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I've been trying for months lol. It was a lot better than I thought it would be. I was pretty amazed at lot of the info in it. It's maybe best documentary/write-up about the film ever done. I don't know why some people on the subreddit were hating on it. I highly recommend it if you're a big Kubrick or EWS fan. It's only like 5 bucks or something. It's better to just buy it, since you may want to keep going back to it. I won't get into too many spoilers, but I do want to mention few things. It's mostly about the making of the film, so I think some people who watched it were expecting something else. The "missing shot" is being overemphasized.

I was aware of much of what was discussed in SK13, but I wanna mention a few interesting anecdotes without spoiling too much. One thing that was brought up was how Kubrick got upset with Larry Smith. A lot of people are convinced that Larry Smith is some kind of aficionado on how Eyes Wide Shut was supposed to look, and the Criterion 4K is for some reason the definitive version of the film. SK13 totally dispels this notion, and Vitali even recounts on how Kubrick "corrected" Larry Smith. I'm not faulting Larry Smith, as I don't know exactly went on between him and Kubrick, but it certainly wasn't pleasant.

Another part was about how Kubrick had to screen the film for Cruise, Kidman, and WB due to some contractual obligation. This really annoyed Kubrick, and I'm convinced that the pressure induced by that whole fiasco contributed to his death. Vitali laments how Kubrick was pulling all nighters during the last week, something which Vitali admits was really not the smartest idea at such an old age.

Lastly, there is a rather perturbing photo shown of Kubrick. I kind of think it shouldn't have been in the documentary, but it was there to emphasize his declining health I suppose. If anyone ever posts it on this subreddit, I implore the mods to take it down. Anyone who think that Kubrick was murdered for making EWS doesn't realize how much he had deteriorated while working on the film. His close associate, Emilio D'Allesandro even recounted in his memoir how Kubrick couldn't even walk at the end. A lot of people around Kubrick were very concerned about his condition towards the end, and it's unfortunate what happened. I really don't know how Kubrick went from the animated guy behind the scenes of Full Metal Jacket to a shell of that by 1999. I mean I do sort of know, but I won't mention it here.

SK13 contends that Kubrick's cut has never been released. While the film we got was not 100% Kubrick's version, what we got is maybe 97-98% of it, so it's not entirely fair to say EWS wasn't finished. Tony Zierra did some incredible work, and uncovered things about the film that I knew about but have never been talked about online. Hats of to him and everyone else who was involved with it. It deserves a lot more recognition than it has received, and it's outrageous that the Cannes film festival refused to show it after agreeing to do so. It's obvious that the powers that be don't want certain things revealed about this film.

What do you think he would have done? I've always found it such a stirring question.

The final poster features a photo of Cruise and Kidman's faces, something which Kubrick never did apart from Lolita. All of his other posters after Lolita were abstract, and only featured illustrations when characters did appear. Both the final and rejected posters for Eyes Wide Shut don't seem consistent with Kubrick's tastes, and possibly didn't want Cruise and Kidman's faces on the poster at all, let alone in photographic form.

What do you think he would have done? My guess is that it would not have featured the masked ritual either. It would be interesting to see the posters that Warner Brothers worked on also.

The poster that's featured on the Criterion 4K was done after Kubrick died. He never even saw it let alone approved it. This has been confirmed by Kubrick's family in interviews.

Semel said the movie would be released as scheduled July 16. "The film is totally finished" except for "a couple of color corrections" and "some technical things," he said. "What he showed was his final cut."

Semel added that Kubrick had selected 90 seconds of a scene to show Wednesday in Las Vegas to the Showest convention of theater owners at which studios offer glimpses of their coming movies. "Eyes Wide Shut," a psychosexual drama, is loosely based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella "Dream Story." Ms. Kidman and Cruise play psychiatrists. "It's the story of a married couple and their sexual exploits," Semel said. "The part that also blew us was it's a terrific suspense thriller. It's a wonderful film. It's a film that's really challenging and is filled with suspense."

Semel said he last spoke to Kubrick on Saturday morning from his hotel room in Syracuse, N.Y. "I said, 'Who is this?' and he said, 'Stanley,' and I said, 'Stanley, you're my wake-up call,' and we then spent a fantastic hour on the phone talking about the details of Showest and the release. He was in the highest spirits, the greatest mood. I haven't heard Stanley like that in many years. We were laughing. We were joking.

"He was thrilled with the collective reaction all four of us had to the film. He called an hour later to tell me a joke he had heard. The good news is he definitely went to sleep that night with a smile on his face."

Another Warner Brothers executive, Julian Senior, the senior vice president for European marketing, said the movie involved two married psychiatrists whose fantasies intersect with their real lives.

Senior said that Kubrick called him Saturday afternoon for an hourlong conversation, and that he told Kubrick that he was watching a rugby game on television, but the filmmaker began using baseball analogies. Kubrick, who was born in the Bronx, was a fervent fan of the Yankees.

"He always used baseball terms with me," Senior said. "He said: 'Forget what you're watching. It's time to go to bat on the movie.' He said that Terry and Bob and Tom and Nicole had seen it and loved it, and he was thrilled. He said, 'Let's do it right."'

At one point in the conversation, Senior recalled, Kubrick said excitedly, "It's my best film ever, Julian."

He went to asleep. And he was gone.

I have been trying to rent SK13 for a while now, but it always rejects my payment. I have tried reaching out to them without any luck.

I'd be willing to compensate somebody upfront in some way, if they'd be willing to rent SK13 and have it sent to my email.

It's only 5 bucks. If anyone can help, DM me.

Oh no!

Despite being somewhat faded and scratched, it still looks like a gritty Vietnam documentary just as Kubrick intended.

Anyone know what was said?

Larry, tell Criterion to release the 1.33!

I spend way too much time watching Eyes Wide Shut content lol. To this day, this video is still one of the best analyses of the film. It doesn't go into enough depth, and reaches some misguided conclusions, but overall it is a solid entry point to understanding the film.

A confabulator is somebody who mixes up people, places, or things. They aren't lying but rather mistakenly recalling what has occured. In the film, that is what Bill is doing. Confabulation is a key component of dream logic. Bill unconsciously confabulates what he encounters in order to keep his eyes shut to the reality of his circumstance.

If you have ever seen Mulholland Drive, Diane Selwyn is also a confabulator. It's a similar situation. Eyes Wide Shut is more confusing though lol.