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* YourCheatingHeart: Fidelity and its fragility or meaninglessness 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.
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Domino never told Bill she had HIV. It's also up to interpretation as to whether she died.
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* LethalDiagnosis: A possibly plot relevant case. When they meet, Domino tells Bill that she has just been diagnosed with AIDS. When he returnsthe next day, Domino's roommate tells him that she has died. Being invoked, it leaves open the possibility that nothing related to Domino's illness killed her, and she was actually killed by the cult.
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* CampGay: The Hotel Desk Clerk, played by Creator/AlanCumming.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished:
** Domino looks very beautiful for a dying, drug-addicted prostitute.
** After ''just'' OD-ing at Ziegler's house, Mandy looks no different than a healthy person (and beautiful).
** We also never see the death of the woman at the party, and while Mandy's corpse is pretty horrible, she never looks visibly injured.
** Domino looks very beautiful for a dying, drug-addicted prostitute.
** After ''just'' OD-ing at Ziegler's house, Mandy looks no different than a healthy person (and beautiful).
** We also never see the death of the woman at the party, and while Mandy's corpse is pretty horrible, she never looks visibly injured.
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* ALadyOnEachArm: Bill is introduced like this at Ziegler's party.
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** Mandy seems like a prostitute even if she isn't present at the orgy, and maybe she was the woman at the orgy who sacrificed herself for Bill. However, Bill barely knows anything about her and it's possible she just OD'd in despair.
** Domino is perhaps the clearest example in the film, but Bill is visibly disappointed when he learns about the "hooker" part alongside her "heart of gold", and the possibility is left open that her warmth is just part of snaring Bill.
** The woman at the orgy may be, as she seems to sacrifice her life for Bill, whether she is Mandy, Domino, or possibly someone else. However, despite her HeroicSacrifice, she's purely CreepyGood.
** Domino is perhaps the clearest example in the film, but Bill is visibly disappointed when he learns about the "hooker" part alongside her "heart of gold", and the possibility is left open that her warmth is just part of snaring Bill.
** The woman at the orgy may be, as she seems to sacrifice her life for Bill, whether she is Mandy, Domino, or possibly someone else. However, despite her HeroicSacrifice, she's purely CreepyGood.
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** Ziegler describes Mandy seems like as a prostitute even if she isn't present at the orgy, prostitute, and maybe she was the woman at the orgy who sacrificed herself for Bill. However, Bill barely knows anything about her and it's possible she just OD'd in despair.
despair, meaning that they only shared a very short conversation when Mandy was out of her mind.
** Domino is perhaps the clearest example in the film, but Bill is visibly disappointed when he learns about the "hooker" part alongside her "heart of gold", and the possibility is left open that her warmth is just part ofsnaring Bill.
her act to snare Bill and other clients.
** Milich's teenage daughter has sex willingly and it seems, not for money with guys much older than her. When Bill meets her again, though, her father is pimping her out. We, however, never hear her speak, and she is a ''child''.
** The woman at the orgy may be, as she seems to sacrifice her life for Bill, whether she is Mandy, Domino, or possibly someone else. However, despite her HeroicSacrifice, she's purelyCreepyGood.CreepyGood, and it might be sexist to presume that every other woman at the orgy is a prostitute.
** Domino is perhaps the clearest example in the film, but Bill is visibly disappointed when he learns about the "hooker" part alongside her "heart of gold", and the possibility is left open that her warmth is just part of
** Milich's teenage daughter has sex willingly and it seems, not for money with guys much older than her. When Bill meets her again, though, her father is pimping her out. We, however, never hear her speak, and she is a ''child''.
** The woman at the orgy may be, as she seems to sacrifice her life for Bill, whether she is Mandy, Domino, or possibly someone else. However, despite her HeroicSacrifice, she's purely
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* ImpossiblyMundaneExplanation: Invoked in the film and PlayedForDrama, especially in Zigler's explanation.
** Mandy OD'd. After all, she already OD'd once that night alone. But on a night when a woman ''apparently'' sacrificed herself to see Bill?
** Domino died the night after seeing Bill. She did have AIDS. But then again, AIDS shouldn't kill you that fast, and Bill has already seen someone else supposedly die.
