Eyes Wide Shut - Movie Review

[@sethdickfield2949]

This movie falls into one of my favorite sub-genres, which is "guy finds a tiny thread and pulls on it until he realizes he's in way over his head and sees something he never should have seen". Blue Velvet and Videodrome are also in that sub-genre

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Is Brazil one?

[@sethdickfield2949]

@@banquetoftheleviathan1404 I'd say so

[@Y.d.o.b.o.n]

They Live, Truman Show

[@damienscott6561]

Under the Silver Lake was the first thing that came to my mind after reading your post.

[@sethdickfield2949]

@@Y.d.o.b.o.n yup

[@ezioauditore4061]

People ask if Die Hard is a Christmas movie, but the real question for movie fans has always been "Is Eyes Wide Shut a Christmas movie?" And the answer to that question is unequivocally YES.

[@chris-zd9sr]

Exactly! Giving your kid to a pedo ring is the ultimate Christmas present you can give!

[@juniorgod321]

Terrifier 3 is a Christmas movie!

[@menkros1]

No

[@Slicedude2004]

Eyes Wide Shut isn't a Christmas movie to me. There's not even any Christmas decorations at the cult.

[@CarterHayes77]

Hulk Hogan used his creative control here

[@dougdeveloper8850]

Those pianos notes that plays throughout the film are so simple yet so terrifying.

[@AddSerious]

It is his heartbeat

[@mrchiefbs]

Check out Barry Lyndon. Kubrick loves a repetitive music theme

[@SonGoku-tp8gb]

I also loved the use of Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2

[@ion6351]

I’m not sure if you’re referring to it: but musica ricercata II by Lygeti is used in the movie and the musician composed it imagining how it would sound to repeatedly stab Stalin.Basically every note played is a stab. I can’t imagine how it must have felt to live in the USSR at that time…

[@HowardxDuck]

It’s so simple but so effective. It’s similar to the Jaws theme in that regard.

[@funnypicturescomics]

I thought I was the only one who found it comforting!!! To me, it's about how almost anything can happen at night, then you know when the sun rises everything will once again be fine.

[@StuntmanDanHemi]

Game recognizes game. I don't think i find the movie exactly "comforting"... but i can tell you like to party lol

[@hermanhale9258]

That is in the novella and Kubrick said he thought that the ending was weak. Nothing is fine again in the movie. The impossible window lady from Room 237 said on her blog, we don't see Helena in the last few minutes of the movie. Kubrick keeps the camera up, so we couldn't see her, if she was there. But Alice uses the eff word, which she wouldn't say if she thought Helena was near enough to hear. We don't get to see Bill's reaction to this word, either, a strange ending for superstar Cruise.

[@dwreckglass]

One of the comforting aspects of the scenes of Tom walking around New York is that no one has a cell phone. Crazy how much has changed in 25 years.

[@truthskr7127]

I hope we can get back to that. Cellphones have turned the public into the walking dead.

[@JewTube001]

@@truthskr7127 We can't. Even third world countries are turning into that now

[@JustCrash]

@@truthskr7127do us a favour and don’t use technology then

[@sianspherica]

The reason it is "oddly comforting" is it's Kubrick, in a semi modern era (for its time), in a recognizable city, dealing with some fairly relatable themes starring two hugely recognizable actors and it's at a nice relaxing pace. It's comforting that Kubrick did manage to make one final movie in a world we still recognize and one final fairly accessible movie. We miss him and we miss this late 90s pace of life.

[@MicahMicahel]

except its about human trafficking... that’s comforting? I think this reviewer is a more emotions based guy and that works for speilberg movies...

[@chrillex91]

@@MicahMicahel The whole movie and your takeaway is its about human trafficking? 🤣🤣 Well thank god you havent tried making it as a reviewer for a living. You'd fail spectacularly. Those scenes take up like 15mins tops in a 2+ hour movie.

[@JewTube001]

@@MicahMicahel I think you guys focus too much on the conspiracy theories you can make from that 5 minute scene compared to the rest of the movie. Reminds me of Anita Sarkeesian how she would say the game Watch Dogs promoted human trafficking because of a single mission. Idk bro you might not be mature enough for the movie if that's your kind of takeway.

[@MicahMicahel]

@ Sarkesian was a dishonest political activist. Big difference. Stuckman is obviously low iq. Just watch a few videos on eyes wide shut... youll see kubrick had interests that were consistant. A clockwork orange involves government psych research and mind control. be low iq and say everything is just fun and comforting if you prefer... or cant help it

[@MicahMicahel]

@ there are about 50 videos by film buffs explaining how this is the theme of the movie. Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery were talking on a podcast last week about the trafficking theme. You prefer low iq mainstream thinkers... go ahead! Youre probably still wearing a coovid mask but youre calling me gullible

[@billwenham]

I was a senior and my mom took me to see this, only because she loved Tom Cruise. She didn't know anything about it and so I let it happen because I wanted to see it. On the ride home it was silence for the longest time and then she turned to me and asked, "So, can you tell me what was going on?" 🤣

[@jasonvoorhees310]

It's about a sex and pedophile cult.

