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Titolo: [Trovato] Prime notizie su EYES WIDE SHUT!!!

(...se questo tizio non spara palle, che potrebbe benissimo essere)
On Sunday, I attended what I was told in advance would be a test screening
for the latest David Cronenberg flick, eXistenZ.  Being a big Cronenberg fan,
I was quite excited.  However, I began to suspect something was fishy when,
before entering the theater, each individual in the crowd was forced to sign
a "secrecy" form and also to provide his/her name, address, and a valid piece
of identification.  I have been to test screenings before, but never once had
to verify my identity.	All this for a Cronenberg film?!  Hmmm....  Well,
imagine my surprise when it was announced that we were not seeing eXistenZ at
all, but a rough cut of Stanley Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT.  (There was a
noticeable gasp among some of the crowd when this was announced.)  If I was
disappointed at not getting to see Cronenberg's new film, I was doubly
excited to get a first peek at Kubrick's new project.  Here's what I saw:
(NO SPOILERS)
The cut we saw was over three and half hours long and featured no music
whatsoever.  As such, I would have to say that the movie was overlong by at
least a half hour.  The storyline meandered too much, and a few scenes were
genuinely puzzling to most of the audience.  However, there is much
brilliance on display here.  I would not rank this film with Kubrick's best
work (i.e. PATHS OF GLORY, DR. STRANGELOVE, 2001, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE) but
prefer it over his most recent efforts (BARRY LYNDON, THE SHINING, FULL METAL
JACKET).  The story has some genuinely disturbing moments, and watching
husband and wife team Cruise and Kidman playing kinky psychologists added to
the unsettling tone. Both give fine performances, though Cruise is not always
believable portraying a very unorthodox doctor (he relies on too many of
usual mannerisms).  However, Kidman is a revelation.  Nobody will look at her
in the same way after this film.  Lately, she has been playing more and more
risque parts and this time she cuts loose with little left to the imagination
(exactly what this says about Cruise and Kidman's real life marriage is
better left to the psychoanalysts in the audience).  There are a couple of
instances where the film almost verges into hardcore porn territory, but then
cuts away just before you get a look at Cruise or Kidman's private parts.
The supporting performances were all excellent.  Of particular note were
Sydney Pollack and Leelee Sobieski.  I had never seen Sobieski before, but
she manages to hold her own and then some (she looks strikingly like a young
Helen Hunt).
As I noted before, the film definitely needs to be edited down a bit,
although a good musical score could help to boost scenes that seemed overly
stagnant.  I'm very anxious to see this film again in its finished form.
It's not a masterpiece by any means, but a very disturbing film about the
extremes of human sexuality.
One last note:	I was told Kubrick would be in the audience, though my quick
perusal of the theater turned up no such sighting (not that I know what he
looks like, other than his being an old guy).
By the way, I cannot reveal my identity nor respond to any email.  I have a
feeling Kubrick's people would have me flayed and chopped up into little
pieces if they ever found out who I was.
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(...se questo tizio non spara palle, che potrebbe benissimo essere)
o spara palle, o ha violato la clausola di privacy che aveva
sottoscritto
inoltre lo sanno anche i bambini che K non si muove piu'
dall'Inghilterra, e questo si aspettava di trovarli?
Nico

dall'Inghilterra, e questo si aspettava di trovarli?
di trovarlo li', volevo scrivere, assumendo che sia postato dagli USA
o forse dall'UK?
era su un NG?
N.

 wrote:
e ripensandoci ancora
ma ti pare che SK fa vedere la copia preliminare, non ancora a posto, di
un film a scalmanati inaffidabili ESTRANEI?!?!
questa deve essere proprio una sola
N.

un film a scalmanati inaffidabili ESTRANEI?!?!
Magari questa copia sta girando da tre anni fra i suoi amici... sai,
visti i suoi tempi, copia "preliminare" puo' voler dire qualsiasi
cosa.
Ciao
Nicola

 era su un NG?
Si', postato tramite dejanews...

 Stanley Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT
Aggiunte; il buon Adriano tempo fa mi mando' questa URL, spagnoleggiante
ma interessante, anche per chi lo spagnolo non lo parla...
http://www.civila.com/hispania/kubrick/futuro/ews/ewsmedia.htm
Federica
-- 
"Credo fermamente nella necessita' di portare all'estremo le mie
ossessioni formali, qualsiasi cosa faccia, di qualsiasi tipo 
di film si tratti, su qualsiasi materiale stia lavorando".

 questa deve essere proprio una sola
Tutto e' possibile.

questa deve essere proprio una sola
Concordo pienamente. Avendo studiato a fondo le abitudini del regista,
direi proprio che di "sneak preview" o cose simili dei suoi film non ne ha
mai fatta fare neppure una. Non so se sapete che del suo primo
lungometraggio "Fear and Desire" ha fatto distruggere tutte le copie
(escluse un paio che erano detenute da enti statali USA) perché considerava
il film qualcosa di cui la gente non dovesse sapere. Figuriamoci quindi se
fa vedere in giro copie spurie ed incomplete di una sua pellicola. Senza
musica, poi! Per Kubrick la musica è più importante della sceneggiatura.
No, no, non credibile, assolutamente!
Ciao
Davide "Akira" Tosi
Fan nr. 1 di Witthuser + Westrupp, the Cosmic buskers
"1969 OK, a war across the USA"

 
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work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", con tanto di errori di battitura ?
Dove l'hai trovato, mi farebbe piacere averlo, grazie, potresti sapere
dove l'hai preso o inviarmelo, ti ringrazio anche se non puoi........


 E' una figata, cambia addirittura la disposizione del testo, come nel
film!
Da dove si scarica ? Da dove si scarica ? Da dove si scarica ? Da dove si
scarica ? Da dove si scarica ? LO VOGLIO!!!!!
ciao
frensys

 
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