** The owners of the house sent Bill away with a threatening note just so he'd leave them alone and not reveal the orgy. But, the apparent murder? Maybe just a ritual. Maybe not.
** Mandy OD'd. After all, she already OD'd once that night alone. But on a night when a woman ''apparently'' sacrificed herself to see Bill?
** Domino died the night after seeing Bill. She did have AIDS. But then again, AIDS shouldn't kill you that fast, and Bill has already seen someone else supposedly die.
** The owners of the house sent Bill away with a threatening note just so he'd leave them alone and not reveal the orgy. But, the apparent murder? Maybe just a ritual. Maybe not.
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* FilleFatale: Milich's young teenage daughter tries to seduce Bill, even after she gets attacked by her father for sleeping with (or doing something sexual with) two other guys. Ends up getting reconstructed when we see them again, and Milich is now pimping her out.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Almost every female character besides Alice is either a deconstruction or a reconstruction.
** Mandy seems like a prostitute even if she isn't present at the orgy, and maybe she was the woman at the orgy who sacrificed herself for Bill. However, Bill barely knows anything about her and it's possible she just OD'd in despair.
** Domino is perhaps the clearest example in the film, but Bill is visibly disappointed when he learns about the "hooker" part alongside her "heart of gold", and the possibility is left open that her warmth is just part of snaring Bill.
** The woman at the orgy may be, as she seems to sacrifice her life for Bill, whether she is Mandy, Domino, or possibly someone else. However, despite her HeroicSacrifice, she's purely CreepyGood.
** Mandy seems like a prostitute even if she isn't present at the orgy, and maybe she was the woman at the orgy who sacrificed herself for Bill. However, Bill barely knows anything about her and it's possible she just OD'd in despair.
** Domino is perhaps the clearest example in the film, but Bill is visibly disappointed when he learns about the "hooker" part alongside her "heart of gold", and the possibility is left open that her warmth is just part of snaring Bill.
** The woman at the orgy may be, as she seems to sacrifice her life for Bill, whether she is Mandy, Domino, or possibly someone else. However, despite her HeroicSacrifice, she's purely CreepyGood.
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* KubrickStare: Seeing how he's the main character in the last movie by [[Creator/StanleyKubrick the Trope Namer]] himself, Bill does the stare from time to time.
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* KubrickStare: KubrickStare:
** Seeing how he's the main character in the last movie by [[Creator/StanleyKubrick the Trope Namer]] himself, Bill does the stare from time to time.
** Seeing how he's the main character in the last movie by [[Creator/StanleyKubrick the Trope Namer]] himself, Bill does the stare from time to time.
* LethalDiagnosis: A possibly plot relevant case. When they meet, Domino tells Bill that she has just been diagnosed with AIDS. When he returnsthe next day, Domino's roommate tells him that she has died. Being invoked, it leaves open the possibility that nothing related to Domino's illness killed her, and she was actually killed by the cult.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: ''Maybe''. There are many things worth noticing that aren't drawn attention to. Just one example is the rainbow-named costume store after the models tell Bill he will meet them 'where the rainbow ends'.
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* MsFanservice: Alice is lightly clothed or naked for most of the movie. At a first glance, the orgy is full of {{fanservice extra}}s.
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** Alice is lightly clothed or naked for most of themovie. movie.
** At a first glance, the orgy is full of {{fanservice extra}}s.
** Alice is lightly clothed or naked for most of the
** At a first glance, the orgy is full of {{fanservice extra}}s.
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** Domino, who is very kind to Bill, is very beautiful for a drug-addicted, dying prostitute.
** At least the last three, however, border on deconstruction, as they seem aware of what men want from them, and their scenes may be FanDisservice as a result.
** At least the last three, however, border on deconstruction, as they seem aware of what men want from them, and their scenes may be FanDisservice as a result.
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* ParanoidThriller: After the protagonist infiltrates a mysterious masked orgy and gets exposed, he's feeling increasingly paranoid, believing that he's being pursued by the members of the conspiracy. The movie never clarifies whether; besides, [[ItWasAllADream there are implications]] [[SchrodingersButterfly that the whole story was a dream]].