[@krussellgal]

Hahahahahah!

[@Leprutz]

Epic. 😂😂😂😂 And did you?

[@craigjohnson4302]

My reply would have bee, "You mean in the movie or NOW?"

[@benbelzer8303]

Yep, that's definitely a question a mom would ask! 😂

[@MikeBarbre]

You hit it right on the head, Chris. Eyes Wide Shut is absolutely a rainy day-type "comfort" movie. I easily pull it up on a random snowy or rainy night in the middle of January or February and just sink into it. It may be weird for a comfort movie, but it just works.

[@frinskij3063]

I think Stanley Kubrick was a master of lighting his scenes, in this case using christmas lights, and I feel you could rewatch this movie again and again and again just for these stylistic choices alone. It's a gorgeous movie.

[@CoNiCuZn]

I mean yeah he has a movie that is entirely lit by candle lights. Not just anybody could pull that off 💪

[@bornanagaming3329]

Im pretty sure the lightin on this movie inspired the films Birdman and La La Land

[@Huchian]

Your description of “low-fi” Cruise wandering into random urban environments is bang on. 1999 is only a couple of generations from present, but that turn-of-millenium urban landscape, and the ability of people to wander spontaneously into cool public spaces independent of social media is almost quaint now.

[@HauntFormer]

This movie’s become an annual tradition for me around the holidays. It’s a starkly different kind of Christmas film, but a very important and brilliant one.

[@EyeInSky2000]

When Nicole asks Tom what time it is, it does look like the lighting outside is around 6am or so. But I suspect the reason why he told her "A little after 4am" is perhaps he was trying to hide the actual time arrived back home. After all, he would have a lot to explain for by getting home at 6 or 7 in the morning.

[@HitItFromTheBack47]

I really wish Tom Cruise didn’t stop doing his 90s and early 2000s dramatic roles, he was so good, like one of the best dramatic actors of all time good 👏🏽

[@greglee1465]

I'll give you a $billion$ reasons!

[@ameliap9670]

Probably as well because he was never really appreciated in those roles… frustrating for him..

[@MMAGamblingTips]

@@greglee1465I’ll give you one big one. Scientology.

[@splankhoon]

Let's not get carried away. Pacino, Hackman, Deniro, Hoffman, ...he is not. 🙂

[@MMAGamblingTips]

@@greglee1465 or one reason. $cientology

[@v.touring]

I always feel like I shouldn't love this film as much as I do. Ive tried sitting down and watching it with other people and they never have the same respect for it. I watched it for the first time 5 years ago and I still remember how entranced I was. Every single scene gave me such a visceral feeling that I still can't really explain.

[@stewieboo]

Saw the notification for this review earlier tonight, and it finally gave me the push to watch Eyes Wide Shut. Just finished the movie, and now I’m back to say: you were spot on. For a film that’s so somber, I found it oddly comforting, and it’s weird in the best way possible. I’ve been watching your content for over a decade now, and your recommendations have shaped my taste in movies in ways I never imagined. It’s crazy how much of what you pointed out in this review matched my own thoughts while watching. I do have some questions, but part of me feels like the ambiguity is the point, ike Nicole Kidman’s character suggesting it might all be a dream. It’s 5 AM here, and I was half-asleep while watching it, so when you mentioned the movie works best in that hazy/dream state, I couldn’t help but laugh. Guess I know your take style a little too well. LMAO. Kubrick’s absence is a real loss for Hollywood, and seeing Cruise in a role like this makes me wish he’d explore more complex, layered characters. Thanks for the review. Loved the movie and loved hearing your thoughts on it!

[@AcidHouseCat917]

I have been watching your reviews since my early teens, I absolutely adore movies, I locked myself under the stairs for a whole summer and watched as many movies as you could find free online with terrible pixilated quality, ESPECIALLY ones you had in your top 10s. Obscure horror movies was one of my favorite genres and I’ve always love this one. Also this review in particular felt so comforting to share, I love the snow outside visual ☺️ thankyou so much for the best reviews on KZbin.

[@watcher8582]

7:25 "helping their daughter with some math homework" is one way to put it, but really there's a lot of subtext repetition going on. What the mom does, in the homework example, is teaching her daughter how to figure out which boy has more money. Likewise, it's her at the beginning of the movie who knows where the protagonists wallet is located (next to the bed). Stuff like that.

