Eyes Wide Shut (1999): Kooky Theories Made From Clues We Shouldn't Overlook
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There are many clues. Some of them point to crazy, kooky, alternative theories.
Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 psychological mystery/drama film directed, produced and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story) by Arthur Schnitzler,
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Every time Bill's masculinity is attacked or brought into question, he watches football and drinks beer.
@Bardamu3000
Жыл бұрын
he also farts, but it's subtle.
@nycapple
11 ай бұрын
wow
@fast6232
11 ай бұрын
Most likely Kubrick acknowledging how dozens of millions of american men react to all the things happening to their society. Epstein island happened, everyone knows about it but just like Tom Cruise’s character all they do is watch spots and drink beer. The movie is called “Eyes Wide Shut”. Tom’s character most likely represents the average modern American man.
@b1bbscraz3y
10 ай бұрын
what about when he's walking in the street
@coolbeansjr
8 ай бұрын
@@Bardamu3000haha what scene
Dr. Bill sure lives well for a physician that has only two patients booked for his afternoon.
@terrancecobb6802
Жыл бұрын
...it is like from the beginning of his conception Bills life was going to be one of them anyway. Possibly old wealth/connections. Him choosing to be a Dr., was irrelevant. It's can he keep secrets.
@Talia.777
5 ай бұрын
😆
@gmac2558
5 ай бұрын
I know, imagine how much that condo he has would cost in Manhattan.
@cameronhealy7055
Ай бұрын
I think he makes most of his money from being a concierge doc
I can’t believe no one talks about the six guys with YALE shirts. SKULL AND BONES. Stanley was a master !
@scotttild
8 ай бұрын
He was giving hits at who runs things and what they are all into.
@robertrozier2940
8 ай бұрын
You nailed it! I never caught that, but that’s EXACTLY a detail that Kubrick would have used. What a genius that guy was.
@robertrozier2940
8 ай бұрын
@@scotttild- exactly. He’s done that with other films… Dr Stranglove, 2001. Striking out at those “in charge of things.”
@tkxx1741
8 ай бұрын
everybody misses the Fallen Angel statue when Bill goes up the stairs to help the prostitute. Explains it all.
@TurnOffYourTV
8 ай бұрын
@@tkxx1741 yes it does. ⚡️🦉👁
Maybe Bill turning off the Christmas tree represents his awakening to the world around him. Much like a child coming to the realization that there is no Santa. Just a thought.
@EviLRuben_
9 ай бұрын
Maybe your right
@SpecialAgentDaleCooper-FBI
9 ай бұрын
I like this take
@chiojam
8 ай бұрын
The Christmas trees are in every scene, except one: the masquerade bal. Although there is no Christmas tree adorned with ornaments and lights as in every other scene, the mansion itself is surrounded by evergreen trees. An evergreen tree was regarded as a phallic symbol of fertility worship. During Christmas time, we put decorative balls in the tree and those used to represent testicles. The light in the trees is an old symbol of light in the darkness, Light (good) winning over Darkness (evil). So when he puts of the Christmas tree, does he kill the hope? Or is the fallus symbol suddenly in the dark...but still there? It's intriguing to say the least.
@trikkke11
7 ай бұрын
We always switch off the tree before bedtime. In fact we do that with all the lights.
@billg3356
7 ай бұрын
@@trikkke11 yeah, that's the thing with Kubrick; we tend to analyze every little detail. Maybe he just wanted a shot of Tom switching off the lights.
I believe Kubrick was too on point with this film. He exposed what the “elites” do on a weekend. I believe he was un-alived for this
@caitlinroseblaney226
Ай бұрын
Did you notice the two actors playing Epstein and Maxwell at the party? Blink and you’ll miss it.
@earlycuyler4019
Ай бұрын
@@caitlinroseblaney226 guessing it was Ziegler
I also find it interesting that he chose an actor and his real wife who had ties to the cult that basically had his daughter hostage at that time. 🧐
@hntrl8880
7 ай бұрын
Could you elaborate? I'm curious
@livingdead247
7 ай бұрын
Stanley and Vivian had some sort of a falling out during the filming of this movie as well?
@livingdead247
7 ай бұрын
@@hntrl8880Scientology
@ohithur
7 ай бұрын
@@hntrl8880 Cruise and Kidman were married in real life and apart of Scientology.
