|
Cristian G.
MEMBRU VIP
Din: Bucharest / Romania
Inregistrat: acum 16 ani
|
|
Blu-Ray rip | 159 min | XviD 720x400 | 1185 kbps | 23.97 fps | 132 kbps | VBR MP3 | 1.36 GB + 3% recovery record
English | Subtitles: English, German and Spanish .srt | Genre: Drama/Thriller
Consumed by betrayal and jealousy, a wealthy Manhattan doctor becomes entangled in a a ritualistic sexual underworld when his wife admits to having lascivious sexual fantasies about another man.
There are basically two types of performances in Kubrick's films. On the one hand, you have the explosively manic, wonderfully hyper-real performances of Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove, Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange, and Jack Nicholson in The Shining. But at the other end of the spectrum are actors as ciphers whose emotions remain somewhat inscrutable. Cruise falls into this category by default, and is the one we're meant to follow throughout Eyes Wide Shut. The situations Cruise finds himself in say more about the character than he does as an actor. But it works because this superstar is playing a buffoon mystified by women and sex. It's appropriate when, during a climactic scene where Bill has to face the consequences of his actions, one of his friends (Sydney Pollack) tells him, "You're in way over your head.
If the film seems to be a morality play drifting along with the erratic rhythms of a dream, then it begs the question of what is the moral, and how much we're meant to relate to these nervous cosmopolitans. We might not be able to plug into these lives of posh apartments and lascivious fantasies without that dreamlike element, which is all courtesy of Kubrick. He dissolves between scenes, liberally zooms into revealing close-ups on faces, and frequently incorporates an intense piano keyboard to obsessively hit the same pattern of notes—all elements that keep Eyes Wide Shut from feeling like we are just spectators observing the behavior of the spoiled and rich as we would zoo animals. We remain mystified, and perhaps that distance also enables us to laugh at Bill and Alice's love-struck, paranoid foibles. The final scene between Bill and Alice, during their holiday shopping, has the various noises of the store gradually recede so all we're left with are the voices of the husband and wife, almost like ghosts. When he proclaims they will love each other forever, she remains ambivalent. And though Kubrick remains caustic about the nature of the human heart and the way romantic partners lie to one another in order to survive, he still has Alice state that ultimately, if they survive these adventures, they should be grateful. Like Eyes Wide Shut, it's a response that's beautiful, strange, and perhaps even willfully artificial.
Stanley Kubrick's daring last film is many things. It is a compelling psychosexual journey. A haunting dreamscape. A riveting tale of suspense. A major milestone in the careers of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. And a worthy final chapter to a great director's career. Graceful tracking shots, controlled pacing, rich colors, startling images: bravura traits that make Kubrick a filmmaker for the ages are here to keep everyone's eyes wide open.
Script: Stanley Kubrick (novel: Arthur Schnitzler)
Music: Jocelyn Pook
Cinematography: Larry Smith
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Leelee Sobieski, Rade Serbedzija, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Cumming, Sky Dumont, Fay Masterson, Thomas Gibson, Madison Eginton, Louise J. Taylor, Stewart Thorndike
43.5KB
_______________________________________
"Catalunya is a nation and FC Barcelona its army" - Sir Bobby Robson
|
|
