R.I.P. Stanley Kubrick.

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2019)

Stanley Kubrick was a genius... of sort?
What is Eyes Wide Shut about? Is it about moral decay of the upper class? Is it about marriage ? Is it about jealousy? Is it about the rules of society (something like "there's always a bigger fish") or about secret masonic-illuminati clubs? I often hear people say about different directors/authors that "His/her films/books are about everything". Well if someone filmed about everything - it was Kubrick, for sure. Eyes Wide Shut, just as Space Odyssey, just as Full Metal Jacket, - is about everything and about nothing at the same time. It's open for interpretations and almost every viewer will, most likely, even unwillingly, interpret it in their own personal way. I say "almost" because Eyes Wide Shut is a long film, as most of Kubrick's works, and many people just don't get sucked in by it as much as Kubrick adorers do. And this film is a trance even more than the rest Kubrick films (apart from 2001, perhaps).
Now, a lot of people call Stanley Kubrick a stylist. I'm not sure I can agree with that most of the times. He was sophisticated and precise in what he wanted the viewer to be able to see in the shot and where he wants the viewer's attention. But at the same time his films feel almost raw. The shots are very simple. And this is especially the case with Eyes Wide Shut.
Still, the ritual scene is one of my favorite scenes of all time. I don't know why. Can't even explain it as, again, it's not stylish or tricky in any way, but I just love it.
The conspiracy thery about Kubrick's death, the "seized by the studio" 24 minutes of the film etc. was on my mind almost the whole time I was thinking about Eyes Wide Shut and rewatching it. I don't know and I'm sure that not a lot do know about how many of this is true, but I still imagine how perfect it could've been with all the missing scenes (if they exist). I must say that I had a feeling that the movie is kind of incomplete after I've seen it the first time, not knowing about the WB-Illuminati shinenigans at all. And rewatching it again made me feel even more like it.
Regardless of if it was on purpose by Kubrick or not, I'd love to literally see more of this film, I'd love for it to continue and not to end on such a teasing note, almost mocking me as a viewer (and a man!). Otherwise, not my favorite film by Kubrick, but certainly not less deep than all the others. I was born 6 months after Stanley Kubrick died but I still miss him. 8/10. October 16, 2019.
P.S. Lots of naked girls in this film. And I mean LOTS of em. Be aware.