― david h(owie), Sunday, 30 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
but I haven't seen the a bird->a plane and don't know why it happens.
― RJG, Sunday, 30 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ryan, Sunday, 30 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
i quite like the bit where hal is killing the boring spacemen, but sadly the wrong robot wins
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― Andrew L, Monday, 1 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
i like the weird glow he gave new york: nicole k is pretty good too, tho shelly duval is still the only woman SK actually ever met, i think (except for his daughter who wants a bushbaby)
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― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 03:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
haha yes mark see lolita again - surely some new level of meaning to be gleaned there, as you must be about the kid's age by now
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― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 23 October 2004 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link
BONNNNNGGG
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― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Saturday, 23 October 2004 17:41 (nineteen years ago) link
yes
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A friend of mine and I were talking about Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" last weekend. My friend observed that whenever he asked his guy friends if they liked "Eyes Wide Shut", an overwhelming majority praised it, but when he would ask his women friends what they thought, an overwhelming majority said they hated it.
Being curious, I looked at the ratings for EWS on the movie database, and indeed there is a pretty significant gender split, with males rating the movie much higher than females across age groups.
Of course, I'd take the movie database's ratings with a grain of salt, but assuming it might reflect a true difference...theories? Perhaps women find Nicole Kidman's character more interesting than Tom Cruise's, but given the short-shrift in the storyline?
― Joe, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
oh dere's tits
― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm, I hate admitting that it might be the fact I'm a woman. But I did hate it at the time. The idea seemed terrific on paper but I hated the way it played out. Now, after so many years and having read his biography (well, both Kubrick's and Cruise's), I think I might actually turn around and actually enjoy it. At the time I hated it because it was a late 19th century Freudian book converted to a 20th century story. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? I think I was (maybe still am) very hesitant to praise Freud.
― stevienixed, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I watched it again recently and I was really struck by how AWFUL Tom Cruise is.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Cruise seems willfully bad in this film. I feel like Kubrick must have directed him to be so incredibly flat for a purpose. In a way it feels appropriate, as the doctor is dreaming all these scenes and he is not really functioning as an agent. Rather, this action is happening to him, and his blankness can be seen as an indicator of his remove.
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 23:46 (fifteen years ago) link
it was a late 19th century Freudian book converted to a 20th century story.
Still seemed very 19th-century Viennese to me (under the veneer, where it counts).
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link
to be honest, i never thought his performance was that bad and i've seen it many times. i see how it could be seen as flat though -- that seems to be his attempt to act dumbstruck by what's happening to him, which actually does lack depth.
but nicole kidman is awesome to watch in this -- it's the sort of unstable character she knows how to play.
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 23:54 (fifteen years ago) link
really? “let’s fuck”?
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 19:15 (six months ago) link
The last line of the picture, and it’s just “Fuck.” (And it’s a punchline.)
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 19:41 (six months ago) link
okay well i mean don’t be coy the idea idea that eyes wide shut isn’t about sex is an unusual one you have to admit, say more
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 22:10 (six months ago) link
I'd say it's about the fear of sex?
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 22:11 (six months ago) link
It's "We fuck" isn't it?
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 22:17 (six months ago) link
"You know, there is something very important that we need to do as soon as possible""What's that?""Fuck"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOHvgvRVCDo
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 22:26 (six months ago) link
Schooled!
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 22:30 (six months ago) link
The podcast is a treasure obviously but I forgot how Longworth hits all her “t”s “EroTic eighTies” .. frankly it’s not just that, her whole Chef John intonation drives me to distraction. but i will listen for the info :)
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 12:01 (six months ago) link
She veers very very close to Moira Rose territory
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 13:03 (six months ago) link
It’s been driving me crazy all day just needed to share
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 13:04 (six months ago) link
Her delivery has definitely gotten more arch and affected over the years, to the point that if you’re not highly invested in the content, it’s practically unlistenable
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 13:06 (six months ago) link
She used to get criticised a lot online for not ennunciating properly and has overcorrected. Can't win.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 13:10 (six months ago) link
― calstars, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 13:19 (six months ago) link
It's close enough to an incantatory delivery that I look forward to listening
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 13:37 (six months ago) link
(Which means it'll be a good match for Kubrick)
Roffle. I roll with it, it's fine! Met her years ago well before the podcast started, she's a good sort.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:34 (six months ago) link
If you join her patreon you can get transcripts, for those of you here who find it so horrible TO HEAR A WOMAN SPEAK.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:36 (six months ago) link
I've always liked her delivery. She also has a very wry sense of humor.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:39 (six months ago) link
I haven't given her podcast the attention it deserves. I'm streaming the sex, lies and videotape ep.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:41 (six months ago) link
The series she did on Polly Platt and the one on Dead Blondes were especially good.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:43 (six months ago) link
if you don't have the 2.5 hours free to watch EWS then just watch the video for Laura Branigan's "Self Control" which is the same plot and many of the same shots but is like 5 minutes long, predates EWS by 15 years and has a really cool song over it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZtn9AwgfQQ― jed_, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 01:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZtn9AwgfQQ
― jed_, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 01:31
lmao otm
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 4 November 2023 23:11 (five months ago) link