Why is eyes wide shut controversial

Although Harford spent the day leading up to this conversation retracing his steps, desperate for answers, Pollock easily convinces him to give up and go home. We thought it was a story about sex, but it was really about power — about the abuse of it, and our complicity in that abuse. We were all Dr. At the very end of the film, Dr. And what do they have? She, too, is choosing complacency. Her marriage depends on it. As long as men choose ignorance, and women accept it, the relations between them will never change.

Kubrick, the most controlling and precise of directors, knew exactly what he was doing. Already a subscriber? Log in or link your magazine subscription. Account Profile. Sign Out. Yes, times. Photo: Warner Bros. Here, we examine five of the most notable myths about Eyes Wide Shut and debunk some longstanding rumours. The actor and the director fell out during filming, and Kubrick ended up removing him from the project altogether.

In a television interview with Andrew Marr, Keitel admitted that Kubrick had fired him, and felt that he had been treated disrespectfully by the director on set.

At the time the film was made, Cruise and Kidman were still a couple in real life the pair would go through a highly publicised divorce in It was rumoured that each insisted on being present for any intimate scenes the other was required to film with additional cast members.

Truth: The opposite was actually the case. Kubrick did not allow this, and actually discouraged them spending time together on set in general, often directing them separately. In January , rumours began to circulate within some film industry circles in Los Angeles that Kubrick was thinking about destroying the film altogether, despite having completed the long shoot and being in the middle of post-production.

There was the month long shoot a Guinness Book World record. An orgy scene, blurred to earn the film an R rating. But even the overt Illuminati symbolism could not detract from the tabloid-friendly centerpiece—the film focused on a husband and wife, on the brink of collapse played by a real-life husband and wife…on the brink of collapse.

But all these facts detract from the sheer skill it takes to convince an audience that yeah, cheating is not only OK but straight-up art in a monogamous relationship. Despite the marketing and staging, Eyes Wide Shut is not a sexual film but rather a psychological one—it now reads as an extremely dreamy deep dive into jealousy and obsession. He argues that a desire for love and anonymous sex can exist side-by-side, as can a yearning for both commitment and complete freedom.

And I thought if he wanted me, even if it was only for one night, I was ready to give up everything.