The Rewatchables: ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Mallory Rubin

Published 2023-08-15; 1:34:29 by the feed.

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Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick Alice's dance with the Hungarian, Sandor, at the first party
    “That's like a few of the sexiest minutes in movie history.”
    unknown · 0:38:37
  2. pick Alice confronts Bill in the bedroom and tells him about the naval officer (the Kidman fight)
    “Stone Kidman confronting Cruz.”
    unknown · 0:37:58
  3. floated Bill's night out in New York, from Marion to Domino to Nick
    “Well, I like just the entire sequence of Bill's night out from Marion to Domino to Nick.”
    unknown · 0:47:41
  4. floated Bill at the costume shop with Milich and the Japanese men
    “And then Millich, to get the cloak. And the Millich scene is your like, what the fuck? That's an upset.”
    unknown · 0:50:29
  5. floated Bill being followed on the streets of New York
    “I really like the scene when Cruz gets followed on the streets of New York.”
    unknown · 0:52:15
  6. floated Sydney Pollock's pool table scene with Bill
    “The, uh, your favorite scene, the Sydney Pollock pool table.”
    unknown · 0:52:32
  7. floated The last scene, Bill and Alice talking in the store
    “I like the last scene.”
    unknown · 0:53:03
  8. floated Alice telling Bill about her dream
    “What are we skipping Alice telling Bill about her dream?”
    unknown · 0:53:09
  9. floated The Fidelio party
    “I really like the party.”
    unknown · 0:56:25

Ebert Review · The hosts read Roger Ebert's review of the film.

  1. pick Eyes Wide Shut: Ebert gave it 3.5 stars; the reader thinks he mailed it in.
    “Um, Roger Ebert 3.5 stars.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:35:21

Saul Rubinek Award · The most over-the-top performance in the film.

  1. nominee Sky Dumont as Sandor Szavost: Written down for the award, then rescinded.
    “The Saul Rubinick, they knew award. The Hungarian guy who hits on Alice at the 1st party I had written down, but I'll rescind that one.”
    unknown · 1:11:07

Best That Guy (Joey Pants Award) · The best 'that guy' role in the film.

  1. winner Rade Šerbedžija as Milich: The costume shop owner; the speaker can't recall the actor's name.
    “It has to be Lee Sobieski's dad, right?”
    unknown · 1:10:50
  2. winner Rade Šerbedžija as Milich
    “I also had Lily Sobieski's dad for this one, too, because he's really feeling it.”
    unknown · 1:11:17
  3. nominee Todd Field as Nick Nightingale: Dismissed because he stops acting and goes on to direct.
    “No, Todd Field?”
    unknown · 1:10:59

Dion Waiters Award · A small role with a big impact.

  1. winner Mandy as Mandy
    “I'm gonna go Mandy for this one.”
    unknown · 1:11:23
  2. winner Alan Cumming as the hotel desk clerk
    “You could say, Mandy, I mean, I want to throw out Alan Cumming. Has to be Alan Cumming.”
    unknown · 1:11:26

What Aged the Best · What about the film holds up best today.

  1. pick The Eyes Wide Shut party as a running joke
    “The running joke about the eyes wide shut party.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:31
  2. pick Nicole Kidman: Her look on screen in the late 1990s.
    “19 late 1990s Nicole Kidman.”
    unknown · 0:56:48
  3. pick The masks and the secret society
    “Um, you know, the masks, you already said, and just more broadly, but the thing about that is, like, Sean was saying earlier, it's timeless, the secret society aspect where it holds up now, but you can also imagine this happening in the 1700s and anytime in between.”
    unknown · 1:01:24
  4. pick Eyes Wide Shut: The film is timeless and not tied to 1999.
    “I think you can make a case that's aged the best of any 1999 movie because it doesn't take place really in a year.”
    unknown · 1:03:39

What Aged the Worst · What about the film has aged poorly.

  1. pick The gay-bashing scene on the street
    “We mentioned the gay bashing scene, which is just weird.”
    unknown · 1:04:28
  2. pick Casting a real married couple
    “Casting an actual married couple in the film is both the best and worst thing about it.”
    unknown · 1:05:23
  3. pick The mystery of the secret society
    “I would say that you could say that the actual mystery has not aged very well.”
    unknown · 1:05:33
  4. pick Dr. Bill's medical skill
    “Dr. Bill's prowess as a medical professional.”
    unknown · 1:06:41
  5. pick The tame orgy
    “Just like we said, the orgy scene is so tame.”
    unknown · 1:07:35
  6. pick No male full frontal nudity
    “Not, yeah, given how the sheer volume of the nudity in the movie, not seeing a dick at any point is fucking weird.”
    unknown · 1:08:10

Most 1999 Thing · The most 1999 thing about the movie.

  1. pick The Cruise-Kidman marriage
    “I think it's the Cruise Kidman marriage because that was kind of the iconic marriage of that decade, right?”
    unknown · 1:08:33

Casting What-Ifs · Who was considered for the film instead.

  1. pick Woody Allen as Dr. Bill
    “Casting what ifs in the 70s when Kubrick wanted to do this, he had Woody Allen.”
    unknown · 1:08:59
  2. pick Steve Martin as Dr. Bill: Named for the 1980s version, a sex comedy.
    “It was going to be a sex comedy with a quote, wild and somber streak running through it.”
    unknown · 1:09:20
  3. pick Harrison Ford as Dr. Bill
    “Harrison Ford was a top choice at one point.”
    unknown · 1:09:27
  4. pick Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
    “Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, considered at one point.”
    unknown · 1:10:09
  5. pick Jennifer Jason Lee and Harvey Keitel: Lee shot the Marion scene and Keitel left the production.
    “And then we mentioned Jennifer, Jason Lee and Harvey Keitel.”
    unknown · 1:10:18
  6. pick Johnny Depp: Another host says he doesn't believe it.
    “Johnny Depp.”
    unknown · 1:10:22
  7. pick Val Kilmer
    “But, uh, Val Kilmer apparently sent 30 unsolicited audition tapes, Kilmer, did Kubrick.”
    unknown · 1:10:33

Apex Mountain · Where something in the film sits on the mountain.