[@UncleAnaesthesia]

The marketing of this film did not do it any favors. I showed it to a college room-mate who dismissed it as a celeb couple film but after he watched it, he loved it and then paid it forward to his girlfriend and her friends before Christmas break. Needless to say, they loved it too.

[@Original-Juice]

I'm your age. I remember falling in love with this movie instantly my Junior year of College...but it seemed like NOBODY knew of its existence! or the few who did it was almost like a Taboo film people wouldn't talk about. totally agree with you.

[@jaydedartsph]

A great Stanley Kubrick film that finally gets its much deserved respect today!

[@gpapa31]

Yes!!! I wish Chris did more old classic artsy directors film reviews (Lynch, Kubrick, Bergman, Kurosawa, Fellini, Goddard, Truffaut, Kieslowski, Ozu, Tati, Antonioni, Renoir, Lang, Fassbinder, Wong Kar-wai etc). Don’t get me wrong, I love the Hollywood commercial popcorn stuff but cinema’s magic stretches beyond those boundaries and into the past so much we can learn as cinephiles.

[@mycupofcoffee6373]

I also feel comfort when watching Andrew Garfield wandering around LA in Under the Silver Lake… so… yeah 😅

[@laopaokmj]

Me too😊

[@thetigerspot1987]

I love that film so much

[@ArmanZaidi]

DUDE YES! this and Eyes Wide Shut have the same kind of vibe

[@nickbyrd1027]

Same, Eyes Wide Shut and Under The Silver Lake are two of my absolute favorites!

[@RB-mq6em]

I remember when this was being filmed in Norfolk, not far from where I live in the UK. Apparently, Tom Cruise was a bit of a regular in the local pub! Loved the review as always. Have a happy Christmas.

[@terrycullen3302]

I can kind of understand the idea of it feeling comforting to you since it has so many shots of scenes with Christmas lights, and warm colours. It has a mostly warm colour palette. It's visually cozy, which is an interesting contrast to how dark the material is.

[@nationalcoasternews5798]

Very excited you finally are reviewing this! Easily one of my favorite Kubrick films and probably my favorite alternative Christmas film. Been watching it in December for the past 2-3 years and it’s one of my new favorite traditions

[@kaibooxD]

YES I watched it on Christmas this year and it was such a vibe!.. my third time seeing this gem... I wanna make a Christmas tradition out of it as well!

[@ethanreuter7908]

I will say that if Chris Stuckmann was still doing the Feature Presentation segment, Eyes Wide Shut (1999) would definitely fit in that discussion.

[@TheBlueGoldenHawk]

He stopped?

[@ethanreuter7908]

@ no I’m saying that we haven’t seen a Feature Presentation video in a while.

[@TheBlueGoldenHawk]

@@ethanreuter7908 yeah he definitely could have included this as one though

[@tonylu1143]

I think Feature Presentation segment is for Chris to talk about an older film for no particular reason. This one simply doesn’t fall into that cuz he’s talking about it on Christmas 😂

[@LWAC71]

400 views in 3 minutes is CRAZY WORK Chris!! Big fan…love your work. Signed an admiring content creator 🎅🏾 🎄

[@stockdoc9384]

L

[@davidcauley9400]

I put off seeing it for nearly two decades, because I heard the middling reviews, and didn't want my last Kubrick experience to be sub standard. I finally watched it and..... another straight up MASTERPIECE. The tone and atmosphere is thick and palpable.

[@jonbourgoin182]

Not sure why I was expecting it but Chris didn't even begin to touch on anything beyond surface level that this movie suggests. Edit: to be fair he probably knows nothing about it

[@andreyzhuchkov1882]

not that Chris ever went there in his reviews to be honest.

[@John-g1x]

"we really need to Stuckmann"

[@BEATmyguest31]

the ending where the daughter is taken away from the parents as they acknowledge it and let it happen is so quick and subtle i never noticed it before. truly a disturbing movie considering all the info that has been coming out lately

[@ohfuvk8968]

@1:57

[@henryivan6858]

I noticed how the daughter interrupts them 3 times while they are trying to have a conversation, but then they have the long conversation without a single interruption from the daughter after she's gone with those men.

