A huge fan of Stanley Kubrick’s work, but I never saw “Eyes Wide Shut”, mostly because I find Tom Cruise intensely annoying. Doesn’t sound like I missed much.
EWS was like an old man from the 1950s idea of art porn. It was laughable. Kubrick was ahead of his time with 2001 and A Clockwork Orange. By the late ‘90’s, he was a man behind the times.
Eyes Wide Shut...
Kubricks last film.
IMHO “Eyes Wide Shut” was a very haunting and mysterious film - and holds the record for the longest production time (over a year). Portrays a secretive Illuminati-type conspiracy that the Cruise character stumbles upon while on a late-hour rambling in NYC. Strangely, Kubrick died unexpectedly shortly after the final wrapping of the film.
fwiw — “Eyes Wide Shut” is (imho) a very good film. What you say of Cruise is true, but he is perfectly cast here — the role is that of a prideful, vainglorious, annoying fool. It’s a haunting film right up there with Kubrick’s best work.
my two cents
Eyes Wide Shut was an expose of the occultism practiced by the new world order, Bohemian Grove elitists.