Too much censorship?

Rating: Null/10 (11 August 1999)

I can't help but wonder whether New Zealand audiences have been denied access to some parts of Eyes Wide Shut. I watched a Dianne Sawyer interview with Tom Cruise, during which Cruise made it quite clear that there were love scenes in the film between him and his wife Nicole. After watching the interview, I went to a staff preview at my local theatre, and was thoroughly enjoying the movie, realising that at any moment, the love scene between Bill and Alice would take place. Then the film ended, and I sat there for a moment wondering where that scene could have got to. Should it have been near the beginning of the movie, or perhaps at the end? Because apart from some serious kissing action, they really didn't get that close. Usually, I wouldn't be too concerned about this sort of thing, as NZ censorship does this from time to time, but they left all the swinging sex at the castle intact. I would be interested to hear from someone who has seen EWS in another country, who could possibly enlighten me as to what I have missed. Of course it was still a brilliant movie, but I feel I may have been robbed by censorship. I eagerly await the arrival of EWS on DVD.