@hntrl8880
6 ай бұрын
@@ohithur yeah but what do you mean by the cult "having his daughter hostage"?
It appeared to me that Eyes Wide Shut took strong inspiration by two Martin Scorsese films: Taxi Driver and After Hours. That touched me very much.
The six young men represent the skull & bones secret society. Look at their shirts. They go to YALE. Another subliminal reference by the mastermind Kubrick. Also after they knock Tom (Bill) over there's a very subtle rainbow like lens flare on his coat.
@fast6232
11 ай бұрын
ALSO Yale represents a more WASPy type school (with the notorious Skull&Bones secret society like you mentioned) and Nixon was a WASP who notoriously hated the “fággy” secret societies in San Francisco, was the most notorious J hater president and also had Watergate(which involved secret meetings to take place). With the pointing out of Menoras that Bill’s family has Kubrick is most likely pointing out the clashing of WASP and J secret societies/and elites. ALSSOOOO the “Harford”’s sound a lot like Harvard which is no doubt a J elite school, which is why the Yales boys directly clashed with Bill Harford. ALSO Bill Harford had a notably more J looking nose than the actor Tom Cruise and Bill’s wife had curly hair (like a J) but the real life actress has straight hair. I could be reading into this too much BUT their sure DOES SEEM LIKE A LOT OF COINCIDENCESSSSS.
@monsieursoze4859
7 ай бұрын
Yep I would add that their plan was to make Bill pay the women and she is too part of the cult as them
@rogkeista1
6 ай бұрын
He also falls against a blue BMW. Nazi company.
@tekkersmo3816
3 ай бұрын
There's a Lebanese flag on the building behind them too for Canaanite symbolism. Milich = Moloch.
Just look up what Nicole Kidman's father (who was a doctor like Cruises character) was accused of doing and watch the very end of the movie when the daughter is being taken away by two old men and you'll know what Eyes Wide Shut is about... And it's no coincidence as to why Kubrick cast Kidman and Cruise
@007nadineL
4 ай бұрын
Best comment here
@j-vic07
3 ай бұрын
I can’t find anything about what he did other than his death. Can you explain or point me in the right direction?
@rwieging
3 ай бұрын
Kidman’s father was a shrink and in a Satanic cult. I have listened to a woman’s detailed testimony of being abused by him and many others and her witnessing him involved in occult & sexual acts. Nicole Kidman was also involved / aware herself as a youth. Very powerful man, and a lot of Satanic occult stuff going on in Australia (even within churches).
@rwieging
3 ай бұрын
@@j-vic07see my reply, forgot to tag you
@Nozarks1
3 ай бұрын
@@j-vic07I think he was a pedo
Is it just me or do all the women look similar. Blonde/Red hair, slim, all have a Nicole Kidman ‘look’ about them.
@pissedpajamas5718
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing too, especially with the first girl that asks him what time it is. I thought “he wants to cheat on his wife and is finding girls that look just like her”
@DrLeroyGreen
11 ай бұрын
One of the most tempting things is a girl who looks like a younger version of the woman you're madly in love with fpr 20+ years.
@fgoindarkg
8 ай бұрын
No coincidence.
@markrogers7802
8 ай бұрын
@@fgoindarkg you’re dead right
@greensoldier2142
Ай бұрын
I think it's a nod for p e d o p h i l i a as the women are waay to slim, almost as slim as the costume shop owner's daughter
Sally and Domino are the same person. It's her alter egos or different characters she play to lure in tricks. People in her line of work, don't use their real names and often play games like this to hide their real identity. It's partly why mental health issues are so predominent in this industry; people lose themselves in their characters they play or create for roles or parts they either take on contractually or which they invent themselves - often for their own protection.
There are theories that Alice was partaking in the party that can’t be talked about / has been for a long time / has a lot of power with them and all of this was an elaborate plan to tear down Bill’s masculinity, belittle him, embarrass him, turn him to jealousy. I don’t think I believe it at all but it may have been interesting to touch on
@gustavocvieira8584
8 ай бұрын
I believe that theory. She's clearly out to hurt him in many parts of the movie. Her confession, her dream, the math questions on who has more money, etc...