[@tonybennett4159]

What a load of garbage and a gross betrayal of Kubrick and his legacy. This nonsense has been put about by fools who think they are, you know, SO perspicacious and they have got special insights into Kubrick's mind. More insight into his mind than his wife, his brother in law (who also acted as his producer) long time assistant Leon Vitali (he played Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon, but worked with Kubrick instead of pursuing an acting career), and co-scriptwriter Frederick Raphael all of whom scotched the crazy rumours? I would strongly advise you to look in detail at how this film came about. It is based on an Austrian novella, "Dream Story" by Arthur Schnitzler written in the 1920s. Kubrick had wanted to make this for decades, meanwhile an inferior film version had been made as well as a weak TV version. All versions, including Kubrick's, stay incredibly close to the book right to the end, although Kubrick updated it and moved it from Vienna to New York. Even a superficial viewing of the film leads to the most likely conclusion that Kubrick was fascinated by the Freudian aspects of the tale. Schnitzler, after all had been in correspondence with Sigmund Freud. So close does Kubrick keep to the book (yes, the orgy scene from the 1920s is there, and the pubescent daughter in the costumier's shop etc), that even a tiny incident like Bill (Fridolin in the book) being barged into by a gang of young men so that he stumbles and almost falls, is there in book and film. The book ends with the couple waking in the morning (probably after making love) listening to the sound of their daughter's laughter from her room next door. Why would Kubrick go out of his way to mess up the whole premise of a novel of which he was obviously enamoured. Just to fuel ridiculous conspiracy theories?

[@henryivan6858]

@@tonybennett4159 Kubrick exploited the visual story telling aspect of cinema. He learned with Lolita (a movie about a p*do) to suggest visually what the censors didn't allow him. It is 100% Kubrick to leave visual ideas to ask questions and it goes in line with his quotes when talking about filmmaking and ideas. Kubrick tutored the screenwriter of EWS. Even the writer admitted that he didn't know if Kubrick was going to use his screenplay for his own purposes. Kubrick also reworked and personally changed the screenplay delivered to him, to make it more visual, he changed the format. For example, the original screenplay, the end happens in the living room, with their daughter opening the door and joining them, after they ended a version of their dialogue of the finished film. Kubrick changed most of it for the shooting. Including more dialogue, the location from the living room to the Toy Store, and the daughter leaving, instead of entering the room to join them. The screenplay is online and the author's book about writing Eyes Wide Shut is available to buy.

[@TheGeneral92]

@@ohfuvk8968 you're cringe, stuckmann is playing it safe cause we wants to be part of the industry, it's the same reason he didn't review sound of freedom. The fact is Kubrick made a movie telling you about the elites and they killed him and changed his movie.

[@hellofrominside8524]

This is one of those movies I’m trying to go into knowing as little as possible and now that it seems to be a Christmas movie I’m even more excited

[@MyTardisGoWhoosh]

Dude... this movie is disgusting... and sends you subliminal messages...

[@Anthony-p6d5u]

I agree with the other guy. This movie is set in and around Christmas. There are christmas lights in practically every scene. That's about all this has to do with Christmas. This film is about sex, relationships, class, and possibly child indoctrination

[@biancasconfused5135]

It was so great to hear Chris do a review that he feels passionately about. I feel like lately. I have been watching all his reviews of recent releases and top blockbuster hits, but this feels like I got back to his roots a little bit. I love when someone loves something the way he loves film

[@joejusto3292]

I’m a simple man I see a Stanley Kubrick review , I click…😅😊

[@jjp7022]

It’s not a movie, it’s a documentary for you fools

[@hashtagfilm]

Kubrick showing us the real world years before our eyes were opened.

[@yeskev]

4:59 It is comforting! That's not hard to understand at all. The pacing, the music, the visuals, the tone. It's a smooth movie.

[@andysahus67]

This masterpiece feels like a Hopper painting in motion,the lonliness. Nice review

[@cheryloconnor-nz]

I always thought this would be a film I wouldn't like to watch but your review has opened my eyes (pun intended) and I will now. Thanks for all your reviews on your channel Chris and Merry Christmas to you and your family.🎄

[@ghadanour6583]

I watched this movie for the first time a month ago and immedialty searched if Chris has a review for it. I was waiting for this review. Thank you

[@dropboxmoabit384]

well, then you should check out the good reviewers talking about it

[@Thomas15]

4:35 Although the film, including the scenes of Tom Cruise walking around New York, were actually shot in the UK.

[@deckofcards87]

