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lineage (lineage):
Babygirl → Eyes Wide Shut.
The stoned late-night bedroom lecture after the rave echoes Eyes Wide Shut.
“Nice callback to eyes wide shut and lecturing Tom Cruise in the bedroom while stoned out of their minds.”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:24:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Eyes Wide Shut → Stanley Kubrick.
A masterpiece, Kubrick's Christmas movie, and an automatic Hall of Fame inclusion.
“Obviously, a masterpiece, Stanley Kubrick's Christmas movie”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:07:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Eyes Wide Shut → Tom Cruise.
A complicated movie for Cruise and Kidman, tied to their relationship and the last thing Kubrick made.
“the last thing that Kubrick made.”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:08:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Eyes Wide Shut → Babygirl.
Kidman's Eyes Wide Shut work reads as an early beginning of the capstone that is Babygirl; the two films are in conversation.
“a nice little beginning of the capstone to baby girl.”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:08:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
career (career arc):
Magnolia → Eyes Wide Shut.
Both are directors riffing on Cruise's fame and persona, and are his big acting-year pair in 1999.
“puts him in a position to do all of that and also comment on it and play with the idea of Tom Cruise.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:28:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them) -
people (auteur credit):
Eyes Wide Shut → Stanley Kubrick.
Eyes Wide Shut's success owes to it being a Kubrick film and playing with Cruise-Kidman.
“such a huge part of that movie's success, in addition to it being a Kubrick film”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:31:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career arc):
Eyes Wide Shut → Edge of Tomorrow.
Edge of Tomorrow is a blockbuster version of Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia where the hero keeps failing and dying.
“Edge of Tomorrow, for example, is kind of like a newfangled,”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:33:49 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
verdict (ranking):
Eyes Wide Shut → Magnolia.
Forced to cut between them, one host expects Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia choice but both stay.
“You're going to make me choose between eyes wet shut and magnolia then.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:32:37 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Eyes Wide Shut → Stanley Kubrick.
The set would mean a long shoot with a great filmmaker, two stars in an actual marriage and untold stories.
“obviously you've got one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, 2 of our favorite stars in the midst of a marriage and a film about the potential dissolution of a marriage”
The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:11:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
Sean's pick for a day on a historic set: a long shoot, one of the greatest filmmakers, two stars in the midst of a marriage, and some of the wildest scenes ever shot.
“just some of the wildest scenes ever shot in the history of movies occur in that film.”
The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:12:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) → Eyes Wide Shut.
Donald Glover's character describes the party as a Spike-directed reboot of Eyes Wide Shut.
“this is like a spikely directed reboot of eyes wide shut”
The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:04:44 · Alison Herman (0.85 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Tom Cruise → Eyes Wide Shut.
Vanilla Sky and Eyes Wide Shut dissect his persona outside the blockbuster, whereas Edge does it inside a blockbuster.
“like vanilla sky and eyes wide shut, like the ones that are kind of dissecting his persona”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:03:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (marketing parallel):
Eyes Wide Shut → Fight Club.
Entertainment Tonight did an exclusive trailer premiere for both Eyes Wide Shut and Fight Club.
“do the exclusive premiere of the trailer, which they also did for Eyes Wide Shut”
Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:56:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (critical verdict):
Owen Gleiberman → Eyes Wide Shut.
Gleiberman's review likens the film to a dream already analyzed on a shrink's couch.
“like a dream that has already been analyzed on a shrinks couch.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:03:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
Owen Gleiberman's pan called the film a dream already analyzed on a shrink's couch; one speaker says that is exactly why it works for them.
“has an oddly formal closed off quality, like a dream that has already been analyzed on a shrinks couch.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:03:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
The film sits on a Sight and Sound top ten ballot; one filmmaker, Mia Hansen-Love, put it on her 2012 ballot.
“One director put eyes wide shot on their 2012 ballot.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:12:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
Unrated cut is on Netflix but not Apple. The R-rated version has digital robed figures placed in front of sex acts; contractually Kubrick had to deliver an R.
