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There is a certain dream like quality, a disjointed dream, one you can’t wake out of that keeps getting you in deeper.I think of it as kind of a fever dream. Sort
There is a certain dream like quality, a disjointed dream, one you can’t wake out of that keeps getting you in deeper.I think of it as kind of a fever dream. Sort
2001 ... I give Kubrick a pass on how faithful the adaptation is. That book has so many abstract concepts and non-visual elements, I don't know how anyone could adapt it. Best of luck to anyone who tries.
Yeah, when I think about it, fairly classically surrealistic. Intended to present dream-like, irrational material that will evoke the subconscious.There is a certain dream like quality, a disjointed dream, one you can’t wake out of that keeps getting you in deeper.
There may not be a lot of substance to Eyes Wide Shut but its my #1 pick because of the nuances. How he managed to make some scenes so menacing with the feelings of fear, dread and knowing was fantastic. The music during those scenes is impeccable.
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2: The Shining.
3: Full Metal Jacket.
You just liked the nudity, Mike.
Funny how that works. When I like the book first, when I see the movie made from it I am very skeptical of any divergences in the movie from the book.
But when I come first to the movie rather than the book, or when I've read the book but am not a real fan (eg: Great Gatsby), I'm fine with the movie taking inspiration from the book rather than being a line-for-line, page-for-page reproduction.
SorryThanks. It’s 2:45AM here, and I was almost back to sleep.
No, it may have been a strange movie, but it was great.There may not be a lot of substance to Eyes Wide Shut but its my #1 pick because of the nuances. How he managed to make some scenes so menacing with the feelings of fear, dread and knowing was fantastic. The music during those scenes is impeccable.
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2: The Shining.
3: Full Metal Jacket.
I am surprised that Spartacus isn't getting more love.
You are allowed! Tastes vary. Kubrick was a wonderful director. I am sure he was saying a lot that I was not getting, and the fault was not his that I was not getting it. I thought the acting was pretty good--Tom Cruise is just not a favorite of mine except in a couple of films--and production values were high.I love ews.
Kubrick's film wasn't SK's favorite adaptation either. At an SF convention in Knoxille in 1983, I was there when someone asked him what he thought of Kubrick's Shining. He said:I love Paths of Glory. As a SK fan in the 70s & 80s, I hated The Shining. To be honest, the book wasn't my favorite SK book either.
Well, I cant post those screenshots haha.
Seriously though, Eyes Wide Shut made me feel more than any other Kubrick film. The only other movie that comes close is The Thin Red Line, but thats Malek. Another master.
+100. I rented the movie because Nicole Kidman was in it, but found she's only in about half of the picture. And I didn't miss her (much) because of the sense of unease and surreal discovery -- the peculiar odyssey that Cruise's character embarks on.Yeah, when I think about it, fairly classically surrealistic. Intended to present dream-like, irrational material that will evoke the subconscious.
It is certainly presented from the Tom Cruise character's perspective and that character is certainly is in somewhat of a fantasyland caused by desire and does not know/cannot figure out what is really going on. To me, unlike Lynch's stuff, Eyes Wide Shut seems to hint that it is exploring some deep theme and may be intended to reveal something about the human condition, neither of which is apparent to me. Maybe that: "all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves." Or not.
the sense of unease and surreal discovery -- the peculiar odyssey that Cruise's character embarks on.
Like trying to explain a disjointed dream, the pieces don’t quite fit, bad things are around the corner and you just know you want to wake from it.This is a great thread. I find myself liking EWS more. It sure was effective at providing a sense of unease and unexplainable dread.