Eyes Wide Shut: 20 years on

In a short documentary that screened prior to the 20th-anniversary re-release of Eyes Wide Shut, Warner Bros. VP Julian Senior reveals how Stanley Kubrick was “fascinated by holidays.” The director, who notoriously developed a fear of flying, just didn’t see the appeal. “What’s the point of holidays? What do they do?” He couldn’t grasp the concept that people would want a break from normal day-to-day life, to experience something new and exciting. It’s funny, then, that for his last film, he chose to dissect the subject of marital affairs – in all ways but literal, an escapist act not too dissimilar from taking a holiday at…

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