@monsieursoze4859
7 ай бұрын
She is the crypto-jewish of the family ;)
@zorothe9th
7 ай бұрын
But for what? Why would bill be special
@acurrentconspiracyacc2
7 ай бұрын
Thought the same, that she was "laughing at him" on several occasions, once while sleeping as he walked in. She seemed to "know" where he was, yet was cloaking her awareness by making it seem like she just dreamed about it. Her dream scenario was basically exactly where Bill had just come from.
@acurrentconspiracyacc2
7 ай бұрын
P.S. The whole thing seemed like a Gangstaalking "Truman Show" plot against Bill as well. Everyone around him was "in on the scheme" including his wife.
The paranoia of being watched when you're not. But their influence is everywhere reminding you.
The most bizarre layer of interpretation for me that I cannot unsee is the pedophile ring. Their kid going with the two old creeps stabbed my definition I had for the ending.
@Nozarks1
3 ай бұрын
Apparently the 2 men take the daughter to the mansion and she is sacrificed. About 25 minutes of the ending was edited out after kubrick’s death. Someone in the comments saw the whole movie. The comment in the end when they say they need to fu.. , is because they lost a child and now will have another one.
I have heard some theories that Bill is actually a metaphor for Stanley.
@karla31092
4 ай бұрын
I heard one that said Bill represented JFK Jr. He even dressed like him.
It's really a disguised Mission: Impossible movie where he has to infiltrate a corrupt group of gazilionaires?
@MichaelMartinez-ez6md
3 ай бұрын
😂
@ptolemeeselenion1542
15 күн бұрын
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
Food motif: interesting. A food motif runs in almost every scene of 2001, from the apes gobbling meat to....the last supper.
@deathchronicles6960
Ай бұрын
This movie totally push their most common hollyweird pathetic daily dose " The skinnier the prettier"
I love how the back page of the news paper just says "COOL"
Notice final scene when Alice is laying in bed asleep and the mask, how the lights create an effect as she is also wearing a mask. As to say that almost every character is wearing one even metaphorical.
I think Alice gifting a Van Gogh puzzle is a interesting subtext as well. Gogh famously cut off one of his ears and sent them to a woman he was infatuated with. A man reduced to weakness over a woman who’s beyond his reach, something of a parallel for how Alice would like to see Bill.
@hermanhale9258
Ай бұрын
Van Gogh and the Nutcracker ballet are things the rich and educated promoted to the middle and lower classes last century. I think they stand for the culture of the establishment, and they signal to the educated in the audience that Alice is like them, she likes what they like, she buys what they buy.
@sethgaston8347
Ай бұрын
@@hermanhale9258 That’s a part of it too, but why Van Gogh specifically? I think that correlation fits in better with the rest of the story.
@hermanhale9258
Ай бұрын
@sethgaston8347 I think there is a racial aspect to this movie that NOBODY wants to "explain", not the way they did with The Shining. Red hair is part of it. Van Gogh had red hair. It has to do with the white race, and the white Christian Americans, going the way of the dinosaur. To me, the movie is not about tortured love. Alice says she loves Bill, but she doesn't act like it. She doesn't seem at all happy to be with him. Bill seems strangely calm and happy to be with Alice, to me, in the last scene. I really don't get it.
@sethgaston8347
Ай бұрын
@@hermanhale9258 I went into this in a different comment. As far as race is concerned, it’s not exactly the primary focus; but classism is, which has notes of racism. But Alice’s lack of love for Bill, yet her infatuation with the Naval Officer who she hadn’t even spoken to, exposes Bull’s weakness of being too weak. The story then focuses on it as Bill fails sexually for the rest of the entire film. He fails to have sex with actual street walkers or to even successfully enjoy a orgy and is intimated by actually powerful men. The entire film Bill CONSTANTLY brings up how he’s a doctor as he proudly showcases his Medical License; because it’s his crowning achievement, yet we get to men who are much richer, much more aggressive, and much sexually happier than he is, and who get the love of his wife, and POSSIBLY steal away his daughter (the last scene)
@hermanhale9258
Ай бұрын
@@sethgaston8347 I never saw Bill attempt to have sex in the movie, he would have to get naked, first. Therefore, I have always thought, Bill is not really interested in having sex. Not with females, anyway. However, I did notice something just over the weekend, that I have never noticed in 100 plus viewings of EWS. When Bill is sitting on the side of the tub in Domino's apt. and she takes her coat and jacket/whatever off, I noticed the rim of the tub looks rather like a phallic symbol rising from Bill's crotch. Hence, I have to re-consider my old theory, because apparently Bill had a normal male reaction to the sight of a good-looking girl starting to undress.
