Every time Bill's masculinity is attacked or brought into question, he watches football and drinks beer.

Dr. Bill sure lives well for a physician that has only two patients booked for his afternoon.

I can’t believe no one talks about the six guys with YALE shirts. SKULL AND BONES. Stanley was a master !

Maybe Bill turning off the Christmas tree represents his awakening to the world around him. Much like a child coming to the realization that there is no Santa. Just a thought.

I also find it interesting that he chose an actor and his real wife who had ties to the cult that basically had his daughter hostage at that time. 🧐

I believe Kubrick was too on point with this film. He exposed what the “elites” do on a weekend. I believe he was un-alived for this

It appeared to me that Eyes Wide Shut took strong inspiration by two Martin Scorsese films: Taxi Driver and After Hours. That touched me very much.

Just look up what Nicole Kidman's father (who was a doctor like Cruises character) was accused of doing and watch the very end of the movie when the daughter is being taken away by two old men and you'll know what Eyes Wide Shut is about... And it's no coincidence as to why Kubrick cast Kidman and Cruise

The six young men represent the skull & bones secret society. Look at their shirts. They go to YALE. Another subliminal reference by the mastermind Kubrick. Also after they knock Tom (Bill) over there's a very subtle rainbow like lens flare on his coat.

Is it just me or do all the women look similar. Blonde/Red hair, slim, all have a Nicole Kidman ‘look’ about them.

The paranoia of being watched when you're not. But their influence is everywhere reminding you.

I have heard some theories that Bill is actually a metaphor for Stanley.

There are theories that Alice was partaking in the party that can’t be talked about / has been for a long time / has a lot of power with them and all of this was an elaborate plan to tear down Bill’s masculinity, belittle him, embarrass him, turn him to jealousy. I don’t think I believe it at all but it may have been interesting to touch on

It's really a disguised Mission: Impossible movie where he has to infiltrate a corrupt group of gazilionaires?

The most bizarre layer of interpretation for me that I cannot unsee is the pedophile ring. Their kid going with the two old creeps stabbed my definition I had for the ending.

I love how the back page of the news paper just says "COOL"

Alcohol in movies represents power. So for Zeiglers room to have a hundred liquor bottles represents his immense power and connections

Food motif: interesting. A food motif runs in almost every scene of 2001, from the apes gobbling meat to....the last supper.

Notice final scene when Alice is laying in bed asleep and the mask, how the lights create an effect as she is also wearing a mask. As to say that almost every character is wearing one even metaphorical.

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Not all candelabrae are menorah. Also, there are poinsettias in the living room which are a traditional Christmas decoration.

I think Alice gifting a Van Gogh puzzle is a interesting subtext as well. Gogh famously cut off one of his ears and sent them to a woman he was infatuated with. A man reduced to weakness over a woman who’s beyond his reach, something of a parallel for how Alice would like to see Bill.

Thanks for up loading. I hadn't noticed the Christmas/Halloween, commercial lighting that also appeared in a domestic setting. I had noticed that Bill is nearly always shown in a blue light. I would be interested to hear what you think about the lighting in the Shining. Particularly the chandeliers always directly above the actors head.They remind me of medieval crowns.

Cool. Just recently found Hammeredout, and your channel. Been really enjoying your videos.

I alsawys read the subtext as the elites worshiping venus and Saturn. Saturnalia ended on December 23/24, celebrated in a similar way at the org* with the gold and black colours of Saturn...explains the 'shutting out' of Xmas.... 8 pointed star of venus is everywhere at the first party, you can't miss it. Good video!

Each rewatch spurs more theories and thoughts. Such a classic

Christmas represents the fantasy, the dream-like world they run amok through, toying with their desires. Agree the switching off was deliberate, it lingers on for too long. I think it signifies sobering up to reality - that fantasy runs parallel to your worst nightmares, and in the light of day it was all never worth it.

As the stroller goes, there is another apartment right next to dominos. It very well could be theirs, while strange it’s not inside; that’s a better spot than just in the middle of the hallway. It’s tucked away instead of being in the way.

