Eyes Wide Shut = NEUROTIC view of the world

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"Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) = NEUROTIC view of the world.

This scene shows the "NEUROTIC" explanation/diversion given by Victor Ziegler (Sydney Pollack) to Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) about the events that took place in the strange Ritual scene the night before as witnessed by both of them.

This scene in particular is one of several reasons the title of this movie was chosen to be "Eyes Wide Shut" and not something that would normally make sense like "Eyes Wide Open".

This is most certainly NOT a "normal" movie and Stanley Kubrick was not just any filmmaker!

In short, the title "Eyes Wide Shut" refers to the NEUROTIC interpretation of this movie that Stanley Kubrick KNEW IN ADVANCE would be the preferred one among most people, because of the troubling and suggestive nature of the film - but it is also the inaccurate one. The movie title in fact describes the mindset of the average viewer and the ESCAPIST and OVERLOOKING TENDENCIES they will have when trying to interpret this disturbing film.

And this is in direct contrast to the uncommon and troublesome - but nevertheless accurate interpretation of this film - which is the TRAUMATIC one. The result and effect of THAT interpretation - for the viewer - would be the EXACT OPPOSITE of the title that the movie has - which is that of setting the viewer's eyes wide OPEN !!!

That's the reason Stanley Kubrick made this movie in the first place. His final movie and 12 years after his previous one. The point here is that he didn't make this movie and choose this subject matter and include the disturbing scenes that are in it - on a WHIM! Kubrick was well known for being the most meticulous and obsessive director in film making history. And he also used the quote, "Observancy is a dying art". (?)

He most likely made this film to open up the viewer's mind (and eyes) to the possibility and probability of the strange and occult events that it depicts. Particularly the Ritual scene at the masked ball and another scene describing incest (played by Leelee Sobieski and Rade Sherbedgia) - both of them TRAUMATIC events. The incest scene also goes completely unexplained to Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) and by extension the viewer and therefore becomes a disturbing memory (for the attentive viewer) even after they have finished watching this film.

This is probably why Kubrick cleverly chose the short novel "Dream Story" by Arthur Schnitzler as the official basis of the film. "Dream Story" in original German is actually "TRAUM-novelle". Just like the English word for TRAUMA !!!

So then, "Eyes Wide Shut" = comforting, inaccurate & NEUROTIC interpretation of the film, VERSUS "Eyes Wide Open" = disturbing, accurate & TRAUMATIC interpretation of the film!

This movie also includes several real life events described in the book "Trance Formation of America" written by 'trauma based' mind control victim Cathy O'Brien in 1995. For instance, the only US state mentioned in the film is Michigan and she just happens to be from Muskegon, Michigan as well.

A much longer analysis of this movie will be available at http://daylightwasting.blogspot.com/

As it has been said before, "Truth is stranger than fiction".

CORRECTION: The category of this video should be under 'Profits & Non-activism' and NOT 'Nonprofits & Activism' :-)))

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