I alsawys read the subtext as the elites worshiping venus and Saturn. Saturnalia ended on December 23/24, celebrated in a similar way at the org* with the gold and black colours of Saturn...explains the 'shutting out' of Xmas.... 8 pointed star of venus is everywhere at the first party, you can't miss it. Good video!
Happy to contribute to CineG. Thanks for plugging my channel!
Christmas represents the fantasy, the dream-like world they run amok through, toying with their desires. Agree the switching off was deliberate, it lingers on for too long. I think it signifies sobering up to reality - that fantasy runs parallel to your worst nightmares, and in the light of day it was all never worth it.
Alcohol in movies represents power. So for Zeiglers room to have a hundred liquor bottles represents his immense power and connections
@Bardamu3000
Жыл бұрын
In movies, bars and pubs owners should rule the world, then.
@thetechlibrarian
10 ай бұрын
@@Bardamu3000maybe not just alcohol alone. But the observation that his personal office/home has a large bar area with a elaborate pool table. Or the showing of rich and powerful people setting around having a drink. Or celebrating.
@nexussymbiosis9270
7 ай бұрын
Ahahahah ahahahah humanity is completely dead zzzzombies LOLOL.
@Talia.777
5 ай бұрын
@@Bardamu3000 🤣🤣😆
@earlycuyler4019
4 ай бұрын
Nah, you are wayyyyy off
There is attention to detail in this video I’ve not seen anyone touch on or notice before, great video and insight. I don’t think overthinking or looking too deep into any Kubrick film is possible, the man filled his films with layers upon layers of detail an depth go crazy with thought, imagination and possibilities.
Not all candelabrae are menorah. Also, there are poinsettias in the living room which are a traditional Christmas decoration.
@tiadoran
8 ай бұрын
Agreed. A menorah will have nine branches, one for each of the eight nights and the servant candle to light the others. Those are just regular candelabras.
@evelynzlon9492
5 ай бұрын
The Moorish arches at the secret rituals represent the Westernized version of "Babylon the Great", which has eclipsed the original version. The incomplete menorahs symbolize the irrelevancy of their identity as God's chosen children if they choose to partake in Satanic traditions.
Each rewatch spurs more theories and thoughts. Such a classic
Thanks for up loading. I hadn't noticed the Christmas/Halloween, commercial lighting that also appeared in a domestic setting. I had noticed that Bill is nearly always shown in a blue light. I would be interested to hear what you think about the lighting in the Shining. Particularly the chandeliers always directly above the actors head.They remind me of medieval crowns.
@watermelonlalala
Жыл бұрын
They always reminded me of crowns, too.
Really enjoyed the takes you have on this masterpiece of a movie. It only gets better as time goes on as we pick it apart.
This video is the first, after Rob Agers content, that I can actually take seriously. You get what Kubrick is about and it's not about him but about his work. Well done.
When Domino says "maids day off" she's likely referring to herself, because she's "off" that day and by that she means taking care of her child. Because for her "work" is actually play by comparison to being a mom and keeping the kitchen clean, thus a further reference to food and the lower classes.
As the stroller goes, there is another apartment right next to dominos. It very well could be theirs, while strange it’s not inside; that’s a better spot than just in the middle of the hallway. It’s tucked away instead of being in the way.
Cool. Just recently found Hammeredout, and your channel. Been really enjoying your videos.
This is 1 of my 20 favorite films. And you did a magnificent job of covering the themes, Easter eggs, and hidden meanings. Thanks
@leovlogslife
8 ай бұрын
Okay, I'll bite - what are your other 19 favourite films?
@HelloKitty-hb8xj
2 ай бұрын
@@leovlogslifeim curious too😭
One small thing, there is a NY Jets game going on in 2 scenes.Might be nothing but this is Kubrick.
@fgoindarkg
8 ай бұрын
Maybe a stand in for another major league "Jets"?
@shlck6734
8 ай бұрын
I’ve heard some theories that Bill is a metaphor for Stanley
Kubrick’s films are like Da Vinci paintings. Messages and clues hidden in plain sight.
@evelynzlon9492
5 ай бұрын
You betcha.
