I Envy Those Who Find This Boring

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 1999)

I realized tonight as I watched this movie in the wake of seeing Eyes Wide Shut that I honestly envy the people that can find a Kubrick film boring. These people probably don't have the kind of nightmares that his films echo so brilliantly. All my life I have occasionally had dreams more horrific than the worst thing Freddy Krueger could ever offer; only Kubrick has been able to evoke those same kinds of feelings in me. I don't always understand what I'm seeing, but I know it scares me to the point of not even being able to scream. When I wake up from those dreams I rarely remember much about them, but I get flickers of them when I watch one of Stanley Kubrick's masterpieces. I only wish I could call any of his films boring; that might mean they didn't haunt me almost as much as those darned dreams!