I absolutely have to agree with Dawn who wrote:
I'd have to disagree completely with the Eyes Wide Shut review. After watching almost his whole catalogue last week, I would have to say this is one of Kubrick's best. Primary colors have not been used so well since Goddard's Weekend. The suspense builds slow and the story is more one of infidelity than sexual obsession. I liked the music; it added flavor. If you
like Kubrick, you will see many scenic views that can only be called Kubrickian. I can't recall which critic said it, but it was said that if you expect to see a movie that will require a cold shower after, forget it, the movie is a cold shower<<<<<< A girl who loves Kubrick, actually knows Godard's Weekend, and into Belle & S? I normally play for the Pink Team, but Dawn- will you marry me? Yes, the use of colors, yes the lovely, leisurely pace of the film (it savors each moment, however excruciating, beautiful, or both), yes to Tom and Nicole whipping each other around emotionally (ESPECIALLY Nicole's disturbing confessions) and NOT consummating, and YES YES to a final line to equal Alex's "I was 'cured', all right" from Clockwork Orange. Eyes Wide Shut is a good kick in the teeth to anybody expecting a Tom Cruise movie, or Basic Instinct-style 'erotics'. All of it is an identifiably STANLEY KUBRICK FILM! HURRAH! The bright, piercing light coming in through every window and crevice, the cold, harshly observant camera leading and/or following the characters down stark corridors, the stately grace, it's all too perfect. I'd say it's a truly great film, and I'd also say that 95% of the audience (in America, at least) will be there for all the wrong reasons, and will not like the film at all. But I loved it. I've been reading Kubrick's biography, and it turns out he was heavily influenced (and good friends with) famed photographer (who committed suicide in the 1970s) Diane Arbus- in fact, the "Twins" scenes from The Shining seem directly inspired by a particular Arbus photograph of twins. The close-ups of the menacing masked characters in Eyes Wide Shut also seemed, to me, a very Arbus moment. I'll probably be seeing Marine Research twice later today- once at an in-store promo appearance at local uber-indie record shop Ozone, and then later at their show here (opening for The Make-Up). Does anybody have any info on the Marine Research discography? As far as I know, they just have the "Queen B" 7 inch. Any info greatly appreciated! If any Sinisterines ever visit Portland, OR, I would highly recommend popping into Ozone, and also across the street to Powell's Books, the largest independent book store on the West Coast and full of goodies- everything from their 300 copies of Catcher in the Rye to the first-edition Iris Murdochs to most any kind of 'zine or (literary) porn you can imagine. Anything you want, they're bound to have- we're talking massive floor space with shelves to the ceiling. I'm so proud of mah town sometahmes, ah could just burst, ah do declare! Beckoning with Open Arms and Open Fields of Eucalyptus Westward Bound to Portland- -Two or Three Things I Know about Chris (and I know Dawn knows where this little moniker comes from....) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+