The censorship in America is sad. I just watched this for the third or fourth time, but through Netflix, and there’s music and video editing that replaced what i found to be the crucial point of the movie. Originally, after the first viewing, i was more than psychologically entertained, i was shocked and felt a sense of fear. The censored version just doesn’t quite have that affect on me. Granted i had seen the movie before, i still can’t imagine someone seeing the censored version for the first time and having the same experience, the experience that Kubrick would have wanted them to have. Sadly, Kubrick died before finishing the movie (luckily, the “unrated” version is available for purchase on DVD and Blu-Ray..)

Kubrick’s genius was based on the fact that he had managed to make movies in a way you’ve never seen before, and it didn’t stop with cinematography or unruly pacing. The subject matter to each one of his films is unique and his attention to the detail of each scene (which is crucial to plot when you think about it) tends to make his motion pictures like still life portraits. In Eyes Wide Shut, it uses an extra slow plot outline to analyze the risks people will take to find release for their overwhelming feelings of desire and infidelity, specifically between a young married couple portrayed by Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise. On one hand you have a seamless and successful monogamous marriage and on the other you have a free world of sexual fulfillment outside of the marriage which tempts both parties. These temptations start as curious thought crimes which end up persuading Bill the doctor (Tom Cruise) to venture down that uncertain path of infidelity only to stumble upon something completely out of left field.