“Is there any chance Netflix has the nastier cut and they did?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:17:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (music in the film):
Dmitri Shostakovich → Eyes Wide Shut.
A speaker recalls it as the one with all the Shostakovich.
“the one with all the Shastakovich?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:24:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (origin of the project):
Kirk Douglas → Eyes Wide Shut.
Kirk Douglas claims he handed Kubrick the novella during their Paths of Glory or Spartacus fights.
“Kirk Douglas claims he gave it to him during one of their like shared therapy sessions”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (origin of the project):
Ruth Sobotka → Eyes Wide Shut.
Others guess Kubrick's Austrian second wife may have given him the Austrian novel.
“Maybe she gave it to him.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
The Schnitzler novella is a slender 110 pages and tracks the movie so closely the speaker jokes it predicted Epstein-era stories.
“it's a slender tomb, like 110 pages.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:27 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (source novella):
Arthur Schnitzler → Eyes Wide Shut.
The speaker says the novel is very close to the film, so close that its plot beats are nearly one to one.
“And it is very similar to eyes wide shut.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (adaptation):
Dream Story (Traumnovelle, the Schnitzler novella) → Eyes Wide Shut.
The speakers note the film's credit says inspired by, not adapted from, Schnitzler's novella.
“It's not adapted from Schnitzler.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:37:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (influence):
Modern Romance → Eyes Wide Shut.
Kubrick reached out to Albert Brooks after Modern Romance because he wanted to bottle that dynamic of men and women.
“if you like reached out to Albert Brooks after seeing modern romance and said, like, Brit, and he was like, how did you do this?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:38:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if casting):
Woody Allen → Eyes Wide Shut.
At different times Kubrick wanted a Woody Allen version of the movie.
“at different times, he wanted to make a Woody Allen version of this movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:39:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if casting):
Steve Martin → Eyes Wide Shut.
Kubrick loved The Jerk and talked to Steve Martin about the lead.
“Simon, Steve Martin, he loved the jerk.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:40:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (title origin):
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy → Eyes Wide Shut.
The speaker offers that the phrase 'eyes wide shut' may come from the le Carre novel.
“It may have been inspired from Tinker Teal or Soldier Spy.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:40:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
Kubrick wanted a screenwriter who would crank out raw material for him to turn to gold, per Raphael's quote.
“He does not want and never wanted a collaborator.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:42:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (family comparison):
Armageddon Time → Eyes Wide Shut.
The Harfords are compared to the aspirational James Gray family.
“the platonic ideal of like the James Gray family in Armageddon time”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:43:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career turn):
Eyes Wide Shut → Vanilla Sky.
Vanilla Sky is the outlier in Cruise's run after Eyes Wide Shut, seen as a bid for commercial work.
“It's just fascinating the vanilla sky.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:48:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
unmapped (lesson learned):
Eyes Wide Shut → Phantom Thread.
The speaker feels PTA took lessons from visiting the Kubrick set about small crews.
“Like, it feels like PTA sort of learned some lessons from being on the set that took years to see Ben.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:06:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
industry (marketing comparison):
Don't Worry Darling → Eyes Wide Shut.
Both were sold on mystique and rumors about what happened on set.
“It just, it sort of was a, don't worry, darling, of its time where people were so fascinated by all the different stories”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:09:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
The first party was lit by force developing fast film, leaning into the Christmas lights, china balls and worm bulbs for a dreamy glow.
“The Christmas lights, china balls, uh, worm bulbs, but but trying to avoid standard Hollywood lighting setup.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:11:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
A Jewish speaker reads the Christmas look as a Jew's idea of Christmas: all the aura, none of the symbology; later the group jokes it is the Hanukkah movie, one crazy night.
“The Jewish element of the movie to me is that it feels like a Jews idea of Christmas.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:12:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
people (casting parallel):
Tootsie → Eyes Wide Shut.
Hoffman cast Pollack to be intimidated, and Pollack is similarly a director Cruise defers to.
“And similarly, it's very smart to cast Pollock in this because Pollock is a director who's worked with Cruz before.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:15:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (role comparison):
Michael Clayton → Eyes Wide Shut.
