"Eyes Wide Shut" - Stanley Kubrick (1999) - Letter Scene

[@alexalex13131]

A very long movie but it had a hypnotic attraction which held you.

[@verselove69]

alexalex13131 Yes indeed you did very well said

[@maxmusic5380]

alexalex13131 159 minutes isn’t long

[@toniroberts8117]

I felt like the movie was a bit “long” or drawn out until Dr Bill went to that secret party. After that I was so drawn in, wanting to know the facts (who was the hooker that sacrificed her life for him, why did she do it, why doesn’t the society just kill the doctor, etc). I had to watch this film a couple times to understand it, and I’m still not sure I do, or for that matter know if I got the directors intentional message of the film. It sure was an interesting, unique film.

[@charlesthorndike2702]

I wish it was like 7 hours longer

[@ricardocalmza]

Fucking best movie

[@enterthevortex5883]

They not only anticipated his return but now he knows they know who he is. That's got to be spine chilling.

[@dthtr1]

The servant at the house found in Bill's coat the costume rental house receipt . His name was probably on it . Ziegler said later in the billiard room that they know Bill was an intruder because of the receipt .

[@dantealighieri1265]

@@dthtr1 also because he was the only one that came with a taxi^^

[@rockodelawere5835]

@@dantealighieri1265 It's that or also the fact those dark powerful people make intelligence work and they can find about personal information about any person.

[@markhirstwood4190]

Because he's being gangstalked, 24/7, real-time, per-second. Hidden cameras and mics in his bedroom, office, vehicle, etc, stalkers on the street and placed in situations in advance of him going there (e.g., the Sonata Cafe, the Diner, etc).

[@justone234]

He also had already been identified at the Mansion party when he didn't know the second password ( there was no second password) they had him take his mask off....The funny thing to note is that Tom is most likely a free mason in real life 🤔

[@mariececileoosterhout4029]

Even the servant has a Rolls with driver, that's how powerful these people are.

[@williamjglover]

That’ll be the chauffeur or butler driving the owner’s car. They’re so rich, they have people drive for them

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

@@williamjglover please read the main comment again

[@HeyhitmeBAM]

That was the chauffeur, it is a right hand Rolls.

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

@@HeyhitmeBAM ye didn't get the main comment. Please do read it again.

[@HeyhitmeBAM]

@@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius man please shut the fuck up with your “please” yt smartass

[@antonioalejo2731]

I love this scene, it says everything without any dialogue.

[@artvandelay3840]

That Bill is powerless, and is now on very thin ice. It's all in the letter. Basically telling him "back off, or else". I think a lesser movie would have had Bill beaten up, or someone vocalizing the threat. Instead, Kubrick shows restraint by having a stern as fuck looking old man silently hand Bill the leather, and leave. Bill is physically barred from entering, but they've spotted him right away, and are ready for him. Which in itself is unsettling. As well as the cordial (but menacing) wording of the letter.

[@Onmysheet]

It's creepy how they already made the letter, as they probably expecting him to come back.

[@gocubs4010]

Onmysheet my thoughts and!

[@joejohn.]

Also, I've always felt a sense of strong contrast in this scene. Bill is a well-off doctor, but the people behind these gates belong to a different stratosphere. A world of wealth and power in which Bill doesn't belong.

[@aspenivy3268]

Art Vandelay lesser to beat up, Stanley is bad with words period. honestly say they told him nothing.movieisbased on what might be, nothing happens

[@jamlym4974]

The music is so unsettling.

[@djchiesa3567]

the music is irritating.

[@JustinBlazzzee]

DJ Chiesa The music is great. It gives the exact vibe that fits with the movie. Creepy. Like something bigger is going on that you aren’t aware of that you’re just starting to uncover.

[@souravpal9546]

No it's good

[@Josh-g7d9t]

​@@djchiesa3567 Kanye sample

[@abdu11alfc]

It is so unsettling. Perfectly does the job of unnerving you and making you feel really uncomfortable

[@bndkllr2763]

It's incredible how powerful this music is, considering it's so simple that you could take anyone, even if they've never even touched a piano before, and teach them to play it in less than a minute.

[@matthewking1873]

It's by Ligeti - a wonderful Hungarian composer. It's from his Musica Ricercata

[@austinpowers343]

@@matthewking1873 I didn't know it was Ligeti! Apparently Kubrick was a fan; he used the Requiem and Atmosphères in 2001

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

Oh, a Hungarian composer. Hmmm

[@austinpowers343]

@@secondcomingofbast9908 ?

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

@@austinpowers343 The man who tried to seduce Alison was a Hungarian lol

[@drumstick74]

I love Kubrick's attention to detail. Instead of a handwritten note, Bill gets an envelope with high quality paper and printed letter with an almost arrogant warning; Very Rothschild'ish.

[@Facade953]

Yoshi5020 D Lost mortal souls is more like it.

[@matthewmedley8532]

drumstick74 genius director. Watch the documentary on the making of the shining for a fascinating insight into a master at work. Brilliant.

[@soioioioioioio34]

fuck the Rothschild's

[@wanefelicia8779]

LoL not rly...i doubt they can even type🤣🤣

[@Onmysheet]

Look how quick he was to arrive at the gate with the letter already made. Like he was expecting him to come back.

[@marblesthecat3861]

Kubrick's films are always appreciated years after they are released.