What a good channel!!! Keep it up buddy, you're doing a great job.
I only had to click away from ads four times to get this video to play. Thanks for that.
Great video and channel, my friend!
Missed the most important sign at the very last scene. Where does the daughter go?....with a group of old men in blue. Clear as day. And Bill and Alice pay no mind as all Alice wants to do is "fuck".
@fgoindarkg
8 ай бұрын
Alice needs to cover for her recent pregnancy.
@monsieursoze4859
7 ай бұрын
These old mens are the same actors we see at the party siting at a table near stairs
@1201zj
7 ай бұрын
@@monsieursoze4859 Ahhhh! I didn't see that. There is so much in this film. Every time I watch it, it's a new experience.
@patryklewandowski6071
6 ай бұрын
It's not clear. There's no scene where she goes with them
@1201zj
6 ай бұрын
@@patryklewandowski6071 literally last 30 seconds of the movie.
Great movie. Great video. Thanks for the analysis. Always looking for new vids on this and VANILLA SKY.
@CorbCorbin
Жыл бұрын
Have you watch Open Your Eyes, the Spanish movie, that Vanilla Sky is an English language remake of? It has Penelope Cruz, in the same role, but is also different enough to be very enjoyable, on a much smaller budget.
@NITE_SHIFTING
Жыл бұрын
@@CorbCorbin Got it on DVD. I must say even though I have it I haven't watched it as much as I probably should.
@sarahelenatheoriginal709
Жыл бұрын
Vanilla Sky had a message of hope in the end though.
@NITE_SHIFTING
Жыл бұрын
@@sarahelenatheoriginal709 True.
@fgoindarkg
8 ай бұрын
@@CorbCorbin Yes they're both very good, in different ways.
That decoration is a great catch and a huge clue
Alice is 'The Pink Panther', a predator big cat that preys on rabbits and birds at night. She has people killed, includin Lou, Domino, Mandy, Nick, Bill and Helena.
Good analysis! All art, especially film when that rare occurrence when genius directors are given complete control, are ultimately about the director. Kubrick was so smart and complex that his films are infinitely interesting. And a rorshack test of what you are about NOW. 2001 now is a completely different experience than when I saw it at age 12 in 1975. You'll never see the same Kubrick movie twice. Genius.
@thorn262
7 ай бұрын
Rorshach - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_test
@jwilliams2965
7 ай бұрын
@@thorn262 at least it didn't autocorrect to Horshack!
At exactly 14:04, when Zeigler sits on the pool table, there is a camera on the mantle - someone is watching - which a light is above. There are lights above the table and above the men's portraits to a lesser permanent degree. The ones above the table represent and are above Bill, Zeigler, the camera, and the unrepresented group of Zeigler's friends. All of these lights are from above. The only lights from below are 1. Out of sight and pointing towards a makeshift eye directly over and connected to Bill's shoulder. The only visible light from below illuminates a spiral, one of the major symbols of secretive sexual attraction to boys. Considering this and the symbols on the door of the mansion, it makes sense this spiral represents a built in foundation for this type of interests and the mansion party ruse and set up were carefully orchestrated from the beginning to assess Bill's ability to be introduced slowly to the ideas and practices the group participates in and judge his ability to keep secrets etc. with a built-in out resulting in his silence and the revoked opportunity for initiation into the group with control over his life still very much intact. Brilliant.
@justtango4741
11 ай бұрын
How do you know that's a camera? Look like a decoration to me. Hardly hidden bro.
@nineteenfortyeight6762
11 ай бұрын
I think it's a clock
@leeannasloan2292
11 ай бұрын
@@nineteenfortyeight6762definitely a clock
wow. it goes deeper and deeper each time i get to watch it.
You can’t understand the movie if you don’t know about mind control and multiple personalities. Hints: The two girls in the creepy flat is the same girl. Yet, Cruise is both the doctor and red cloack, he just don’t know he is.
@shlck6734
8 ай бұрын
Cover of the movie is them in a mirror
@nexussymbiosis9270
7 ай бұрын
Ahahahah ahahahah television crack head's LOLOL
@lukaswilliams5851
6 ай бұрын
@nexussymbiosis9270 what?
@nojuanatall3281
5 ай бұрын
Movies and shows with a focus on sexual abuse often carry themes of split personalities and dissociative identy disorder. Twin peaks is all about that.