There is attention to detail in this video I’ve not seen anyone touch on or notice before, great video and insight. I don’t think overthinking or looking too deep into any Kubrick film is possible, the man filled his films with layers upon layers of detail an depth go crazy with thought, imagination and possibilities.

This is 1 of my 20 favorite films. And you did a magnificent job of covering the themes, Easter eggs, and hidden meanings. Thanks

Really enjoyed the takes you have on this masterpiece of a movie. It only gets better as time goes on as we pick it apart.

What a good channel!!! Keep it up buddy, you're doing a great job.

Missed the most important sign at the very last scene. Where does the daughter go?....with a group of old men in blue. Clear as day. And Bill and Alice pay no mind as all Alice wants to do is "fuck".

I only had to click away from ads four times to get this video to play. Thanks for that.

Kubrick’s films are like Da Vinci paintings. Messages and clues hidden in plain sight.

That decoration is a great catch and a huge clue

This video is the first, after Rob Agers content, that I can actually take seriously. You get what Kubrick is about and it's not about him but about his work. Well done.

One small thing, there is a NY Jets game going on in 2 scenes.Might be nothing but this is Kubrick.

When Domino says "maids day off" she's likely referring to herself, because she's "off" that day and by that she means taking care of her child. Because for her "work" is actually play by comparison to being a mom and keeping the kitchen clean, thus a further reference to food and the lower classes.

Good analysis! All art, especially film when that rare occurrence when genius directors are given complete control, are ultimately about the director. Kubrick was so smart and complex that his films are infinitely interesting. And a rorshack test of what you are about NOW. 2001 now is a completely different experience than when I saw it at age 12 in 1975. You'll never see the same Kubrick movie twice. Genius.

Great movie. Great video. Thanks for the analysis. Always looking for new vids on this and VANILLA SKY.

Great video and channel, my friend!

wow. it goes deeper and deeper each time i get to watch it.

At 15:00 in this video there is a Xmas decoration with an inverted pentagram in between Tom cruise and Nicole Kidman.

Excellent video. I believe this movie is a puzzle with missing pieces, but these are great insights nevertheless.

I love this format of video , and tone. You can hear the skeptard Redditor behind the keyboard

At exactly 14:04, when Zeigler sits on the pool table, there is a camera on the mantle - someone is watching - which a light is above. There are lights above the table and above the men's portraits to a lesser permanent degree. The ones above the table represent and are above Bill, Zeigler, the camera, and the unrepresented group of Zeigler's friends. All of these lights are from above. The only lights from below are 1. Out of sight and pointing towards a makeshift eye directly over and connected to Bill's shoulder. The only visible light from below illuminates a spiral, one of the major symbols of secretive sexual attraction to boys. Considering this and the symbols on the door of the mansion, it makes sense this spiral represents a built in foundation for this type of interests and the mansion party ruse and set up were carefully orchestrated from the beginning to assess Bill's ability to be introduced slowly to the ideas and practices the group participates in and judge his ability to keep secrets etc. with a built-in out resulting in his silence and the revoked opportunity for initiation into the group with control over his life still very much intact. Brilliant.

As you mentioned "Dream Story", it's odd that you make the deliberate bumping by a young man as a Kubrick touch. It wasn't. In the book, the young men, described as students, did exactly the same thing. Kubrick filmed the incident 100% faithfully.

Great video

You can’t understand the movie if you don’t know about mind control and multiple personalities. Hints: The two girls in the creepy flat is the same girl. Yet, Cruise is both the doctor and red cloack, he just don’t know he is.

Well done! 👊🏻

Alice is 'The Pink Panther', a predator big cat that preys on rabbits and birds at night. She has people killed, includin Lou, Domino, Mandy, Nick, Bill and Helena.

If you pause we're he's reading the article in the paper in sharkys there's an article on the left side about a city train shooting involving hostages and like 10-15 dead. So that's what the front page headline probably is about but I agree with you sir, that it's also about Bill and what he's gotten himself into

Nice atmosphere you created

I’ve been to apartments where people just leave their strollers next to/ under steps, so they wouldn’t have to lug it up and down steps.

The ride to Long Island shows the road 106/107 which goes north of the Long Island expressway known as the LIE which is another clue hence LIE . The towns on 106:107 are where millionaires and billionaires live upper brookvile oyster bay etc. old money .