[@gregsmith7949]

Because they are ahead of their time. One of the greatest, if not the greatest.

[@scottmorgan5419]

Because it takes years to make and years to understand the depth of the real stories he is trying to tell under the surface level story

[@dthtr1]

It depends . " Full metal jacket " disappointed me , I find " Platoon " quite better .

[@thephilosopher7173]

@@scottmorgan5419 Its crazy that people are calling analysis of this movie conspiracy lol. Nothing in this movie is out of the realm of possibility and in fact more than ever does it get put into question with the news in recent years.

[@fogellmclovin3740]

@@thephilosopher7173 you realise this movie is about human sexuality and jealousy, right? its not some QAnon Deepstate weird conspiracy whistleblower documentary

[@OG-Ghost33]

The impact of a single piano note is insane and most never even notice it

[@goatamatix894]

Three actually

[@vicky4112]

I'm sure you're far from the only one who noticed the impact -- unless one is deaf.

[@anonymous.7585]

@@vicky4112 He said most, not all. You'd have noticed if you'd read it properly, unless one is blind.

[@vicky4112]

@@anonymous.7585 I did notice, I read it properly, I'm not blind and the word "most" is precisely what I was reacting to.

[@anonymous.7585]

@@vicky4112 Since when did "most" mean "all but one"?...

[@tremorsfan]

Notice how the note is typed instead of hand written. Also notice there isn't much time between when Bill arrives and the man hands him the note. This indicates that they were anticipating him coming back.

[@attiepollard7847]

What's so funny is when he reads the letter I can actually hear the red Cloak guys voice.

[@rickdalton7690]

More than likely, they followed him home, plus the Zieglers more than likely gave them all the information they needed on Bill. And they immediately knew that Nick was involved who also gave Bill up

[@AnnaLVajda]

Does not take long to type a few lines though or they might have a few of those on hand just for anyone who shows up.

[@dthtr1]

@@AnnaLVajda It 's surely a ready letter kept aside , that 's why there is no date on it . They just have to type the name on the envelope .

[@chrisf1600]

Incredible deduction, Holmes

[@MaidenUtah1]

I’m going to give this exact same letter to the next Jehovah’s Witness who approaches me

[@barneschitown]

Please do! and record and upload it.

[@andreinybakken9252]

Savage, applies to most any solicitation😂

[@jerome2022]

Be careful what you ask for! We all have secrets

[@Levin1963-h9z]

jerome2022 Sure, but not all of them THAT evil.

[@spookygoo]

awesome comment!! funny and topical! :)

[@elizabethp2395]

All these years later and that piano still drives me f**king nuts.

[@codetrooper9279]

Me too

[@deathstar5788]

Gonna get ya. 😈

[@ReptilianXHologram]

You wearing white panties drives me nuts, Elizabeth P.

[@SummerOf1987]

Me too! 😵‍💫

[@canadude6401]

Over three minutes with no dialogue. That is the craft Kubrick had at film making. He leaves "space" for you to do your own interpretation while he throws some suspenseful story at you. He does this in many movies.. the intro driving scene in The Shining. and the quiet 2001 A Space Odyssey. I think most humans find comfort in speech and Kubrick takes it away from you pulling you deeper into his story. Then when the dialogue returns on the next scene we're tuned in and eager to listen. Another note, I also just love how he chose some old stogy near-dead looking man delivering the envelope coldly through the fence with gloves on, and arrives in a Rolls Royce. Did you notice how the old man looks straight in the camera (at you) to further creep you out? Not to mention the spooky piano themes. I think it's time to watch this movie again for the 8th or 9th time.

[@gregsmith7949]

YES!

[@henry6354]

Awesome minutes with no dialogue...like Sergio Leone did too

[@hermanhale9258]

This letter scene is a match for the scenes in old cowboy movies where the hero and the villain have a shoot out on the main street in town. Bill sometimes wears a vest and shirt not unlike a Hollywood cowboy get up. But not in this scene.

[@MariePrive]

The bars of the gate also make Tom Cruise look like a prisoner.

[@joejohn.]

The doctor confronted with real wealth.

[@raddjordj9609]

With rulling class

[@egeaydin1308]

@Akshay Natu The amount of wealth that Dr. Bill commanded would pale in comparison to the amount of wealth possessed by the people who gave him the letter, which where they derive their power and influence from. Their political power is intimately and innately connected to the financial power that they have.

[@egeaydin1308]

@Akshay Natu I woulnd't go so far as to say that money alone suffices to make someone powerful, but I would maintain that it is the most essential component of building a powerful position, without which it is impossible to retain influence.

[@aaronrodriguez1410]

@Akshay Natu yes politicians make alot. It's a known fact

[@Nonni655321]

“It’s not about the money, money, money, Forget about the money, money, money. We just want to make the world dance, Forget about the price tag.”

[@Onmysheet]

The colour blue is a metaphor for secrets, which is shown lots of times throughout the film. Here it's the gates, meaning the gate of secrets.

[@watermelonlalala]

The color blue is not a metaphor for secrets. That guy with his color theory has an opinion based on hot air.

[@kenparker2402]

Shut up. It’s just the color of the gate

[@straightup9643]

Ken Parker the Color Blue is the truth and red is Dream you can see the different in the bedroom scene

[@ElTamex07]

I’m just now here thinking that blue is a very pretty color for a gate!