@ptolemeeselenion1542
15 күн бұрын
For being the Red Cloak, Bill has to be the Hungarian -Sandor Szavost- too.
Great video
Well done! 👊🏻
I’ve been to apartments where people just leave their strollers next to/ under steps, so they wouldn’t have to lug it up and down steps.
@SreetharanSimon
4 күн бұрын
Yennada solra
As you mentioned "Dream Story", it's odd that you make the deliberate bumping by a young man as a Kubrick touch. It wasn't. In the book, the young men, described as students, did exactly the same thing. Kubrick filmed the incident 100% faithfully.
@tonybennett4159
Жыл бұрын
@@jaehyunlivedinamericafor4y879 Yes, and unlike some filmed version of novels it is incredibly accurate to the book, written in 1926. One in the eye, then for those who claim that Kubrick had discovered and exposed a secret cabal and that his death was really the result of them murdering him, masquerading as a heart attack. Some people believe the most ridiculous garbage.
@essies4294
Жыл бұрын
@tomie I am not @tony bennett but yes, and the movie was VERY faithful to the book, which conspiracy theorists don’t seem to know or realize.
@mercuriusmc213
Жыл бұрын
@@essies4294 It was very true to the book. Which is why I liked his previous video on the film. Focused more on how kubrick's placing on characters and camera shots were his way of telling his own story, than the story of the film.
@runarvollan
11 ай бұрын
Did they wear Skull&Bones' YALE shirts in the book too?
@papakias3922
11 ай бұрын
@@essies4294conspiracy theorists are ignoring everything that spoils their narrative 😂
If you pause we're he's reading the article in the paper in sharkys there's an article on the left side about a city train shooting involving hostages and like 10-15 dead. So that's what the front page headline probably is about but I agree with you sir, that it's also about Bill and what he's gotten himself into
@rogkeista1
6 ай бұрын
Mozart's Requiem is playing in the background.
The ride to Long Island shows the road 106/107 which goes north of the Long Island expressway known as the LIE which is another clue hence LIE . The towns on 106:107 are where millionaires and billionaires live upper brookvile oyster bay etc. old money .
I love this format of video , and tone. You can hear the skeptard Redditor behind the keyboard
At 15:00 in this video there is a Xmas decoration with an inverted pentagram in between Tom cruise and Nicole Kidman.
@nojuanatall3281
5 ай бұрын
Also each side creates the seal of masonry showing their relation.
Cruise vears away from the bullies on the sidewalk. Because in a way, he is afraid of them. Afraid they will see that he is gay or that he is afraid of confrontation. He is also in a way afraid of his wife too. She requires too much from him and he can't give it. That is why the secret party and wearing a mask is so intriguing for him. He can be whatever he wants to be, if no one sees him. He likes to hide. But he is only a observer. That is why the red cloaked man confronts him. Also being just a observer, comes with a price. The naked woman steps up to give herself as a sacrifice. Why? I would of let them kill Cruise. Then I would of burned the mansion down. Before, I made an escape and stole a coat of course. This character, Cruise plays is a coward of the worst kind. He would allow a helpless woman to die for him. Go home and pretend it didn't happen. How many cowardly, sick, twisted men have actually done that? Unfortunately, quite a few.
@fast6232
11 ай бұрын
Yea the movie isn’t funny to watch when the main protagonist is such a coward. All his friends that stuck their neck out for him die and he doesn’t care in the slightest. Also he’s weak for letting his wife walk all over him
@alfred0621
10 ай бұрын
Actually this is spot on. In the novella the movie was based on, the protagonist tries to sleep around to get revenge on his wife, after she confessed to have had sexual fantasies about another man.
@craigcj5953
5 ай бұрын
you wouldn't have been able to escape, you would have been caught, sent to the island as an item on the menu. And you would have know this, and thus not taken action. you know that you would be even more Cowardly than Cruise. Those who scream coward are the most cowardly of all. don't get it twisted.
@Gump1405
4 ай бұрын
@craigcj5953 agree with you. Cruise's reaction is how many people would react in that very fucked up scenario and is not cowardly. If he was a total coward why would he go back to the mansion?
Excellent video
Nice atmosphere you created
It's not a Menorah unless it holds 8 candles (or, 8 plus 1 for lighting the others).
I always felt like this movie was super funny in parts. "The pot is making you aggressive." scene and many others.