If you read the Schnitzler book Eyes Wide Shut is based on "Traumnovelle" you get a clearer idea of what this movie's doing. It's pure Frued. Arthur Schnitzler was a doctor, playwright and admirer of Sigmund Frued's work during the early 20th century when Psychoanalysis was all the rage in academic circles. Sex & death themes, mask symbology, dream logic, etc. Kubrick does a very clever job conveying all of this essentially without the main character's inner monologue. I believe they originally considered Tom Cruise to do a narration, but I'm glad Kubrick decided not to do that because the movie is more ambiguous and mysterious as a result. Ultimately more re-watchable. Kubrick updates the book from 1920s Vienna to 90s NYC. Bill's attempts to get laid are always cut short or interrupted, mirroring his wife's fantasized dilemma of her missed opportunity to have sex with the navy officer. It's as if Bill's living Alice's dilemma unconsciously, on a loop (Kubrick makes this feel a bit like that one bad dream where you're frustrated to complete something but can't.) The main female protagonists Bill encounters on his outings are red-haired analogues of Alice. This is where the subtext and symbology of the story gets really interesting, in my opinion. Everything you need to know about Bill's arc, including what he thinks and feels toward Alice, is mirrored by each of the situations with these different women. Particularly Mandy, aka the masked woman at the orgy and who Bill saves from OD-ing at the Christmas party. And later, when Alice wakes from her nightmare which eerily mirrors his experience at the mansion; its clear Bill thinks he's lost Alice completely. At least, in his mind. The people at the orgy are all having having sex with masks. This is a metaphor of Bill's relationship with Alice. He wears a 'mask' in the sense that he's not revealing his true inner-self in the relationship. I think the murder mystery and the sex cult is there to send Bill, and we the audience, back to 'waking.' He gets wound up in the riddle trying to figure it out, but the purpose of this part of the narrative isn't that it needs to be solved, it's simply there to scare the crap out of Bill and send him back to Alice. When he finally does so, he tells her what he's been up to and why he was so hurt by her confession. So the 'detective story' is fun but also a distraction. However I like that we get a clue about Mandy's death. That she may have been sacrificed for real which is equally depressing and poignant. The story is about Bill and Alice's openess with each other. We're left feeling optimistic for them and their daughter at the end, with a reminder that most of the fears and anxieties occuping our imaginations aren't always, if ever, the actual truth. It's Kubrick's one and only happy ending. And one helluva Christmas movie.

[@Mopark25]

I think it was shot with narration in mind, several scenes linger a bit as if to account for narration.

[@millsykooksy4863]

You’re right, and the author of the book was friends with Freud and I guess Kubrick has been fascinated by Freud for a long time

[@WafflesTaster]

BTW, Freud reduced his frequency of interaction with Schnitzler because he was afraid Schnitzler was influencing him too much, and that he might become secondary to him in a way. So I think you might even say that Freud's ideas were 'Schnitzlerian' and not the other way around. I'm very close to finishing Schnitzler's biography (what is available in English as least) and it's the best stuff I've read in my life. He was a true genius

[@millsykooksy4863]

@@WafflesTaster that is incredibly cool

[@JewTube001]

There's going to be another Traumnovelle movie in a few weeks too.

[@Porsilasmoscazzz]

I just recently watched "The Firm" and realized how similar it is to "Eyes Wide Shut". Both star Tom Cruise dealing with secretive, corrupt groups while his marriage is falling apart. What’s wild is that Sydney Pollack directed "The Firm" and then played a shady character in "Eyes Wide Shut". It’s like these movies are two sides of the same coin, one rooted in legal realism, the other in dreamlike surrealism, both exposing the cracks in institutions and relationships when faced with hidden corruption.

[@gilpinsteven]

1:19 that's director Todd Field, who made In The Bedroom, Little Children and Tár.

[@naderzein2435]

He also invented Big League Chew lol

[@michaelotis223]

In The Bedroom is an adult drama masterpiece!

[@jimitpdeu]

thank you very much chris for taking time to review classics like this, I hope you will cover whole kubrick filmography after 2001!

[@DaymanOurSavior]

Love these longer, more in depth reviews of classic movies, and this one is definitely underrated

[@Black-eyedSue]

That DUN DUN DUN DUN DUNNNN piano is anything but comforting for me 😂

[@erickpoint0]

Man I ever commenting on one of your videos like 6 years ago to review this movie. Glad you finally did it

[@alisterfolson]

The fact there's a rumor that scenes were cut to stay forever hidden are concerning. More concerning is the fact (?) there's cults like this out there you're better off not knowing about.

[@MA-lb8dq]

Stanley Kubrick was most probably murdered because he exposed too much. Just look at Eipstein's sudden death.

[@Reb3nga]

​@@MA-lb8dqJust keep off the internet man

[@timothycorrigan498]

In this age of conspiracy theories running rampant and abound, how are none of the top comments mentioning the fact Kubrick died four days after delivering the movie to the studio? Especially when one considers the content within. Seems like something people would latch onto.

[@JHallenbeck]

Those Kubrick-conspiracy nutters are here. Plenty of comments spewing ignorant nonsense.

[@ianrobinson4200]

One of the greatest films to come out in my lifetime, I watch it every year

[@Jay-n262]

The Christmas vibe and the way it's portrayed gives me the same feeling.

[@blakewilliams5627]

I always believed eyes wide shut is a unofficial sequel to The Shinning. What if the overlook hotel was the location of the group for eyes wide shut.