[@jambi5096]

Nice spot Secret Guy. The color blue is also the lowest light on the spectrum and in this movie, it’s used to represent the low vibrating subterranean levels these people operate on. Although they seem to be of this “elite class”, this class is merely a veil that hides the sickening impulses that drive and control their lives, which is why all the “night scenes/their true selve” are always filtered through dark blue lighting or why u always see a blue light. Funny enough this scene reflects the beginning of the movie where the two worlds meet. Here Bill is out in the day (the light/good/society’s mask) where he’s confronting that evil mansion he went to, and here u see it in the daylight separated by a blue gate. The two worlds meeting but still divided. Just like in the beginning when Bill and his wife are getting ready for the evil party. They’re at their house at night (the darkness/bad/true selves) unwittingly gettin ready to party with evil people. Their two worlds meet at night where they’re easily allowed his clients home.

[@gregsmith7949]

To all the critics who claim his adventures were a "dream sequence" after smoking pot...this totally dispels that.

[@thelevelbeyondhuman]

And no dream, is ever just a dream, right?

[@AnnaLVajda]

Kubrick is a bit like David Lynch about ambiguous dream distortion sometimes it is very effective in disturbing the viewer and forcing them to use their own imaginations but he's not as playful as David in technique. So talented I am amazing his stuff never got an Oscar too surreal and artsy and disturbing maybe like Lynch but his films are beautifully shot and meticulous and effective. They stay in the subconscious a long time after.

[@Linkolite]

It is strangely dreamy throughout the film. Has a very ethereal quality. But all of Kubrick’s films have this… I think the weed was a plot tool to create tension between the husband and wife and maybe make the audience think the woman’s confessions were a little exaggerated or unfounded because she was stoned, which we later learn is just a part of her wicked persona.

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

@@AnnaLVajda s....ew oscars....To cinephiles and academic papers, and in the minds and hearts of people who understand what real cinema and art is, Kubrick will always remain the number 1.

[@-______-______-]

Thank you. Too many people go with this pithy 'it was just a dream' nonsense because they are scared of the actual subject matter of the film.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

This scene deserves it's own movie.

[@krizzy__]

@vermilion J it's ,what exactly ??

[@sterlinghayden4096]

K C , spelling eRror

[@krizzy__]

@@sterlinghayden4096 lol

[@bencates3190]

Phi1 im in!

[@robert779]

It has its own movie, it’s Eyes Wide Shut!

[@M.E.N.E.M.]

The fact they have it all written and printed, ready for him to read, with his name, i even more chilling.

[@chermebrownsauce]

"Look at that subtle colouring. The tasteful thickness..."

[@socallawrence]

Haha. I’m going to go ahead and like your comment before trying to get an 830 rez at Dorsia

[@aniqaafra9049]

Oh my god, it even has a watermark

[@jimsheppard3166]

Paul Allen is clearly the Red Cloak.

[@tirasgo]

"He even has that intense friendliness, with nothing behind his eyes"

[@GizmoBeach]

Let’s see Paul Allen deliver that letter.

[@darkstar2315]

Can't he take a hint, he knows he is playing with fire. That is what you call a final warning.

[@attiepollard7847]

What's so funny is when he reads the letter I can actually hear the red Cloak guys voice.

[@darkstar2315]

@@attiepollard7847 haha! Not to be trifled with those weirdos!

[@vickjr98]

​@@attiepollard7847i read the letter in the red cloak guy's voice too lmaooo

[@mercenaryknight5419]

That is human curiosity for you.

[@GeorgiaHelenaMoran13]

Tbh if an old man looked like that and gave me a letter, part of the Illuminati or not I’d be terrified lmao he’s scary as hell

[@wxnd3r45]

Yeah that guy is super scary

[@ragejoona431]

We actually see this guy a lot earlier in the film too as one of the guests in the Ziegler's party. He's sitting near the staircase talking to one of the butlers who we also saw in the Masked Ball. Another Awesome Kubrick detail.

[@wallrider73]

In the toy store toy store scene at the end, when the Harfords 'send' their daughter off at the end, she follows two men who were at the Ziegler party. The daughter gives one last look back and then disappears..

[@peacefulbliss1]

Interesting catch you made there. He's sitting by the stairs as Bill is called to go up to the bathroom to help Ziegler with that girl. Kind of hard to get a good shot of his face though, but I think you are right. It's obvious to me the same people at the Christmas party early on are the same ones at the masked ball later. That's what makes a movie like this so fascinating. Seems with every viewing, it makes you pick up on things and develop different interpretations every time you watch it. Such was the genius of Kubrick.

[@knurdyob]

I could also swear those 2 girls hitting on bill were at the orgy, couldn't see their faces but there was a body there that really looked like the brunette

[@CVholik]

@@knurdyob I think The girl that is brought to him by the hat guy at the party, is the girl from Ziegler's party.

[@stevennieto9898]

@@knurdyob One of the two girls at the party in the beginning seemed really out of it/drugged.

[@GBFakaDerAltmeister]

I always had the impression that the letterman was like a ghost, who could walk right through the gates. There is something incredibly weird about that walking of his. It scared me more than many horror movies.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

He is Red Cloak, I think.

[@fansofst.maximustheconfess8226]

@@DeepScreenAnalysis nope. Ziegler (played by Pollack) is "Red Cloak".

