I recommend you purchase the 2 disc special edition Eyes Wide Shut. The version of the movie is the un-rated version which does not have the black silhouettes blocking the guests at the palace during the orgy scene. The movie has scenes which are a bit long but that was Kubrick's movie style of filming.

Interesting because of the illuminati symbolism. It's taking the world over. We all need to wake up and pay attention!!

A typical Kubrick scary masterpiece. The scene with the masks is one of the most terrifying moments in movie history. Kubrick died during the post production. You know he hit a nerve that exposed the Illuminati. And this was years before Wikileaks.

This is the greatest movie ever made, Kubrick really went deep into the depths. Most people will watch this movie and never understand the allegory or what those "depths" are but those who do will be pleased.

Eyes Wide Shut like all Kubrick films is a masterpiece. From the first scene to the great unexpected last scene. Kubrick is perhaps the greatest director in cinema. Tom Cruise is great in this film too. Its funny how some people dislike this film, perhaps they should watch again. This film gets better every time I watch it. If you like other Kubrick films like Full Metal Jacket and Clockwork Orange you will enjoy this film. Purists will say only watch Unrated version. I myself dont find the extra nudity be an issue to storyline. So either version will satisfy. Stanley Kubrick thanks again for another masterpiece.

The first time I saw EWS was with my cousin, a few days after it had opened in theaters in Washington DC.
I had read all the production hype, and took it with a grain of salt. Being a Kubrick fan and studying his work since the 1970’s, I was confident he would not make a film as superficial as the ads indicated.
Seeing a Kubrick film for the first time, has always been a very special thing for me, and my first reactions are always the same; elation, awe, confusion and curiosity.
I always walk away from the experience deeply moved by the sheer power of Kubrick’s imagery and style. EWS was no exception, but in a way, I felt disappointment because I could only see the surface of a film that appeared to be about the love lives of a rich couple. Who cares! How can this film be so trite?
Yet, at the same time, I was bothered by the fact that there was something lurking under that surface façade, something profound, and I felt compelled to dig deeper.
It wasn’t until the release of the DVD, and viewing it several times, did I start to discover how complex this film really is.
In the first scene, we are hearing music, which we assume, is the sound track. But then Dr. Bill switches off the stereo. This is the first clue Kubrick gives us that we are about to be tricked and deceived, and that what we are about to see, is not what we think it is.
In fact, the surface story of Bill and Alice’s petty lives and marital problems is a façade, it’s not what the film is about at all. Kubrick is throwing us a red herring.
Every scene in this film has its own story arc, and resonates with a mysterious immediacy, real, at the same time, unreal, ‘hyperreal’!
Much of the story, and its true meaning, are visual, the dialog merely giving us clues where to look.
The film is not about sex, or even about infidelity, it’s about wealth, power, corruption at its core, and class distinction.
Kubrick takes us into the forbidden underbelly of the ultra-rich and their immoral, controlling social order which infects the lower classes like a cancer.
Kubrick’s last film is very complex, powerful and terrifying.
I believe it’s a masterpiece which will one day be considered one of the best films ever made.

It had some very serious erotica in it. At least for me it was erotica - I really squirmed while watching it - not because I was uncomfortable but because it really caught my senses. I'm not sure I understand the title to the storyline - but it's the kinda of movie that stands out because it's a different sort of plot. It's easy to say a movie is good when Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are in it - but I think Kubrick is what made it great!