Eyes Wide Shut is a long, slow journey that leads... nowhere. While there are some attention-grabbing scenes such as the one in Victor Ziegler's pool room, too much of the film has the feeling that they are trying to fill out time. Nicole Kidman gives a good performance and Sydney Po...
Who’s ready to continue our journey down the Rainbow Bridge of Eyes Wide Shut. We already started this journey. If you recall, I did part one. And I laid out the foundation for what I believe will be the most comprehensive analysis of the occult symbolis...
Kubrick’s attention to detail and symbolism gives the movie another dimension – one that cannot be seen by those who have their eyes wide shut. Not only does the movie depict the world’s richest and most powerful people partaking in occult rituals, it also shows how this circle has also...
“Eyes Wide Shut”. All had depictions of masks as literal and symbolic manifestations within the movie that were key elements in the plot. What might be the significance of the mask symbolism to those within Scientology, given what we know about its inherent duplicity and ability to hide ...
As for the censer (thurible), Wikipedia states, "The smoke of burning incense is interpreted by both the Western Catholic and Eastern Christian churches as a symbol of the prayer of the faithful rising to heaven. This symbolism is seen in Psalm 141 (140), verse 2: 'Let my prayer be dir...
given as speaking with them and understanding them and other animals. I hold that it's possible Bill is presented with a kind of living language in the film, communicated by symbolism etc., a double language continually acted out and staged about him, and the St. Francis reference could fit...
God sees all things in all places. [Christian Symbolism: O.T.: Proverbs 15:3] See:Omnipresence Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. eye ...
[Christian Symbolism: O.T.: Proverbs 15:3] See: Omnipresence Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. eye 1. the organ of sight of animals, containing light-sensitive cells associated with nerve ...
"-Dr. William ("Bill") HarfordCritical disappointment with Eyes Wide Shut was almost unanimous, and the complaint was always the same: not sexy. The national reviewers sounded like a bunch of middle-school kids who'd snuck in to see it and slunk out three hours later feeling horny, ...
Part III – The Hidden (And Not So Hidden) Messages in Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut” In the third and final part of this series on Eyes Wide Shut, we’ll look at Bill’s journey as a whole and at its underlying esoteric meaning. We’ll see how symbolism placed by Kubrick ...