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

@@fansofst.maximustheconfess8226 no he isn’t, Red Cloak has a completely different voice to Ziegler, he’s an English accent:

[@tuanjim799]

No Ziegler is not Red Cloak because it’s pretty strongly implied that Ziegler is the guy who makes eye contact and nods at Bill from up on the balcony during the ritual, the masked man and woman up on the balcony, Ziegler and his wife.

[@victormachado7464]

he doesn't seem to be just a driver or chauffeur, but a professional killer too haha

[@LibbyLin-0101]

I watched this movie today, and when it got to the part where the man reached the gate, my dog started barking. She was scared. I thought nothing of it and rewinded back to the beginning of this scene and she stopped chewing her treat, walked to the other side of the room and barked at the tv, never taking her eyes off this actor. She was scared and wouldnt come back into the room. Strange. I went to get her and placed her on the floor and played the scene again. SHe growled and left the room. hmm

[@blessedevelyn339]

She knows what I know. That man is not a human, that's a reptilian.

[@jmsessn]

@@blessedevelyn339 that man.is an actor who earns his slice of bread via acting on movies

[@juanvaladez5703]

Lin Flygirl that is very interesting indeed

[@Levin1963-h9z]

Anythingnew 2 I would not put anything past that guy, but is there any proof?

[@katsumoto9143]

maybe due to the creepy piano music?

[@yusefendure]

Second warning: Don't make us give you a third.

[@SuperRmmv]

Hahahaha 😂😅😅

[@skelter1153]

It's hilarious this scene. That old British guy looks at "Bill" with such fiery contempt. Not even one word. Amazing Film. WAY over everybody's heads when it first came out, but now people are starting to appreciate it for what it conveys. Rest In Peace 🕯Stanley Kubrick🕯

[@NarasimhaDiyasena]

The deleted scenes is what got Kubrick killed. Also the Mansion this was filmed at was owned by the Rothschilds, who were told it was a documentary. Little did they know the Documentary was Eyes Wide Shut. Hence why Kubrick is 6’ under.

[@deanpd3402]

When I first saw it, it blew me away. I could not believe what I was seeing.

[@bruherererrererererewrrwrerere]

What do you think it conveys?

[@-______-______-]

@SuperNoone89Exactly. Some people really do just make shit up as they go along. It's quite infuriating!

[@kimbogal]

@SuperNoone89 This is the man in the red cloak, the owner of the house, who is British. He has a staff member driver him up. He delivers the warning message personally to Bill. Hence the insane death stare warning him to back off because it's way darker than just an orgy party for adults, it's a pedophile ring. It's a firm nod to Epstein and Rothschild, two very wealthy Jewish socialites with pedophile rings. Kubrick was in the know. It's not like all his guests live in his house with him, they said they all go home around 5am in their limos or with their private drivers. So yeah, that's the Red Cloak right there at the gate.

[@dane21dc]

You can almost guarantee that Kubrick wrote that note.

[@nodeberiaestaraqui93]

@@SlavicGirl. Bruh

[@TheSilentninja200]

Bro probably had this note sent to him before lol

[@victorvondoom968]

Most scary movie cause... this is true!

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Kubrick literally died for this film.

[@nullinvoid1415]

Tom C is a good actor, but he looks genuinely terrified. I wonder if Stanley neglected to tell him or show him who would be bringing the letter in this scene.

[@degenerate82]

basically exactly how the real world works, and almost no one has a clue even though it's out in the open.

[@Alexander-wq7qo]

Yeah, except its the Christian elite doing this

[@tsilva2183]

Because their eyes are wide shut.

[@deep_fried_midget]

Adolf warned ya!

[@brightblackgrouse6236]

@@deep_fried_midget Based

[@brightblackgrouse6236]

@MaztaPan Read what Mr. Kubrick had to say about the Jews. Pretty impressive, considering he himself was Jewish.

[@kingjames1308]

Kurbrick was a master. Notice how the gate is intentionally color graded to blue. If you really want to blow your mind read on the color theories of this movie. Kurbrick uses red, blue, purple and orange throughout the movie (and all of his movies) and each have a meaning. There are various theories what the colors represent. Red being the most obvious of danger/intensity/lust. The others are more up to interpretation.

[@nandobndacomedian6638]

Watch the movie Fear and loathing in las Vegas

[@Beautybizz28]

Yes and Bill is attracted to red heads!

[@icarovdl]

theres also a lot of green

[@RIUUI007]

Please explain about the color orange, what is the interpretation of it you think?

[@kingjames1308]

@@RIUUI007 here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4fHmaBvhZ18bNE

[@margarinetaintedgreen8140]

Kubrick is just the best. I can’t believe after seeing the film so many times, I can watch this scene, and absolutely nothing else in life matters. It’s terrifying - not just the subject matter, but the authority and intensity of Kubrick’s grip on my attention.

[@Ishbikes]

Why, because he got killed for making this movie? I think that’s why a lot of ppl watch. “Let’s go see this movie that Hollywood killed him over, then overanalyze every little detail.”

[@pedrocoelho6344]

lol. this movie is ass and boring.

[@williamosirian]

Whoever casted the people in this movie deserves an award. That old dude giving Dr. Bill the letter is so creepy! Greatest movie ever! RIP Stanley! Gone but not forgotten! ❤

[@Ur2ez4me81]

Kubrick was such a masterful story teller... Just awesome!

[@Andrea-ug8dr]

This movie flopped because most people did not understand what they were watching.

