History Film / EyesWideShut

* BigFancyHouse: The lavish countryside mansion where the orgy is held. Shot at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentmore_Towers#Film_location Mentore Towers]].

* YourCheatingHeart: Fidelity and its fragility or meaningless are some of the main motifs of the movie. Subverted in that Bill and Alice have several chances to be unfaithful, but they never take them. It can be described as mental cheating.

Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death in 1999, ''Eyes Wide Shut'' follows Dr. Bill Harford (played by Creator/TomCruise) as he spends two noirish, [[MindScrew surreal nights]] on his [[QuestForSex sexually charged adventures]] wandering New York City when his wife Alice (played by Cruise's then wife NicoleKidman) reveals that she had contemplated an affair a year earlier.

-->'''Mary''': "Fuck."

* MindScrew: The movie has both dream-like visuals and consequently operates in dream logic.

* TheConspiracy: Bill thinks he's stumbled onto a terrible one, but the ending leaves that unclear.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Bill and Nick after the orgy. [[spoiler: It's stated that Nick got the crap beaten out of him by the wealthy men whose orgy he helped Bill crash but no one can located him. Furthermore, the man who tells Bill this only does so as part of a hard sell to Bill to keep quiet about what he saw, with it heavily implied that bad things will happen to Bill [[YouDontWantToKnow if he doesn't forget what he saw.]]]]

* TheIlluminati: Someone is behind that weird sex club.

* SceneryCensor: see ExecutiveMeddling. And apparently the early versions were [[{{Narm}} more badly done]], with Creator/RogerEbert even comparing them to ''Film/AustinPowers''.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Bill is encouraged to stop his "pointless investigation" on the secret society, or else.

* TheUnreveal: Deconstructed: Victor says that [[spoiler: Mandy died of an overdose after being gang raped at the orgy and that Nick got the crap beaten out of him but is alive and well and that the super-wealthy people at the orgy didn't have them killed and we only have Victor's word on the subject, which is suspect since these answers come in the same breathe that he's telling Bill to fucking forget what he saw at the mansion. Because the people at the orgy are the super-rich and super-powerful and that Bill should be grateful that Victor's effectively giving him all the answers Bill needs to hear to move one and forget what happened that night]].

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Bill and Nick after the orgy. [[spoiler: It's stated that Nick got the crap beaten out of him by the wealthy men whose orgy he helped Bill crash but no one can located him. Furthermore, the man who tells Bill this only does so as part of a hard sell to Bill to keep quiet about what he saw, with it heavily implied that bad things will happen to Bill if he doesn't forget what he saw]]

* KubrickStare: Dr. Harford.

Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death in 1999, ''Eyes Wide Shut'' follows Dr. Bill Harford (played by Creator/TomCruise) as he spends two noirish, [[IMndScrew surreal nights]] on his [[QuestForSex sexually charged adventures]] wandering New York City when his wife Alice (played by Cruise's then wife NicoleKidman) reveals that she had contemplated an affair a year earlier.

The film being advertised in total secrecy, impressive seeing how the internet was starting to become a major player with script leaks of other movies being commonplace, and released in a summer that included ''[[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]'' and ''Film/TheSixthSense'', the film received a [[LoveItOrHateIt deeply polarized reaction]] from both critics and moviegoers as they went into what was packaged as: "Sexy times with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman" and walked out with a complex, esoteric and at times [[FanDisservice unsexy]] film that subverted all their expectations. Like all of Stanley Kubrick's other movies, it's slowly being VindicatedByHistory, yet still remains somewhat divisive. Still recommended for Kubrick aficionados and completionists.

Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death in 1999. It follows Dr. Bill Harford (played by Creator/TomCruise) as he spends two noirish, surreal nights on his [[QuestForSex sexually charged adventures]] wandering New York City when his wife Alice (played by Cruise's then wife NicoleKidman) reveals that she had contemplated an affair a year earlier.

* AllJustADream[=/=]SchrodingersButterfly: ''Very'' subtle hints in the movie provide clues that this is so. After all, the movie ''is'' called Eyes Wide ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shut.]]''

* AllJustADream[=/=]SchrodingersButterfly: ''Very'' subtle hints in the movie provide clues that this is so. After all, the movie is called ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Eyes Wide Shut.]]''

