Eyes Wide Shut Directors Review

After reading Stanley Kubriks screenplay for Eyes Wide Shut the theme seems to be the powers of sex.   In more detail, the narrative deals with right and wrong or wrong and wronger, the truth and its consequences, and most importantly, escape into alternate lifestyles and worlds.  I think this movie examines a contemporary marriage and the boredoms and impulses that arise between the couple.  An interesting element in this film is tension in the characters marriage beginning immediately with the film, opposed to slowly rising and then erupting near the end.  There is a climax to come but Bill also begins flirting with models as Alice flirts with an older man minutes after arriving at the party.  It is clear right away that they are both unable to stay entirely faithful and sets up a tone for whats to come.  A very interesting aspect of this movie is when Alice continues to admit to always thinking of Bill each time she daydreamed and fantasized about another lover.  Alice once explains feelings of sadness and tenderness towards Bill as she views the Naval Officer from the balcony.  Even saying she loved him most that very moment.  Another is that until almost the very end while they neither one of them actually did anything physical with someone else throughout the film the idea that they would have acted upon it given different circumstances and timing is the issue. The characters certainly wanted too.  At the very end Bill caves in at the and tells Alice he will confess everything he's done.  The next morning comes and Alice addresses the night before.  Initially I thought they somehow tried to give the reader a happy ending and act as if they had resolved their marriage even after all Bill had done.  In fact though the script ends with you realizing Bill never told Alice about his love affair at all.