Eyes Wide Shut

barry lyndon is truly awesome but come on eyes wide shut is a dream!!!!

keitel: he made me walk through a door 68 times

me: sounds like a kubrick movie

I would guess this dumbass hasn't seen Paths Of Glory.

me? no

im not going to either

No director should demand anything of an actor with the range of Winston Wolfe to Arkansas State Police Detective Hal Slocumb.

i’m sure ol’ stan was a frustrating guy to work for at times but “i had to walk through a doorway a bunch of times” is not exactly a chilling tale of directorial tyranny run rampant

lol this is disgusting

people on side kubrick re: this topic need some perspective

I just watched the Cannibal Holocaust ep of Cursed Films, and from that perspective, yeah, team Kubrick

not sure which film I had a worse time in the cinema watching, eyes wide shut or a.i., I think the eyes have it.

I’ve heard pollack somewhere make basically the same complaint about doing that role, but iirc his attitude was more “this is confusing and annoying but it still beats working”

I can easily envision Keitel in that role--he'd probably lose some of Pollack's superficial slickness, otherwise he would have been a good fit.

https://i.imgur.com/yL9TPI4.jpg

that's how they made half of The Mandalorian iirc

eyes wide shut needed more baby yoda

False, Mandalorian needed more of Tom Cruise getting gay-bashed

😱

Quite a piece which deploys the book (and film) a bit

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You Must Remember This is coming to the end of its Erotic 80s/90s seasons and I believe is wrapping it up with a two-parter on EWS. First episode is up:

https://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/eyes-wide-shut-part-1-erotic-90s-part-20

Honestly, give her the Peabody

Rather!

one of the least erotic film about sex I know

*s

Sex itself is, I think, pretty low on the list of things this movie's about but ymmv

really? “let’s fuck”?

The last line of the picture, and it’s just “Fuck.” (And it’s a punchline.)

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

I'd say it's about the fear of sex?

It's "We fuck" isn't it?

"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

Schooled!

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 :)

She veers very very close to Moira Rose territory

It’s been driving me crazy all day just needed to share

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

She used to get criticised a lot online for not ennunciating properly and has overcorrected. Can't win.

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 :)

It's close enough to an incantatory delivery that I look forward to listening

(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.

If you join her patreon you can get transcripts, for those of you here who find it so horrible TO HEAR A WOMAN SPEAK.

I've always liked her delivery. She also has a very wry sense of humor.

I haven't given her podcast the attention it deserves. I'm streaming the sex, lies and videotape ep.

The series she did on Polly Platt and the one on Dead Blondes were especially good.

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

lmao otm