[@lukejames2391]

Hence the name of the film eyes wide shut

[@johndawhale3197]

The movie sure as HELL didn't flop...it made almost 3 times it's budget at the box office.

[@JustinBlazzzee]

Exactly. I had my brother and his girlfriend watch it last month and they absolutely hated it. I told him it’s the kind of movie you watch over and over and you continue to pick up on little clues to what Kubrick was really trying to say. They said they will never watch it again and that “nothing happened aside from the stuff at the house” 🙄

[@madportuguese2006]

@@JustinBlazzzee they are fart smellers

[@daviddeida]

LMFAO....Pathetic !

[@kristopherryanwatson]

when your crush finally acknowledges you, but rejects your efforts.

[@deathstar5788]

Ya I been there

[@julianj9830]

Crush? An extremely controversial film and you decide to make an elementary joke about it? God help us.

[@dane21dc]

So true it hurts

[@kristopherryanwatson]

@@julianj9830 I hope God gives you a sense of humor because you certainly need it. get a life, jackwad.

[@kristopherryanwatson]

@@julianj9830 yeah, i did. deal with it. I hope you ask God for even the smallest semblance of a sense of humor, because you need it. jerkwad.

[@jonathanbrody3979]

This is my favorite scene something so creepy about the car in the distance coming up to the gate with that great score

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

The surveillance camera is even creeper .

[@deckofcards87]

The old man is an estate butler. We see him sitting with a group of people at a table under the long staircase at Ziegler's party.

[@thrutheglassdarkly9643]

The whole evening is a set-up for the main character. All the players are placed in his path and he is drawn deeper into their web of blackmail.

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

No he was the man in the red

[@deckofcards87]

@@thrutheglassdarkly9643 Basically. In both the Arthur Schnitzler novel and the film, the elite characters the couple encounter or flirt with at the party are either also present at the "masked orgy" or appear elsewhere in another uncanny form during the Doctor's adventures. And it's portrayed symbolically like in dream. Kubrick did a real nice job portraying this.

[@dthtr1]

@@bigdaddytrips6197 Or the man with the pole who chose the women .

[@ragnarkisten]

One of the best scenes in the entire film history

[@caseyanderson7600]

What if the old man's letter just said "I live my life a quarter mile at a time" all that suspense for nothing

[@Dontshootthetarotreader]

😂😂😂 keep on keeping on…

[@achilles1977]

How bout “Brooks was here” 😆

[@itsamechrispratt380]

LMAOOOOO best comment He opens the envelope "I'm with stupid"

[@vickjr98]

This scene lives in my head rent free. Classic

[@ClayRuffner]

Signed, Lord Rothschild

[@bobjones2460]

Signed, Dick Cheney

[@MaidenUtah1]

Jeff can’t testify due to persistent non breathing and unconsciousness. Signed, Epstein’s Mother

[@AlvaBarr]

Well, you wouldn't be too far off, since the party scene in the film is in fact filmed at one of the Rothchild's mansions.

[@DutchPlanDerLindeFromTahiti]

This is it

[@BillVincent]

I think it would be really funny to hand a letter like this to the UPS guy or some salesman who comes to my door.

[@rashawntennyson3507]

😂😂😂

[@straightup9643]

😂😂😂

[@BillVincent]

@Lewis C If someone told you to "go fly a kite", would you then proceed to talk about how airspeed and velocity and wind shears and weight vs. pressure would not make it a good idea? 🤣

[@o8thnaspliff]

So happy I own this film on Blu Ray.

[@Onmysheet]

​@Captain Luke Just import the UK Kubrick collection edition. It's region B so it should work in Australia.

[@MagicAl5F4781]

Attention to detail: Dr. Harford's car has New York MD license plates. Medical doctors in New York can get special license plates that help avoid parking tickets near hospitals or anywhere patients are being seen.

[@9cross]

Never realized that

[@ericabenham2496]

@@9crossI didn’t know that either

[@Mike-jl2kp]

the piano music in this film is simple and brilliant

[@sheLovesG]

This ceased to be a Kubrick movie when the studio decided to do their own edit after he died. We never got to see film the way it was intended. There’s supposedly a whole MK ULTRAesque sub plot involving Nicole Kidmam’s character that was completely removed from Kubrick’s version.

[@sclogse1]

And what does MK stand for?

[@sheLovesG]

@@sclogse1 look it up

[@MariePrive]

Sources. I'm interested.

[@sheLovesG]

@@MariePrive Jay Weidner, Gaia TV

[@Meepmeep888]

I feel like bc Bill has so many interactions with the rich elite, the audience overlooks just how objectively rich he is too lol. I mean, man has a private practice, his apartment is goddamn massive, and the fact that he owns a Land Rover in NYC, dude is swimming in dough lol

[@jonathansfv3109]

I watched this movie at 12 years old in the theater in El Monte ca It’s a core memory for me.

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

LOVE EYES WIDE SHUT WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALWAYS WILL

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Great nonverbal acting by the guy playing the old man. His walk and his facial expression says it all. He views Bill as less than a lowly commoner. As a bug striggling in the dirt

[@Mirror1973]

When I saw this movie in the theater back in 1999, it was in Puerto Rico, when Tom opened the letter and the camera zoomed to see the note , I swear, it was that same message but written in Spanish! The whole audience went like “WTF?! Because the movie was not dubbed in spanish, it was in English , but that single note was in Spanish, it was so bizarre! Maybe Kubrick had this filmed written in different languages, he was a genius

[@adman1381]

They did the same for the “all work and no play” Jack Nicholson wrote in the shining.