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''Eyes Wide Shut'' is Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death and released sporadically from July to September, 1999. Based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella ''Traumnovelle'' (''Dream Story''), the story is [[SettingUpdate transferred from]] early 20th century Vienna to 1990s New York City.
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''Eyes Wide Shut'' is Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death death[[note]]Kubrick died of a heart attack just two days after screening his final cut of the film for Warner Brothers[[/note]] and released sporadically from July to September, 1999. Based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella ''Traumnovelle'' (''Dream Story''), the story is [[SettingUpdate transferred from]] early 20th century Vienna to 1990s New York City.
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Creator/SydneyPollack plays Bill's friend Victor, who knows more than he's letting on. Creator/LeeleeSobieski appears briefly as the nymphet who tempts Bill at the costume shot.
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* JailBait: Milich's teenaged daughter, whom he is pimping out. The meaningful stare she gives to Bill indicates she's pretty OK with being pimped out.
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* RetargetedLust: The wife seemed to be trying to generate this both by bringing up other women with her husband and telling him her fantasies about running off with a sailor, but instead it plunges him into turmoil and doubt. So she eventually [[spoiler: just straight up propositions him.]]
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* RetargetedLust: The wife Alice seemed to be trying to generate this both by bringing up other women with her husband and telling him her fantasies about running off with a sailor, but instead it plunges him into turmoil and doubt. So she eventually [[spoiler: just straight up propositions him.]]
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''Eyes Wide Shut'' is Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death and released sporadically from July to September, 1999.
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''Eyes Wide Shut'' is Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death and released sporadically from July to September, 1999.
1999. Based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella ''Traumnovelle'' (''Dream Story''), the story is [[SettingUpdate transferred from]] early 20th century Vienna to 1990s New York City.
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* UnknownCharacter: The only people conirmed to be at the ball are Bill and Ziegler. No one ever takes their mask off, so any number of characters that appear before could potentially be there. A popular theory is that Domino was actually the girl that sacrificed herself to save Bill instead of Mandy; other characters viewers guessed to have been there include Milich's daughter, Sally, and even Alice.
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* UnknownCharacter: The only people conirmed confirmed to be at the ball are Bill and Ziegler. No one ever takes their mask off, so any number of characters that appear before could potentially be there. A popular theory is that Domino was actually the girl that sacrificed herself to save Bill instead of Mandy; other characters viewers guessed to have been there include Milich's daughter, Sally, and even Alice.
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* TwistedChristmas: The story takes place around the holidays, and while things never get too gory or violent, Bill finds himself in a pretty disturbing corner of the world before it's all said and done.
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* {{Cuckold}}: In an odd way. Alice admits to her husband that she'd come very close to cheating on him but hadn't gone through with it, but for a long while afterwards, Bill dwells on this as if it had actually happened, and his increasing hurt and anger propel him into the bizarre circumstances he finds himself in as the film progresses.
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* TheBigRottenApple: A group of homophobic teenagers assault Bill because they think he's gay, no one seems to want to help him find Nick, and he only traverses in the gritty, crowded sections of the city. The toy store scene at the end is especially claustrophobic.
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* NothingIsScarier: The whole film, especially the scenes during and after the masked ball, have an overwhelming sense of dread. We know something sinsiter is going on with the cult and its actions, but we never find out what. Even more disturbing is thinking about what the cult did to the masked woman who sacrificed herself to save Bill, assuming Ziegler was lying. Seeing her led off into the dark makes one think it ''isn't'' pleasent to think about.
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* NothingIsScarier: The whole film, especially the scenes during and after the masked ball, have an overwhelming sense of dread. We know something sinsiter is going on with the cult and its actions, but we never find out what. Even more disturbing is thinking about what the cult did to the masked woman who sacrificed herself to save Bill, assuming Ziegler was lying. Seeing her led off into the dark makes one think it ''isn't'' pleasent to think about.''wasn't'' pleasant.
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* SpottingTheThread: It's rather telling to arrive at a fancy party in the middle of nowhere in a taxi when everybody else arrives in a limousine.
** As well as wearing a different cloak than everyone else and not donning your mask until you've already entered the house.
** As well as wearing a different cloak than everyone else and not donning your mask until you've already entered the house.