  1. nominee The Eyes Wide Shut party / orgies in general
    “Hmm. I guess this is Apex better for the eyes wide shut party.”
    unknown · 1:14:03
  2. nominee Movies filmed in London pretending to be New York
    “How about movies filmed in London pretending to be in New York?”
    unknown · 1:14:20
  3. pick Tom Cruise: Asked whether the film was a good career move for Cruise.
    “It is part of the weird cruise Apex legacy, but at the same time, I just wish he had done a different movie.”
    unknown · 1:22:26

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of the film.

  1. pick Alice getting that high off a couple hits of one joint
    “I have a hard time believing that Alice got that high off a couple hits of one joint.”
    unknown · 1:14:33
  2. pick Domino's roommate: She knows about Bill yet not that nothing happened.
    “I, I, I was confused by, even though every sequence with Domino and her roommate is wonderful, Domino's roommate clearly knows all about Bill, right?”
    unknown · 1:15:18
  3. pick Dr. Bill in Uggs, drinking a beer
    “Do we do we buy the Dr. Bill wears uggs at home?”
    unknown · 1:17:19
  4. pick Dialogue that doesn't sound like real people: Nick and Bill's reunion talk.
    “Like, who talks like that?”
    unknown · 1:18:10

Best Quote · The favorite line in the film.

  1. pick Pollock: Nick is safely back home as Victor Ziegler
    “Uh, my favorite quote is, I assure you that Nick is safely back home and he's probably banging Mrs. Nick as we speak.”
    unknown · 1:18:14
  2. pick Sandor's line on marriage and deception as Sandor Szavost
    “Don't you think one of the charms of marriage is that it makes deception a necessity for both parties?”
    unknown · 1:18:46
  3. pick Ziegler's straight talk as Victor Ziegler
    “Okay, Bill, let's cut the bullshit, all right?”
    unknown · 1:19:27
  4. pick Ziegler's line about the woman squeezing her little titties as Victor Ziegler
    “Now, when she is having her little titty squeezed, do you think she ever has any little fantasies about what handsome Dr. Bill's Dicky might be like?”
    unknown · 1:20:02

Unanswerable questions · Questions the film raises and never answers.

  1. pick How rich are Bill and Alice
    “How rich are they?”
    unknown · 0:45:52
  2. pick Was Milich pretending the first time
    “Do you think he was pretending for Tom Cruise the 1st time that he didn't know what was going on?”
    unknown · 0:51:24
  3. pick What the mask on the pillow means
    “So the novella explains why the husband's mask is on the pillow next to his sleeping wife.”
    unknown · 1:21:14
  4. pick Was this Kubrick's final cut
    “Was this Kubrick's final cut?”
    unknown · 1:24:03
  5. pick Why there is an office in the bathroom
    “Who the fuck puts their office in the bathroom?”
    unknown · 1:26:33
  6. pick Is Ziegler's wife in on it
    “Some question, is Siegler's wife in on all this?”
    unknown · 1:26:42
  7. pick How the party knew Bill right away
    “I had an unanswerable of how they knew it was him in the orgy once he comes in with the mask on.”
    unknown · 1:27:07
  8. pick Mandy's body changing between scenes
    “Can we, while we're talking about her, can we talk about the bodies not being the same?”
    unknown · 1:28:38
  9. pick Is Alice orgasming while dancing
    “Or is she actually orgasming while dancing?”
    unknown · 1:30:45
  10. pick Did Bill get Nick killed
    “You think Bill got Alan Cummings' character killed by saying that he told him all these things about Nick?”
    unknown · 1:33:53

Who Won the Movie · Who came out ahead.

  1. pick The Illuminati: A joke pick.
    “The Illuminati, because they killed Kubrick.”
    unknown · 1:34:18
  2. pick Stanley Kubrick: The film never should have worked.
    “I have, uh, it's got to be Kubrick.”
    unknown · 1:34:28

Could This Be a 10-Episode Netflix Show · Whether the film could be remade as a prestige TV series.

  1. pick 10-episode Netflix remake: Says no, because Kubrick is essential.
    “Because I feel like Kubrick's so essential, but this actually, if Netflix existed in 1999, I wonder if that's the direction he could have gone.”
    unknown · 1:20:57

Best production story · The craziest story from making the film.

  1. pick 95 takes of walking through a door
    “He had cruise dude 95 takes of walking through a door.”
    unknown · 0:29:43
  2. pick Kubrick as marriage counselor
    “He found his story through psychoanalyzing Cruz and Kidman and basically being their marriage counselor and they all agreed, we'll never tell anyone else what we talked about.”
    unknown · 0:29:48
  3. pick Six days filming Kidman and not letting her tell Cruise
    “She filmed the scene where she did this scene with the male motto and he filmed it for 6 days and wouldn't let her tell Cruz anything about it.”
    unknown · 0:30:04
  4. pick Pollock scene: 3 weeks and 200 takes
    “It took 3 weeks to film that scene and 200 takes.”
    unknown · 0:30:26
  5. pick Researching Showgirls for the sex scenes
    “Um, for the sex scenes, he researched basic instincts, showgirls, and other erratic thrillers, like Red Shoe Diaries, to evaluate how far he could push the sexual contact.”
    unknown · 0:30:31

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