly framed by the dress. It's amazing. I don't know how much effort they put into her look, or how much of it is just Kidman's natural beauty, but she just perfectly fits in with the theme of the movie: No matter how much you have, the mystery of what you don't have will always be stronger. Bill had the most gorgeous wife possible. No other woman in the movie rivalled Alice in looks, which is why the Hungarian Gentleman was so determined in his advances. And yet Bill was still enjoying and entertaining the attention of other women. In a way, he had his eyes wide shut to what he actually had in life: A beautiful wife, a daughter, a family.

[@alansamuel2454]

Haha she was also entertaining the Hungarian, wasn't she? It's both parties that were but she at least rejected him, Bill got called for, otherwise, he would have cheated then and there, in my opinion.

[@HeisLeg3nd]

Stanley got hit with that CIA heart attack gun. Dude was telling too much inside baseball.

[@prsimoibn2710]

Here another one, Balenciaga is linked to the castle where the movie has been shot

[@thirdeyeordie8226]

​@@prsimoibn2710 type Balenciaga and Baalanciaga into Google translation to Latin...will open your eyes 👀

[@tbwatch88]

I'm a Christian too, mate. But you're mistaken, I'm afraid, about the whole "Alice is now free from the constraints of marriage...." The film's based on a novel that's a TRAUM... a dream. She had a bad if not horrifyingly disturbing DREAM; it isn't like she's gonna go Scarlet Lettering round the town now.

[@oov55]

Not going to stir up some all-encompassing theory about Kubrick and this film - especially concerning the main characters ... a key start to Kubrick's career - and what he would have heard from his moving around Hollywood (because I am writing on it myself) But will say, that I believe Kubrick was aware of his illness.