[@ComicConScott]

I've always loved the intensity of the scene at the end between Sydney Pollack and Tom Cruise as their relationship breaks down

[@tmc8195]

Something small but significant that spooks me is that this film is blasted with Christmas decor up until you get to the party and then not a single Christmas decoration anywhere in that mansion…

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

And who doesn't celebrate Christmas?

[@squamish4244]

My parents went to see this the summer after I finished high school, and when they got home my mom told me in detail about the scene where Nicole Kidman tells him about her fantasy and then he wanders around and imagines her with the guy. That was...an interesting experience.

[@IvanPolyansky]

Perfect Christmas movie!! LOL. Stanley was a clever man, and very brave. This movie is about many things, but for me primarily about how the world is run. Watch the teddy bear (also symbolic) in the last scene very closely. And NO these details do not serve the story as Chris stated. They are deliberately hidden, because he knew whose toes he was gonna step on. Also the lighting is impeccable in this picture, and symbolic as well, lots of analysis done on that alone.

[@DanielCrookeFilms]

A brilliant, astute, and well articulated review Sir. I know you said you didn’t want to get all academic with your review, but you definitely did. Merry Christmas to you and yours Chris. 🎄👍🏽

[@stacipumpz]

One of my favorite movies I wish I could see the original cut but they probably erased it from existence

[@azure5644]

It’s in Epstein’s blackmail collection

[@phloxenheim]

I would do anything to see the Directors Cut before it got chopped by the studio.

[@bleep77]

You're right. This movie is oddly comforting to watch. Mesmerizing and captivating, too. Kubrick is a genius of filmmaking.

[@OllieOKane40489]

It's completely justified to study Kubrick's filmography on an 'academic level' there is no shame in that. I would actually encourage further reading and research into his work, especially for this film. A one off first time watch is just scratching the surface.

[@fluff975]

100%. not sure why chris would equate an "academic" breakdown of a kubrick film to "overanalysis" as if it were one of the Jackass mvoies

[@RaykaRadivoyevitch]

The 4am lighting shot is due to a full moon that is never shown. Konex at the end is a detail that I never noticed. I think it's metaphorical. Connects the dots, pixels light , the grainy look and Christmas lights strewn throughout the film. I love this film. It grows on me with each repeat viewing.

[@SteveBrown-f3q]

Yes. Collateral. We need another film like that with cruise. My favorite role of his

[@vb2388]

One of Kubrick’s Best Films.. Then again…all his films are God status..

[@Rakesh-v7e6j]

Nonsense

[@mikestand8067]

​​@@Rakesh-v7e6jwhat's nonsense? Edit: actually no worries I've seen you trolling and rage baiting throughout this comment section about Kubrick. Don't bother wasting my time. Boring individual.

[@deckofcards87]

His first three films are anything but "God status." I think Full Metal Jacket slumps in the middle act and isn't very good (the first and third acts are very strong, though)

[@mikestand8067]

@@deckofcards87 the killing, his third film, is great.

[@Leprutz]

2001, the shining, full metal jacket, barry lindon, a clickwork orange and eyes wide shot are hist greatest and only movies to be really rememberd. Spartacus was really mediocre at best and and his other movies like lolita and dr stangelove as well as the killing are very problematic movues with miserable pacing.

[@YELLOWSNOWBALLX]

Awesome review Chris!!! I loved Knex as as a kid, my brothers and I would build the big ball factory! Great times. Merry Christmas mate!

[@Bendiiiiis]

I would like to see the uncut version that got kubric killed. He exposed so many things.

[@REECEM92]

I first watched it in 2009, I was 17 and at first I didn't like the movie, but then around a year later I saw it again and now I really appreciate and love this movie, its a bit of a strange masterpiece. Kubrick really knew how to draw you in to his movies.

[@MyTardisGoWhoosh]

Wtf is wrong with everyone... this movie sends you subliminal messages and pretty much exposes what be happening in Hollywood... and with all the recent stuff thats been happening this isnt some crazy conspiracy

[@ryanjoseph7970]

Chris tryna get into Hollywood now so that’s why i think he not going into that

[@aquaticborealis4877]

It does not expose anything in Hollywood. It has nothing to do with Hollywood.

[@MyTardisGoWhoosh]

@@aquaticborealis4877 delusional

[@MyTardisGoWhoosh]

@@aquaticborealis4877 you're delusional

[@MyTardisGoWhoosh]

@@aquaticborealis4877 delusional

[@thedrive8484]

Lofi Kubrick, never has a truer statement been made.😂 Great review as always! Happy Holidays!

