greetings friends @lilapearl here. i've come to lead you through the dark odyssey of kubrick's misunderstood masterpiece, Eyes Wide Shut. fidelio! let the watch begin.

we enter the christmas party, and are immediately bathed in the warm light of thousands of glittering bulbs ... no one knows for sure why kubrick decided to change schnitzler's dream story setting from mardi gras to christmas #fridaynightmovieclub

some have speculated it was simply because kubrick preferred to shoot by natural light, but i think the seasonal themes are all at play here, too

like scrooge before him, harford is haunted by the ghosts of the past and chilled by the horrors of his present..

as soon as they arrive at the party, nicole and tom are separated, and their delicate dance towards infidelity begins

"don't you think that one of the charms of marriage is that it makes deception a necessity for both parties?"

tom and nicole were, of course, married at the time. by all accounts their 15 months on the set didn't ... improve their relationship