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* SpottingTheThread: It's rather telling to arrive at a fancy party in the middle of nowhere in a taxi when everybody else arrives in a limousine.
** Aslimousine, as well as wearing a different cloak than everyone else and not donning your mask until you've already entered the house.
** As
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** As well as wearing a different cloak than everyone else and not donning your mask until you've already entered the house.
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* SymbolMotifClothing: Bill's mask is a generic face mask with a golden, mask-like structure of its own resting atop the forehead and cheeks. Though probably not a conscious decision on Bill's part, it could be taken as a symbol that in the crowd of disguised faces, his disguise has another layer.
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* SymbolMotifClothing: Bill's mask is a generic face mask with a golden, mask-like structure of its own resting atop the forehead and cheeks. Though probably not a conscious decision on Bill's part, it could be taken as a symbol that in the crowd of disguised faces, his disguise has another layer.is that he's disguised as one of them.
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* NothingIsScarier: The whole film, especially the scenes during and after the masked ball, have an overwhelming sense of dread. We know something sinsiter is going on with the cult and its actions, but we never find out what. Even more disturbing is thinking about what the cult did to the masked woman who sacrificed herself to save Bill, assuming Ziegler was lying. Seeing her led off into the dark makes one think it ''isn't'' pleasent to think about.
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* UnknownCharacter: The only people conirmed to be at the ball are Bill and Ziegler. No one ever takes their mask off, so any number of characters that appear before could potentially be there. A popular theory is that Domino was actually the girl that sacrificed herself to save Bill instead of Mandy; other characters viewers guessed to have been there include Milich's daughter, Sally, and even Alice.
** Also up for debate is the identity of Red Cloak. Besides the guess that it's a separate character, contenders brought up include Sandor, Mr. Milich, or Ziegler.
** Also up for debate is the identity of Red Cloak. Besides the guess that it's a separate character, contenders brought up include Sandor, Mr. Milich, or Ziegler.
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* BreakInThreat: Possibly. It's unclear if the bad guys left the main character's mask on his bed as a threat or if his wife simply found the mask herself.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: A fair number of them are present at the "masked ball."
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''Eyes Wide Shut'' is Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death in 1999.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The ultimate fates of Nick and Domino are never revealed. Ziegler tells Bill that Nick was taken back to Seattle to live with his family and Bill apparently visits Domino's apartment on a day she's not there. However, there is plenty of evidence to discredit both of these claims; it depends on if you think Ziegler and Domino's roommate, respectively, are telling the truth.
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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 Creator/NicoleKidman) reveals that she had contemplated an affair a year earlier.
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''Eyes Wide Shut'' is Creator/StanleyKubrick's last film, completed just days before his death in 1999, ''Eyes Wide Shut'' 1999.
The film 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 Creator/NicoleKidman) reveals that she had contemplated an affair a year earlier.
The film 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 Creator/NicoleKidman) reveals that she had contemplated an affair a year earlier.
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* InspiredBy: A very rare case of inversion. The closing credits state that the film was "inspired by" the Arthur Schnitzler's novella, but it is in fact a rather faithful adaptation (down to the key pieces of dialogue).
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* SymbolMotifClothing: Bill's mask is a generic face mask with a golden, mask-like structure of its own resting atop the forehead and cheeks. Though probably not a conscious decision on Bill's part, it could be taken as a symbol that in the crowd of disguised faces, his disguise has another layer.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: ''Traumnovelle'' by Arthur Schnitzler.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: ''Traumnovelle'' by Arthur Schnitzler.
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* EndingFatigue: After TheReveal, the film still goes on for some time. Probably [[JustifiedTrope justified]], as it highlights that the mystery, captivating and intriguing though it is, [[MocksteryTale is ultimately of secondary importance]] compared to the issues of lust, trust and fidelity. [[MindScrew And then there's a possibility that the reveal was false anyway...]]
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* EndingFatigue: After TheReveal, the film still goes on for some time. Probably [[JustifiedTrope justified]], as it highlights that the mystery, captivating and intriguing though it is, [[MocksteryTale is ultimately of secondary importance]] compared to the issues of lust, trust and fidelity. [[MindScrew And then there's a possibility that the reveal was false anyway...]]