I think there is alot deeper meanings too that you don't touch on. Dual meanings if you will. Thers also a theory the whole thing was to get him into the "club"
People are the food.
great analysis
Excellent video. I believe this movie is a puzzle with missing pieces, but these are great insights nevertheless.
The problem with your theory is, that I don't think you know what a menorah is, what it's for or what they look like. They're never 5 branched - that's a candlabra - and they're never uneven hights. Something I'm sure Kubrick knew.
@nojuanatall3281
5 ай бұрын
That's why he mentioned the kabbalh or Jewish mysticism. Perhaps the 5 and 7 relate to particular parts of the tree of life or their life paths.
@nigelwitgunn3406
5 ай бұрын
@@nojuanatall3281 yes, but not what I was addressing, he was calling a candlabra a menorah. They are not the same nor are they connected outside of the function of holding candles.
@Nozarks1
3 ай бұрын
It looks like a menorah and got the message across
@nigelwitgunn3406
3 ай бұрын
@@Nozarks1 which one are you talking about? There were several different candle holders. Perhaps you're not familier with what a menorah look like, they have 7 branches all in a row with one odd fellow off the center holder. The menorah is used to celebrate Chanukkah, the Festival of Lights, as a memorial to the rebuilding of the Temple. The odd fellow represents the single oil lamp that remained lit for seven days and all other candles are lit from. So you see, they cannot be five branched or nine branched, or be uneven in hight. My issue is not with the movie, it's with the presentor's misrepresentation and understanding of what a menorah is. For the record, I'm not Jewish.
Dude, the first example is not a menorah. It's a candelabra.
Stanley Kubrick was such a genius, he bordered insanity
Most of this is good Cinema theory. Awesome stuff man.
The thing is they say it's supposed to be like a dream. But the details you've dissected (or presented) are insightful. The thing you said about how he was coerced into finding the newspaper, but if it's supposed to dream like it just doesn't matter about the little details like that yet they do exist to make it coherent in reality. I think it's important to note, if we're being picky, that menorrah by the christmas tree has 7 candles. That's supposed to mean something else I think. It's called a temple menorrah, i just looked it up. It represents tree of life i guess. (it's not for channukah)
@rjohnson080
3 ай бұрын
I was thinking of this movie not as purely a dream but as if the characters have some level of self awareness and creative control of the movie via their character’s ability to dream. I think this is what people mean when they say it is about power. Honestly the more I learn about this movie from videos like this the less value it has for me and the less I enjoy it.
Thanks!
@CineG
2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
1:35 In Victor's bathroom the hanging green towels are folded to form the Masonic apron
That wasn't a menorah. It was a candelabra.
Food idea is thin. Just because you don't see food , doesn't mean there was no food. It just means it wasn't important to show it
Well, that's one theory but I see plenty of character development in Bill. He's not clueless as implied here- instead he is internally questioning every aspect of his life. Bill's quietly sensing a feeling of doom, his professional bland demeanor masking a brooding introspective psyche. He's playing simple when the reality is much deeper.
Such a great film.
Ziegler was supposed to be played by Harvey Keitel, but he dropped out. Is it a coincidence that Cruise’s mask looks just like Harvey Keitel? Not similar to HT, but identical to HT. Coincidence? I think not.
very interesting
There's a towel in Zeigler's bathroom folded in the resemblance of a masonic apron.
He has parties with no food, just all the alcohol you want. Everyone ends up drunk on their ass. Crazy!!
A NYC Physician who makes house calls but only has two appointments, I’m starting to think he’s an ambitious but not very skilled Doctor.
Frederic Raphael, the screenwriter, wanted the Harfords to be Jewish but Kubrick was opposed to that idea, he preferred the Harfords as ‘vanilla’ Americans. Kubrick added that Bill should be a ‘Harrison Ford-ish goy’ - hence Har-ford.
@Skeletor611
3 ай бұрын
HF is jewish
Boris hitting on Bill is hilarious...
in the original script those young goons shouted anti sematic slurs at bill but kubrick removed the slurs.
This movie is just about a weekend at hillary Clinton’s house
@username23156
2 ай бұрын
If you only knew the truth about the Clinton's.
The stroller was used as a shopping cart or something to carry stuff back-and-forth with
Yes exactly you understand I was here for anxiety, rage, and disbelief!