[@randonolso]

Hey Chris - have you ever looked into the 24 minutes that were 'cut' and why? Also, for someone who was so meticulous as Kubrick was... interesting that the 'ritual' scene was shot in the Rothchilds owned Mentmore Towers..... it was named 'eyes wide shut' for a reason....

[@colinthedogfromspaced9365]

I was 17. skipped school, changed out my uniform in the train station toilets and went to Leeds. I'd been a huge Kubrick fan, I had them all on vhs ! My first kubrick film on the Big Sceen. Came out the cinema not really understanding what I'd just watched but found it mesmerizing. Loved Alan Cummings wee cameo too.

[@liutas489]

i have good and bad feelings for this movie. i still believe that because of the fact that stanley did not have a final cut it is not basically a finished movie. especially the last 1/3 of the movie seems somehow unfinished, I believe the director would have cut it differently

[@delbroox]

Merry Christmas Chris, and everyone else here!

[@briantanner5478]

Chris you read my mind. If Die Hard is on the table so is this.

[@cheneethompson5756]

I agree! Die hard is definitely a Christmas movie!

[@Choppa-yc7gq]

Kubrick would die again if he saw what they did to the ending of his movie

[@michaelbozas]

What are you referring to?

[@Bendiiiiis]

They killed kubrick. Because of this film. He exposed so many things in the movie that they cut about 30minutes of the ending because it was too much

[@Kieselsteinkind]

I don’t think they changed it. Did they?

[@socklock1957]

⁠@@Kieselsteinkind The only thing close to change is when Kubrick presented the rough cut 4 days before he died, the MPAA kept giving the movie an NC-17 rating so Warner Bros tried to change it by adding CGI fabric to censor the nude body parts instead of just releasing it unrated. It was so tasteless and even a bit ridiculous, Roger Ebert even compared it to the nudity blocking jokes from Austin Powers and yeah that’s exactly what it was like. Thankfully, that version is mostly unavailable on Blu-Ray as long as you buy one that only includes the 2 hour 39 minute long unrated version.

[@uneedtherapy42]

I’m basically obsessed with this movie. I think it will become more and more popular in years to come. There is something about this that is undefinable. I obsess over the lighting and especially the scenes with Nick Knightengale and Milloch the costume store owner

[@witchingroom]

Sonata Jazz scene is my favorite

[@uneedtherapy42]

@@witchingroom fun little fact.. If you look to the left in that scene Stanley is sitting there at one of the tables. He made a cameo there.

[@leviturner4565]

Similar to how The Shining had to gain respect over time, I think we’re seeing this film gain respect in real time

[@p_ttown1979]

barry lyndon went through that as well. critical reappraisal was already high but that recent 21 savage edit also increased discussions.

[@Rakesh-v7e6j]

Shining sucks

[@AvocadoHank]

Still my favorite Kubrick movie all these years later. Amazing film

[@adelia-m6x]

Omg, this was so cool to watch. Can’t wait for more.

[@DelightLovesMovies]

Eyes Wide Shut is my favourite Kubrick film. Everytime I watch it I feel like I'm seeing something I never saw before.

[@AlkoWasAlreadyTaken]

It’s always been my #1 Kubrick film. LOVE IT.

[@BlankBlank-wu3xc]

Your review of this movie is wonderfully put. I have just watched this movie last night and finished it at 2:30 AM approx as soon as the end credits rolled. Throughout the time I am having a psychological warfare while watching it as Bill was having it during his two night of escapades, complete with the haunting score you've mentioned it. The last 10 minutes of the movie is where I was in a half- asleep half- awake mode. This is, by far, the most psychologically unhinged movie Kubrick had ever made (ofcourse most of his movies are unhinged like the Shining and Dr Strangelove; I have yet to finish watching his filmography)

[@leviturner4565]

Literally just watching videos about this movie

[@VidaDw]

Studiobinder?

[@DualMarlin]

Same 😅

[@leviturner4565]

@ yes actually and then I went down a rabbit hole

[@DualMarlin]

@@leviturner4565 the theories are almost endless about this movie. The one that interests me most is the theory that they sacrificed their child at the end, to gain entry into the elite cult. But I don’t think that fits with the character’s motives in the film, I’m not sure

[@sarahshere789]

I just watched this movie for the first time a couple days ago having no idea it was based around Christmas!! I completely understand your review and feel the same way, how odd that the movie can feel so comfortable with Tom cruise walking around at night but also so terrifying when he’s being followed and well, obviously, the cult scene

[@migzydrift]

This film is too deep for you.

[@tracypham8630]

I was just thinking about this movie this morning and searched up a bunch of analysis videos and here you are… dropping this review 😂. Thanks for this Chris!!! You read my mind today!

