Introduction to a Masterpiece
Stanley Kubrick was supposed to complete his long career, which began in 1952 and ended in 1999, with the film "Eyes Wide Shut", since he had several projects that were not complete in the drawers of his office. One of them was "AI: Artificial Intelligence", which was adapted from a short novel by Brian Aldiss, as was the case at the beginning of the dust in an old project entitled "Aryan Papers" that is inspired by the war lie.
Unfinished Projects
The "AI" project was later achieved by Stephen Spielberg, as is known, a year after the death of Kubrick (who died in 1999 a few months before his film was demonstrated). As for "Arian Papers", Paul Duncan mentioned in his book Stanley Kubrick: The Complete Films (2003) that the director planned to reach him 10 years before his death, but he pulled back to steer with Tom Cruise and his wife Nicole Kidman in "Eyes Wide Shut".
Inspiration Behind the Film
Like most earlier works by Kubrick, "Eyes Wide Shut" was inspired by a literary novel, in which the story of a dream of the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler is entitled. Kubrick had the right to develop and change the story, as he likes. The film is a strange story about a love story in which a physical couple lives spiritually. Each of them imagines that his partner is another person and feels a wish for this imagination.
The Plot Unfolds
The film manifests itself in one night that Cruise spends at a big party. He hikes in it, carries a mask and hikes through the camera to show a secret society that has no spirituality or ethics. A society that believes in relationships that are not based on love and have violent rituals. In this large chapter of the film, there are suggestions that indicate that Freemasonry is intended. Some analysts saw that Kubrick was a Freemason or at least was affected by his philosophy.
Hidden Messages
However, this contradicts the clear conviction of these scenes and their content. It is more likely that Kubrick wanted to photograph the ceremony in this way in order to send an uncontrolled message that goes beyond the religiosity of different forces behind the curtains of the world and has the ability to control hidden. William (Cruz) hands over this experience and then returns to his wife, with the possibility that everything he went through that night was just an illusion and imagination – but that’s different.
Philosophical Introductions
Kubrick films, since "Lolita" (1962) and "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964), begin with a philosophical dimension, not like other films, but with intellectual preparation for what is later unveiled. We find this in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), where the story begins with the struggle of two tribes of monkeys on water before we move into a space history.
The Director’s Vision
In "The Shining", where the writer (Jack Nicholson) from a world changes to a terrifying and mysterious world. In "Full Metal Jacket", where the story begins with a long introduction to the recruiting, who committed suicide due to the violence of the military company before dealing with a war in Vietnam. These models reflect clear philosophical and political ideas and overlap with what William experiences in "Eyes Wide Shut", from a transition to forbidden discoveries.
The Eye of the Director
William’s eye is the eye of the director, and she is also the eye of the viewer, as the director sees from him after the hero’s journey. In this film, there are stations that pave the entry of William, the forbidden area. His wife Alice admits that she imagined that she cheated him on the navy with an officer. William begins with this recognition in a world of imagination, then the desire to live in this situation is embodied.
The Truth Revealed
This increases the hypothesis that the majority of William’s dream is William and not a reality of Kubrick. In other words, what we see is a reflection of the wishes of the hero of the film and not reality, which means that the Freemasonry ceremony (or similar) is only a way to criticize Kubrick to criticize our contemporary world. This world that affects us without calling them. The mask (which is available from the ceremony is available outside) plays its role in the breaking of the secret of this film. It is a symbol of the mixture of truth and imagination.
Your Truth
Isn’t it the hidden force behind a man who thought of the actual strength? The mask is his way of deceiving himself and believing that he is another person. It is the mask we all wear because our eyes, as Kubrick says, "closed … on the width" of the truth. This proposal supports what Alice says about her husband while being in the shop with her daughter, and you buy Christmas needs, as she says: "I am confident that the truth or even the whole life cannot be seen the truth."