[@teencritik5512]

They didn’t do that in the French version,

[@robbiax6336]

Si si si cuando la vi en el cine en 1999 (Argentina) la nota estaba escrita en castellano! es verdad.

[@nicolasmontiel6462]

@@robbiax6336 que dice la nota yo no hablo inglés ??este vídeo me apareció en recomendados

[@robbiax6336]

@@nicolasmontiel6462 "Dr. William Harford: Renuncie a sus averiguaciones que son totalmente inútiles y considere esta nota una segunda advertencia. Esperamos, por su propio bien, que esto sea suficiente." (tomado de subtítulos)

[@vgiordano1000]

Either they have a fast typist or letters laying around ready for the guy to hand out.

[@canadude6401]

Good thing they didn't hand him the other pre-typed letter that read: *Tom Cruise. Give up your scientology which is completely useless, and consider these words a second warning. We hope, for you own good that this will be sufficient to continue acting and not being a lunatic.*

[@dthtr1]

The letter is ready for use , taken from a pile . Just type the envelope .

[@AnaBM9510]

Thats what i though

[@goriflex2441]

The slow ride, walk, and death steering make me chill, in a terriffing way

[@johnochiltree1170]

I love the discordant piano key taps. They really jar you out of the movie and put you on edge.

[@robbiax6336]

The piano: second movement of the 11 that make up the work "Musica Ricercata" by György Ligeti, one of the best composers of contemporary music whose works Kubrick already used in previous films (2001, The Shining). "Musica Ricercata" (written in 1953) consists of a first movement that is built on two notes, the second on three (the one used in Eyes Wide Shut) and so on until the last, built on twelve.

[@glennfleming]

Tom Cruise is a great actor and this one of his best performances, along with the film being one of Kubrick's best.

[@navyguyinva]

Six viewers are upset that they don’t know the password.

[@felipegomez4769]

@Ryan T. Calhoun but what is the password.....for the house?

[@MrDmitryDiamond]

@Gappie Al Kebabi ohhh..

[@TheTallMan50]

I don't believe there was a password for the house. It was a trick question meant to expose the impostor.

[@frankmerker630]

It doesn’t matter if you have forgotten it or you never knew it at all

[@magalad777]

The password to the house..

[@laurenced2916]

They murdered Kubrick for exposing the stuff he did

[@finismalorum9746]

Why would they fund the movie if they didn’t want the stuff it would contain to come out?

[@eastwaters4082]

@@finismalorum9746 Because people's eyes are wide shut. Secret societies leave messages in plain sight. Why do you think secrecy is more sought after than normalcy?

[@joebidenisapedophile]

@@finismalorum9746 they took some of the stuff out of the film and killed him because they had agreed they wouldnt mess with it he died 4 days after screening to executives and 25 minutes were taken out

[@thelevelbeyondhuman]

@@finismalorum9746 you’re new to this aren’t you? Kubrick productions were always notioriously secret, even to the top level executives. Every director and actor comments on how shocked they were at the level of control Kubrick had in making films. Warner brothers famously weren’t allowed on set at all. These people didn’t know what the movie would be like until Stanley first showed it to them. After he did finally show it. He died 4 days later. Kinda weird.

[@sclogse1]

Secret societies were written about for many decades in fiction. Including the novel Kubrick based the story on, which is more like 200 years old.

[@katiejo1095]

That made me think of Goerge Bush's funeral. The letters they got in their programs made their faces look just like Tom Cruise' or their jaws dropped. Hmmmmm.

[@shawns9813]

Very good point. Who do you think wrote the letters?

[@gregoryklein2608]

@@shawns9813 I heard it was from old man Busch [in the casket]....it read (THEY KNOW EVERYTHING NOW...I AM SO SORRY.)..and of course Pence recd one.

[@dangerislander]

Wait... what letters?

[@Thiiink]

@@dangerislander big mike, Barry, sleepy, p3dosi got a letter @ POW bush funeral

[@nicoleackerman205]

Yeah what was in the letter Bush Jr was smiling and his wife looked shoocked.

[@kennyreck]

It is 2024 and I live on Long Island and I just had to go to court in Old Brookville you literally have to drive past this house to get there. I came here to this video to show my sons the exit we took off the LIE {495} as we were just there the other day!!! Very cool stuff!!! { I used to live in Glen Cove }

[@PaulH.]

Which house is that as the filming location for the mansion is Mentmore Towers in the UK?

[@kennyreck]

@@PaulH. And in Long Island New York they show the area right in the beginning he drives from NYC to Long Island

[@RisingSon9117]

Glen Cove...Bohemian Grove

[@kayrogamer8118]

The envelope Bill is receiving here might be the one Nick Nightinghale wanted to give to the receptionist at the hotel(a theory)because the receptionist said that Nick wanted to give him an envelope but one of the men took it.

[@brandonfouts4074]

they absolutely cant make movies like this anymore, on many levels.

[@CptChandler]

I liked under the silver lake, and it has some very similar themes

[@warrenb8228]

Is so strange how simply knowing someone’s name can scare them. Walk up to a complete stranger and say their name, see the reaction. It will be a combination of fear and aggression.