[@stalwartzero7001]

Happy holidays! Your channel helped me through some rough times ❤

[@kawaiiwitchbaby]

I haven't rewatched this movie in literally over 15 years but when I do think about it randomly I always think about those late night walking scenes and how much I loved them. I just saw the other day The Criterion Channel is going to have it available in January so I will be rewatching. I also love Todd Field's movies and every time I've brought him up I always tell them he's the pianist in Eyes Wide Shut (also in Twister).

[@daveysaturn7232]

There is a horror in having a safe and fulfilling life, but still wanting something more. Then, when you go looking for something different you sometimes stumble upon something terrifying and it is best that you retreat back to your safe life. Keep those eyes wide shut.

[@9987molly]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank you for some great videos.

[@AmySharzer]

This is one of my favorite videos of yours because I also find comfort in this movie but don't say that out loud. The eerie atmosphere and music make perfect sense in the film and the Nicole is mesmerizing in it!

[@kenyangulotta3845]

Thanks for a terrific review and dissertation on EWS. It’s always resonated with me and one that I will always rewatch. For me, it’s one of my favorite Kubrick movies, personally and easily in the 4th spot. I moved to nyc 98, just after turning 30, and this hit hard as a mythic take, & tragic introspective romance. It remains for me memorable Christmas tale that I love that I’m always ready but reticent to watch. There is for some reason this air of taboo about this movie that never makes sense.

[@sonicyuuki2292]

I remember watching this movie about two years ago. It was on netflix, and I was fresh off watching Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket (not on the same day, minf you), then I saw this movie on the feed, got curious, and watched it. It had me thinking "something wrong is going to happen" after Tom's character went to THAT place. As you said, it had a creepy vibe to it, like something bad was going to happen to him and his wife, Nicole's character. Also, if you played Conker's Bad Fur Day, there are a couple of references to Kubrick's films, with one of them being Eyes Wide Shut. Also also, I've been watching an anime series, and got me thinking that it may have been inspired in part by this film. Anyway, thanks for making this video, and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to you 👍🏼

[@davids736]

I think I have seen this, years and years and years ago. I don't seem to remember enjoying it, but it is on my list of movies that I do need to watch at some point. The reason that it is on my list, is simply because it's a Kubrick movie, and I honestly believe that any movie lover should watch all of Kubrick's movies at some point in their life - does that make sense? Seeing this review, it has moved up my list of movies to watch.... Happy Christmas all!!!! 😊😊😊😊 🎄❤

[@natecw4164]

This movie just suddenly popped into my head last month and wouldn't leave. Had to rewatch it, for the first time in at least a decade. Now I'm finding a lot of people suddenly talking about it. Anyone else have this recently come to mind inexplicably?

[@codyreitsma5918]

Definitely my favorite Kubrick film, and I also agree that it is also one of the most strangely comforting/relaxing/cozy movies in spite of the dark subject matter. You can watch this movie as a student of film who wants to analyze all the symbolism and deeper meanings, but it also works on a much simpler level where you can just casually put it on to put you in a relaxed state of mind as you follow Tom Cruise through the streets on a cold winter’s night. Also I would like to point out that while Tom Cruise is famous for running in most of his movies, by contrast this is the Tom Cruise movie where he has the most epic slow-paced walking of all time throughout the whole film haha. And good point bringing up Vanilla Sky, Chris. That is another highly underrated film, which I consider to be a thematic sibling film of Eyes Wide Shut.

[@seancorrigan7448]

Great acting and atmosphere in this film. One of Kubrick's best.

[@RyanL-tl9xw]

Stuckman you nailed it with the analysis through half way about how comforting and lo-fi it is

[@gabrielleraul]

I'm watching this review late at night, half asleep in a dream state, Chris's voice is just perfect sleep material in a good way ..

[@IZ1111]

I can't seem to find this movie on any streaming service

[@CP-yd7lp]

I don't blame you for finding this movie fascinating because it's different from most, it's thought-provoking, and it could be an exploration of fantasies that people have. (I'd say it's a bit of a stretch for this to be considered a Christmas movie. It just happens to take place around Christmas, which is why the main couple is seen attending a Christmas party, the daughter asks if she can watch a Christmas movie, and the couple is seen Christmas shopping with their daughter.) Thank you for sharing the clips of snow where you are. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🙂🎄🕊🎉🥳

[@filippo8189]

Yes, Eyes Wide Shut feels deeply nostalgic. The discontent this couple is suffering through juxtaposed to the cheery, Christmas backdrop is haunting. I think many people can relate to having to struggle through demons while smiling through the holiday season. But it’s not all bleak because the movie offers an escape, a world of fantasy and daydreaming that real adulthood almost always lacks. I think it’s nostalgic because it reminds us of a time somewhere between adolescence and adulthood where an escape was still possible.