Bill Harford is called in like the Michael Clayton of physicians to clean up rich people's messes.
“the Michael Clayton of physicians to clean up rich people's messes.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:17:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
people (shared lead performance):
Eyes Wide Shut → Magnolia.
The speaker says Magnolia is the only other Cruise movie where reality distorts around him while he clutches at control.
“The only other movie that fits that description for Cruz is Magnolia, which he was filmed right after.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:21:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
The New York is a single built intersection that gets flipped and redressed, and the film's Village cab rides are slower than walking.
“they built like this big sort of intersection.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:51:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
unmapped (one crazy night):
After Hours → Eyes Wide Shut.
The speaker pairs the two one-crazy-night New York movies and notes Kubrick adored After Hours.
“interesting to look at this movie against, uh, after hours in certain ways, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:53:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (comparison):
Sleep No More (theater production) → Eyes Wide Shut.
A speaker says the staged-ritual reading of the orgy makes it basically Sleep No More.
“It's basically sleep no more”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:58:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
Abigail Good, who replaced the actress who played Mandy, said Kubrick liked her long legs and the way she walks.
“She added that Kubrick liked my long legs.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:59:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Showgirls → Eyes Wide Shut.
Verhoeven makes nudity upsetting while Eyes Wide Shut makes it feel like nature photography.
“Our showgirls episode you talked about Pearl Verhoven's attack on the breast.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:00:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
people (composer):
Jocelyn Pook → Eyes Wide Shut.
Kubrick asked Pook for sex music and what she came back with is incredible.
“Let's do some sex music.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:08:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
unmapped (needle drop):
György Ligeti → Eyes Wide Shut.
The Ligeti music's first appearance is called one of the great needle drops in film.
“one of the great needle drops in all of film, which is the introduction of the Legeti score”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:10:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
The Ligeti needle drop at the orgy is one of the great ones, a cut to the wide shot of everyone waiting.
“Oh my god, you cuts that wide shot and they're all there.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:10:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
Todd Field said they filmed at night on pre-lit sets and spent hours rewriting the scene before shooting.
“And then Todd Field said they filmed only at nights.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:19:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
Hamleys doubles for FAO Schwartz, and Spice Girls dolls in the toy store are the one thing dating the film.
“There are the Spice Girls dolls in the background”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:34:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
A rare scene of plain over-the-shoulder coverage, the end-of-film marriage scene, is called a return to normalcy.
“he shoots just very standard over the shoulder coverage.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:37:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
unmapped (lenses and lighting):
Barry Lyndon → Eyes Wide Shut.
Kubrick briefly considered the Barry Lyndon lenses for a similar warm lighting scheme but film speeds had moved on.
“he briefly considered using the Barry Linden lenses for this because he knew he wanted to have a similar lighting scheme.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:37:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
unmapped (ending analog):
Before Midnight → Eyes Wide Shut.
The speaker reads the ending of Eyes Wide Shut as like the ending of Before Midnight.
“It reminds me a lot, like the more recent, uh, analog, I think of, is the ending of before midnight”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:38:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
Opened number one on July 16, 1999 with 21 million, the summer's other number-one-no-100M film being The Haunting.
“Eyes Wide Shut was only one of 2 movies to open between May and August that opened at number one and didn't hit $100 million.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 2:41:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (unused score):
Vivian Kubrick → Eyes Wide Shut.
Vivian also wrote an Eyes Wide Shut score that was not used; Pook scored it.
“Vivian Kubrick did a score for eyes wide shut that wasn't used, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 2:04:40 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
programming (emotional pairing):
Barry Lyndon → Eyes Wide Shut.
These two Kubrick films feel warm to the speaker compared with the rest.
“But Barry Lyndon and Eyes Wide Shut are the 2 that feel like they sort of cut through to me on a deeper level, where I feel genuine warmth and affection for them.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:13:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
people (shared actor):
Leon Vitali → Eyes Wide Shut.
Vitali plays seven different roles in Eyes Wide Shut after Barry Lyndon.
“playing like 7 different roles and eyes wide shut.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 1:28:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (use of music cues):
Barry Lyndon → Eyes Wide Shut.
