Kubrick's obsession about sex and obsession.

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2000)

Kubrick has repeatedly dealt with the subject of obsession(Killer's Kiss, Lolita, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining). He has also explored sexuality in ways that no other film maker would have dared to (Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, and that weird scene at the beginning of Dr. Stangelove). It is only natural that the two would come together in one of his own obsessions, bringing Arthur Schnitzler's "Traumnovelle" to the screen. Since 1975 there have been rummors suggesting that he was working on this project. It is fitting that this is his last film, an end to one of his continuing obsessions.
The film appears to be a dream, a dream that most people in a serious relatonship have had. A dream about trying something new, and the consequences.
It is Kubrick's most human film.