sometimes in life, little details like this are treaded over

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 1999)

since time removed, i've been a kubrick disciple; neither can i remember a time when i didn't know of him, nor when i wasn't affected by the singular cinematic achievements he's undertaken and produced. i've awaited this opportunity for some time. that is, the chance, the ability, to walk into a theater that is playing a stanley kubrick film, sit in the subdued glare of the footlights, and experience that stanley kubrick experience.
now, two days later, i'm still struggling with the film itself. how to interpret it? to digest and confirm suspicions and doubts? truly, it is the films that are precisely this way that affect me. i am forever indebted to kubrick and all those that knew better and yet never spilled the beans in regards to the story. rumors are rumors, and never has the grapevine been so withered in regards to the truth.
eyes wide shut? to those that care, it can only be accurately summed up through experiential detail: action, reaction, the like. the impersonal-ness of the film itself is a thread to your own understanding.
eyes wide shut? to those that are film fans, it can be accurately summed up that it is nothing you've ever seen or experienced, a lasting epilogue in a career full of accomplishments. see it, enjoy it, but only for what it is.
eyes wide shut? for those that just want to see that latest blockbuster, mega-smash action thriller, it can be accurately summed up like this: nicole kidman's tits. but you know what? you see it in the trailer. if that got you excited, don't see it. it won't be worth it for that alone.
everyone else, it's an experience. there is genius in this film, the breadth and focus alive and wrapped in the silky over-exposed night. cruise and kidman? pawns to the giant force behind the lights. this film will take you where ever you are prepared to go, so enjoy it. nothing like it will ever come your way again.