Kubrick repeats and uses every music cue powerfully in both films.
“I mean, that's what eyes wide shut as well.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 1:49:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Eyes Wide Shut:
Karina recalls Entertainment Tonight reporting the film might contain unsimulated sex, and Eyes Wide Shut angering viewers who expected the horniest movie ever.
“I remember entertainment tonight going, we're hearing there might be unsimulated sex in this movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 2:04:50 · Karina Longworth (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (origin of an idea):
Terry Southern → Eyes Wide Shut.
A conversation Southern had with Kubrick about an erotic film that looks like a film is called a kernel of Eyes Wide Shut.
“he basically had a conversation at one point with Kubrick that is a kernel of eyes wide shut.”
Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:15:42 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (adaptation):
Arthur Schnitzler → Eyes Wide Shut.
Kubrick turned Schnitzler's Dream Story into Eyes Wide Shut 30 plus years later (per the dossier).
“the Arthur Schnitzler book that he's going to turn into Eyes Wide Shut 30 plus years later.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:10:40 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
unmapped (trajectory):
The Killing → Eyes Wide Shut.
Kubrick goes from documentary reality to building his own fake New York by Eyes Wide Shut.
“by the time you get to eyes wide shut and he has no interest in capturing reality”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:20:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Stanley Kubrick → Eyes Wide Shut.
Guerrilla street shooting in Killer's Kiss versus building his own New York for his last film.
“just funny thing to contrast with his career ending with eyes wide shut where he's like, I'm going to fucking make my own New York City.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Fear & Desire / Killer's Kiss (Ad-Free) · 1:04:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Nicole Kidman → Eyes Wide Shut.
Kidman had already done Eyes Wide Shut, which was quite enough of that kind of film.
“I also think that Nicole did eyes wide shut and that was quite enough.”
Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:29:21 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them) -
people (people):
Tom Cruise → Eyes Wide Shut.
The Cruise-Kidman breakup came soon after the movie they made about their sex life.
“This is coming pretty shortly after the movie they made about their sex life.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:20:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Vanilla Sky → Eyes Wide Shut.
Cruise in masks again, soon after Eyes Wide Shut.
“right after eyes wide shut too.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:46:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Minority Report → Eyes Wide Shut.
How-is-that-a-job category: Minority Report's eyeball seller, Milich's costume shop in Eyes Wide Shut.
“Like the dude in minority report who just sells new eyeballs to Tom Cruise.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:55:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Eyes Wide Shut → 8mm.
Eyes Wide Shut's costume shop and 8MM's Joaquin Phoenix working at an adult store are jobs that know the dark world.
“Actually, now that we're talking about this, the Joaquin Phoenix, an 8 millimeter.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:56:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Tom Cruise → Eyes Wide Shut.
If Cruise would answer everything, the Rewatchables pick is Eyes Wide Shut.
“I would do eyes-wise shut.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:57:26 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Tom Hanks → Eyes Wide Shut.
Hanks in Eyes Wide Shut would be a tough one.
“What about Hanks and Eyes wide shut?”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:25:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (director-method aside):
After Hours → Eyes Wide Shut.
Bill cites Kubrick pressing Cruise and Kidman emotionally on Eyes Wide Shut.
“what he did to Cruz and Kidman, where he was just clearly trying to break them emotionally”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:28:00 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Todd Field → Eyes Wide Shut.
Todd Field as an actor is an absolute banger in Eyes Wide Shut, Twister and Sleep with Me, then directed only three unique movies.
“Nick in eyes wide shut, twister, and sleep with me.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:23:57 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Tom Cruise → Eyes Wide Shut.
Late-80s cocky Cruise or Eyes Wide Shut-era Cruise could have worked as Oliver.
“Or eyes wide shut, era Tom Cruise, you know?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:16:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Sydney Pollack → Eyes Wide Shut.
Pollack's Player cameo ended an acting drought since Tootsie and set off a chain that led to Eyes Wide Shut.
“this sets off a chain of movies culminating in Him in the leather sleeveless vest and knives wide shut”
The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:56:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)