The film being advertised in total secrecy, impressive seeing how the internet was starting to become a major player with script leaks of other movies being commonplace, and released in a summer that included ''[[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' and ''Film/TheSixthSense'' the film received a [[LoveItOrHateIt deeply polarized reaction]] from both critics and moviegoers as they went into what was packaged as ''Sexy times with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman'' and walked out with a complex, esoteric and at times [[FanDisservice unsexy]] film that subverted all their expectations. Like all of Stanley Kubrick's other movies, it's slowly being VindicatedByHistory, yet still remains somewhat divisive. Still recommended for Kubrick aficionados and completionists.

Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death in 1999. It follows Dr. Bill Harford (played by Creator/TomCruise) as he spends two noirish, surreal nights on his sexually charged adventures wandering New York City when his wife Alice (played by Cruise's then wife NicoleKidman) reveals that she had contemplated an affair a year earlier.

* AllJustADream[=/=]SchrodingersButterfly: ''Very'' subtle hints in the movie provide clues that this is so. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Eyes Wide Shut.]]

%%* {{Cult}}

%%* GainaxEnding

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Dr. Harford and Nick Nightingale after the orgy. [[spoiler: It's stated that Nick got the crap beaten out of him by the wealthy men whose orgy he helped Bill crash but no one can located him. Furthermore, the man who tells Bill this only does so as part of a hard sell to Bill to keep quiet about what he saw, with it heavily implied that bad things will happen to Bill if he doesn't forget what he saw]]

%%* MindScrew

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Dr. Harford and Nick Nightingale after the orgy. [[spoiler: It's stated that Nick got the crap beaten out of him by the wealthy men who's orgy he helped Bill crash but no one can located him. Furthermore, the man who tells Bill this only does so as part of a hard sell to Bill to keep quiet about what he saw, with it heavily implied that bad things will happen to Bill if he doesn't forget what he saw]]

* NoExportForYou: Kubrick arranged to have the novella that the film was based upon kept from getting an english language release until after the film's release in order to ensure the film's plot does not get spoiled.

* RealLifeRelative: Cruise and Kidman, who were married at the time.

* {{Cult}}

* GainaxEnding

* MindScrew

* DisposableSexWorker: Heavily implied with Mandy, a hooker -according to Victor- who dies under mysterious circumstances, and halfway with Madison, who learns that she's HIV-positive and is never seen again right after Bill meets her.

* TheUnreveal: Deconstructed: Victor says that [[spoiler: Mary died of an overdose after being gang raped at the orgy and that Nick got the crap beaten out of him but is alive and well and that the super-wealthy people at the orgy didn't have them killed and we only have Victor's word on the subject, which is suspect since these answers come in the same breathe that he's telling Bill to fucking forget what he saw at the mansion. Because the people at the orgy are the super-rich and super-powerful and that Bill should be grateful that Victor's effectively giving him all the answers Bill needs to hear to move one and forget what happened that night]].

* DisposableSexWorker: Heavily implied with Mary, a hooker -according to Victor- who dies under mysterious circumstances, and halfway with Madison, who learns that she's HIV-positive and is never seen again right after Bill meets her.

* SexySpectacles: Alice's penetrating gaze from behind her glasses underscore her sexiness when she's clothed.

* DisposableSexWorker: Heavily implied with Mary, a hooker -according to Victor- who dies under mysterious circumstances, and halfway with Madison, who learns thas she's HIV-positive and is never seen again right after Bill meets her.

* NiceGuy: Bill has issues and frustrations but is quite balanced for a Kubrick protagonist, he's smooth , bland [[NiceToTheWaiter treats working-class people with consideration]], a good parent and eventually comes clean to his wife.

* SpottingTheThread: It's rather telling to arrive at a fancy party in the middle of nowhere on a taxi when everybody else arrives in a limousine.

* DispossableSexWorker: Heavily implied with Mary, a hooker -according to Victor- who dies under mysterious circumstances, and halfway with Madison, who learns thas she's HIV-positive and is never seen again right after Bill meets her.

* MsFanservice: Alice is lightly clothed or naked for most of the movie. At a first glance, the orgy is full of {{FanserviceExtra|s}}

* PrecisionFStrike: The last line.

->''Fuck''

* MsFanservice: Alice is lightly clothed or naked for most of the movie. At a first glance, the orgy is full of {{FanserviceExtra}}|s

* SpottingTheThread: It's rather telling to arrive at a fancy party in the middle of nowhere on a taxi when everybody else arrives in a limusine.