[@woofdog1525]

The gate etc reminds me of the new joker film where he meets a young Bruce Wayne

[@reving19]

A printed note, as if they were expecting him to show up.

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

No they just typed it up you idiot

[@ivanamarjanovic6372]

bravo👏👏👏

[@souravpal9546]

Did they had printers in that year especially in an orgy house😂

[@TheTallMan50]

They must have anticipated his arrival. "Listen, if this doctor shows up here give him this note"

[@frankmerker630]

I sorta wish they didn’t explain how they got his name

[@BRENDAJASON1]

Seeing this again I thought the gates was much larger. Look at the gate design at 1:24 has hearts in the center with the bars top and bottom, it's like saying caged hearts thats what I seen in these women that were here and didn't make it out alive

[@jimjames8501]

One level of the movie is clearly Alice in Wonderland and I'm sure many must've noticed, if that's so then there must be a Red Queen. In addition, if still with the Alice motif, you wouldn't be surprised to see a Red queen somewhere in the picture, and I think it's pretty obvious the red-haired queen saves Bill H's life and he's allowed to return Home. What I don't know is if the Red Queen saves Alice and/or is the one responsible for allowing Alice to go home.

[@acolddarkgentlebruh8205]

Lol, reading way too much into a gate, do you think Kubrick ordered a specific gate for this scene, or went around looking for gates with a heart motif specifically? C'mon....

[@BRENDAJASON1]

@@acolddarkgentlebruh8205 I know sometimes I get carried away but it’s fun to do

[@mizofan]

Bill Gates- at Epstein's. like QE2's son randy Andy, Clinton and many others.

[@BRENDAJASON1]

@@acolddarkgentlebruh8205 but I do know a lot of Stanley’s movies as a lot to do with symbolism

[@kazemelahi7366]

this movie has been truely a masterpiece in history in its own genre

[@kevinluschak5241]

This film was so awesome!

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

For busy characters everyone sure walks slow in this film

[@tuanjim799]

I seem to recall scenes of Dr. Bill Harford having his patients' appointments postponed and re-scheduled. He doesn't really spend that much time away from his job in the film's time-frame, if you think about it. It's just that most of the action takes place not at his place of work.

[@Tusc9969]

what doctor has free time? The ones that love to postpone appointments so they can catch up on their golfing.

[@JustinBlazzzee]

Which was clearly at the direction of Kubrick. I think it plays well on screen. Shows calculation and patience, something the elite society has.

[@runarvollan]

He was so consumed with jealousy while riding the cab, he didn't notice the shortcut he could've taken here, where he arrives from the other direction, having spent more fuel than necessary. Bill and his eyes wide shut.

[@jihigh482]

Because someone as succesful as him really makes saving fuel a priority. This wasn't a movie about your life

[@itsamechrispratt380]

LMAO great comment

[@bugaloo67]

Would've been funny if the red cloak guy drove up and yelled for him to remove his clothes

[@sergil8646]

JAJAJA

[@MrMick50]

That would be hilarious

[@NickyDiamond44]

Definitely! There should be a comedy that parodies all of his films.

[@Onmysheet]

He probably was the cloak guy.

[@biggieswans8884]

😂

[@bartderuyck]

In the documentary "Stanley Kubrick's Boxes", it is revealed that Kubrick had a location scout photograph dozens and dozens of gates. He was looking for just that particular gate for that particular scene, which is only briefly in the movie.

[@kbs2242]

How dramatic and the music so full attention however so tragic that the film director has passed away I have not known that terrible tragedy too bad the world of Filmography would not be today if not for SK and so great for promoting this amazing actor now getting out of the car

[@aryamanmehrotra9165]

First time I’m scared in a non horror movie and that too in a daylight sequence.

[@fellis2036]

This mysterious piano shots are enough for slowly being mindless..

[@funnydude4567]

The music's motif might correlate to Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, which has the same motif as the alto beginner to the entire piece.

[@jagmohansingh4815]

Tom Cruise would've made a great Bruce Wayne

[@platiniathens8066]

I agree but he is too short for a giant bat...

[@platiniathens8066]

@CRAZY DIETS you have a point here if you talk about M.Keaton! I think Tom could be a perfect choice for blondie on the remake the good the bad and the ugly.

[@Amigation-if9ds]

He’ll be Hal Jordan.

[@platiniathens8066]

@@Amigation-if9ds you mean the DC super hero green lantern?

[@Amigation-if9ds]

Platini Athens obviously. What do you think?

[@teencritik5512]

I was so relieved when I find out that it was just a second warning in the letter instead of a treat saying that his life is now in danger

[@bryce9497]

The movement of the camera is identical to the turning heads of the couple on the balcony upon Cruise's entrance into the ceremony the night before: slow, deliberate, and from right to left from the audience's perspective. The identity of the man is irrelevant because it is the identity of ALL within the nexus of power...remember from Ziegler's own later admission these are powerful and often recognized people in society, but certainly not behind the gates which thematically serve as the River Styx of sorts, and not behind the masks either.

[@Trent963]

I hadn't noticed this detail, but yes it makes sense. The turning to look.

[@harri7416]

Brilliant synopsis

[@johndawhale3197]

You say the identity of the two people on the balcony is irrelevant but they are actually Mr. Milich and his daughter... If you look closely at the eyes of the masked figure on the right...he has Milich's distinct big blue eyes. You can tell that it's Milich when you compare his eyes in that scene to his eyes in the costume rental shop scenes, they are exactly the same. The design on the mask of the figure on the left makes it look similar to Milich's daughter's face...definitely intentional from Kubrick.