Kubrick was the master. Love all his movies, except Barry Lyndon. Would have loved to see what this movie would've been if Stanley lived
Bill mixes the 2 places the Party and the House in his last scene with Ziegler.
Good picture
New to channel. Now subscribed. This Jewish heritage angle actually makes more connections. He is a doctor and will be allowed CLOSE to levers of power (in USA) but will never be part of the inner sanctum. But they will be treated well and will have their spirituality. Their heritage. Why the Christmas decor is only in the larger public area.
It may be showing that they are doing what is socially acceptable celebrating Christmas despite the religious beliefs and turning off the tree is him reinforcing his belief. Probably is opposed to having the tree in the house but it’s more for his daughter.
@Nozarks1
3 ай бұрын
The tree is for the daughter, he shuts it because they’re going to sacrifice her. Apparently 2 men take the daughter to the mansion. About 25 minutes of the ending was edited out after kubricks death.
I always was so disgusted how bills wife acted at the Christmas party. She basically was giving herself to that “austrian”. Then went home to tell him about the time she fantasized about a naval officer. This movie says lots about women…. Especially nowadays
The thing about great art is that you can read many different things into it. So there maybe something to all that you say, or there maybe not!
Alice is Passive Aggressive , when she asks Bill , " how she looks " , while peeing.... Bill didn't want to stare at her while peeing. She took it as an insult.
@hermanhale9258
Жыл бұрын
Because I read this in a magazine back in the 90s or earlier, I think the meaning of Bill walking into the bathroom while Alice is peeing is "The magic has gone out of their marriage." The hair comment may show loss of confidence, or it may be a vulgar joke directed to the men in the audience who are interested in watching Alice pee, seeing her underwear, and more.
@CineG - Nice video. Interesting observations, particularly about the menorahs. I would clarify that technically a Chanukah menorah has 9 branches corresponding to the 8 nights of Chanukah and 1 central candle to light the others, one for each night of the holiday. Fewer candles do not make a Chanukah menorah. The reference to Judaism as the religion of TC and NK's characters is somewhat supported as postulated in this video although the menorahs with fewer branches might signify a non-traditional Jewish household. Chanukah is a festive holiday and typically the home is brightly lit and conveys a cheerful atmosphere. In this movie, however, the household gradually descends into darkness and the resolution at the end is a call to reproduction. Perhaps this is an indication of the Jewish need to re-grow their population after the Holocaust. The pretense of celebrating Christmas instead of Chanukah could point to the loss of faith following the Holocaust. How could a just God allow the slaughter of 50% of his "chosen" people? This question forever changed Judaic identity. The gradual transition toward a more secular practice of Jewish tradition, such as half heartedly and mechanically celebrating holidays without a sense of piety, began following WWII. According to several autobiographies, Kubrick was interested in making a movie about the Holocaust for decades, preliminarily by titled The Aryan Papers. He decided not to pursue this movie when Schindler's List came out. But embedding the psychological crisis of Judaic faith in this movie was, perhaps, his way of communicating a loss of foundational meaning in existence, relationships, and identity. Bill experiences a looming threat of nothingness and extinction, which was a reality for Jews during WWII, of being exposed as a fraud and liar. Interestingly, Kubrick himself was Jewish but did not practice Jewish tradition (to my knowledge) and married outside his religious affiliation. Perhaps his cameo as a background figure seen for brief few seconds in the bar scene was his way of acknowledging, as subtext, his identity as a post-Holocaust Jewish man. Arthur Schnitzler, the author of Dream Story was a close friend of Sigmund Freud, the father of modern Psychology. Both of them were Jewish and Schnitzler lived through the emergence of Nazism. Perhaps Eyes Wide Shut is a psychoanalytic dreamscape communicating symbolically the existential crisis of post-Holocaust Judaism..
I like the sarcastic nay sayer cutaways, well voice acted too.
16:11. Not a menorah. It has a central candle with four candles around it. There was one at my parents house when I was a kid. Is it called a candelabra? Still could be kabbalah significant. e.g. Tree of life in "solid form" (3D)
BaH!!! Missed a massive clue.... It is in the newspaper
Questioning Bill's masculinity is the whole point of this movie. When the receptionist hands Bill his mail and says "Your mail", you can interpret that as "You're male?"
Nicole is in the mask club for real