[@JustinBlazzzee]

JohnDaWhale3 It’s possible. But I always thought it was Ziegler. I think Milich’s arc was there to sort of show that there are regular people who, for the right price, will sell their own daughter for gain. Milich is pimping his daughter out and Bill was shocked and disgusted by it, but then the final scene in the movie it looks as though Bill and Alice are doing precisely what Milich did and they are selling their daughter to men at Ziegler’s party.

[@natedawg3855]

Well done movie, eery and suspenseful..

[@jamien134]

i forgot just how good the score on this movie was...

[@letterofthelaw2567]

What they didn't show was that old man frantically typing the letter and yelling at his printer to work faster.

[@syrusonassis9832]

Karamazov.....YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!Thank you for your enlightment!INDEED

[@fotismelido837]

Μοναδική σκηνή!

[@markhirstwood4190]

There's lots going on in this clip and the entire movie. E.g., Bell symbol on building (left). HIdden camera in Bill's Range Rover. 4 concrete pillars supporting the overpass. White Corvette overtakes/passes Bill. Interstate 493 and the 3 is obscured by the tree. Red Dodge Intrepid, seen near Rainbow Fashions (night). Blue lens flare/haze over his vehicle and then over gate as Bill pulls in. The sun reflects off the Intrepid in the distance, more than once, through the trees as it drives from left to right. This is in Berkshire, England, btw. Music cue: the ominous piano. Squirrel noises (blue jay sounds the night before). The Rolls Royce comes right away so you know they were ready for him (they track all his movements, 24/7 in real time as he's being gangstalked). The sun reflects off of the Rolls Royce front/grille. The driveway is a large S shape track. Spirit of Ecstasy statue on front of car (wings, then also like a V or a Y). New York plate (New York is referenced various times in the movie). 1:50 - note the small black (ball?) on the driveway that the old guy steps over but doesn't step on. As he presents the letter he appears to stare into the camera, breaking the fourth wall as many other characters do through the film. Eye (fearful, alarmed looking, wide open/raise eyebrows) shapes in the gate as Bill approaches to get the letter. 2:24 - as the old guy turns away, note the eye pattern reflected on the vehicle, watching through the gate. The car goes backwards (like Domino, Milich's daughter and the sampled voices at Somerton, Elveden Hall). 2:49 - two raised dots in the envelope paper, easy to miss. The letter: G and W are linking clues. 'consider these words'. 3:07 - note the coloured dots (light reflections) behind Bill in the trees (right). Green, pink, yellow. Bill's nose passes over/connects to these dots at the end of this clip.

[@MrFujinko]

dude, get a life

[@hdnft4633]

This letter must be one that Stanley Kubrick received verbatim. Very interesting.

[@chrishenderson666]

When I saw the gate scene in Joker, this is what I thought of.

[@MariePrive]

Your right this MUST be a reference.

[@Griffin09275]

The way this is shot feels like a documentary

[@BrightAura777]

1:07 big brother is always watching

[@chrisgardiner2215]

First 0:16 seconds I was expecting to see Jack Torrance driving that Land Rover 😎

[@gregsmith7949]

What if he handed him a note that read "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy"?

[@skeletonshorror5184]

That would have been amazing

[@herakleitus]

Read a synopsis of “Traumnovelle” (Dream Story) by Schnitzler. Kubrick adapted it amazingly very close to the original.

[@Rayoscope]

The elderly gentleman's gait and carriage very reminiscent of astronaut Dave Bowman as an old man at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[@willpeony5534]

Glad to see they spelt 'sufficient' correctly, Kubrick had an eye for detail like that.

[@sandyunderpants4376]

And way before spell check

[@Jonslondon]

That piano sequence creeped me the fukc out everytime it played

[@paulmendrina1449]

Such a great movie can't believe so many people hate it

[@johnnyzeee5215]

The masked woman told him " They know you're in here, and they know who you are. Get out now, while you still have time." He didn't listen.

[@attiepollard7847]

What's so funny is when he reads the letter I can actually hear the red Cloak guys voice.

[@johnnyzeee5215]

@@attiepollard7847 That voice was Leon Vitali. He played ' Bullingdon ' in " Barry Lyndon ", and was Kubrick' s assistant for many years.

[@skeletonshorror5184]

@@attiepollard7847 same

[@AndrewReevesArt]

The fact that the note handler is willing to reveal his identity speaks volumes as to how powerful and unsafe aid these people are.

[@tonitsi78]

Either they typed the letter very fast, or they have some ready-made copies of the letter just in case someone appears at the gate.

[@cookiecutter5162]

they knew he was coming ... stalking him constantly.

[@skeletonshorror5184]

@@cookiecutter5162 exactly

[@teencritik5512]

@@cookiecutter5162 It wasn’t stalking, if you look, the name of the person to whom this letter is addressed is not mentioned in the letter but on the envelope, it seems to implied that the possibility of an intruder discovering the existence of the secret society was always considered. For me it’s a proof that Ziegler was telling the truth at the end, it was just an act to scare Bill, an act that was planifies for any situation like that. The letter was probably written a long time probably even before Nick became the pianist. All of this is staged.

[@FayeLawnKrack3d]

To be fair, that's not a lot of words.