Dude, the first example is not a menorah. It's a candelabra.

I always felt like this movie was super funny in parts. "The pot is making you aggressive." scene and many others.

It's not a Menorah unless it holds 8 candles (or, 8 plus 1 for lighting the others).

great analysis

Cruise vears away from the bullies on the sidewalk. Because in a way, he is afraid of them. Afraid they will see that he is gay or that he is afraid of confrontation. He is also in a way afraid of his wife too. She requires too much from him and he can't give it. That is why the secret party and wearing a mask is so intriguing for him. He can be whatever he wants to be, if no one sees him. He likes to hide. But he is only a observer. That is why the red cloaked man confronts him. Also being just a observer, comes with a price. The naked woman steps up to give herself as a sacrifice. Why? I would of let them kill Cruise. Then I would of burned the mansion down. Before, I made an escape and stole a coat of course. This character, Cruise plays is a coward of the worst kind. He would allow a helpless woman to die for him. Go home and pretend it didn't happen. How many cowardly, sick, twisted men have actually done that? Unfortunately, quite a few.

The problem with your theory is, that I don't think you know what a menorah is, what it's for or what they look like. They're never 5 branched - that's a candlabra - and they're never uneven hights. Something I'm sure Kubrick knew.

The thing is they say it's supposed to be like a dream. But the details you've dissected (or presented) are insightful. The thing you said about how he was coerced into finding the newspaper, but if it's supposed to dream like it just doesn't matter about the little details like that yet they do exist to make it coherent in reality. I think it's important to note, if we're being picky, that menorrah by the christmas tree has 7 candles. That's supposed to mean something else I think. It's called a temple menorrah, i just looked it up. It represents tree of life i guess. (it's not for channukah)

Most of this is good Cinema theory. Awesome stuff man.

Bill mixes the 2 places the Party and the House in his last scene with Ziegler.

Such a great film.

Excellent video

I think there is alot deeper meanings too that you don't touch on. Dual meanings if you will. Thers also a theory the whole thing was to get him into the "club"

The stroller was used as a shopping cart or something to carry stuff back-and-forth with

People are the food.

Thanks!

Frederic Raphael, the screenwriter, wanted the Harfords to be Jewish but Kubrick was opposed to that idea, he preferred the Harfords as ‘vanilla’ Americans. Kubrick added that Bill should be a ‘Harrison Ford-ish goy’ - hence Har-ford.

Boris hitting on Bill is hilarious...

He has parties with no food, just all the alcohol you want. Everyone ends up drunk on their ass. Crazy!!

Stanley Kubrick was such a genius, he bordered insanity

This movie is just about a weekend at hillary Clinton’s house

Food idea is thin. Just because you don't see food , doesn't mean there was no food. It just means it wasn't important to show it

I like the sarcastic nay sayer cutaways, well voice acted too.

Ziegler was supposed to be played by Harvey Keitel, but he dropped out. Is it a coincidence that Cruise’s mask looks just like Harvey Keitel? Not similar to HT, but identical to HT. Coincidence? I think not.

There's a towel in Zeigler's bathroom folded in the resemblance of a masonic apron.

The subtext of the sign at Sharky's curiously says "thank you for your custom." A play on the word "costume" ?

A NYC Physician who makes house calls but only has two appointments, I’m starting to think he’s an ambitious but not very skilled Doctor.

Yes exactly you understand I was here for anxiety, rage, and disbelief!

in the original script those young goons shouted anti sematic slurs at bill but kubrick removed the slurs.

Good picture

very interesting

Well, that's one theory but I see plenty of character development in Bill. He's not clueless as implied here- instead he is internally questioning every aspect of his life. Bill's quietly sensing a feeling of doom, his professional bland demeanor masking a brooding introspective psyche. He's playing simple when the reality is much deeper.

18:40 I feel that Billy isn't Jewish but that his wife and the other mains are. It plays like a reluctant man not wanting to lose himself to but at the same time being crushed by feelings of inadequacy. A little boy outsider thats being let in for dinner but is infact the main course himself.

16:11. Not a menorah. It has a central candle with four candles around it. There was one at my parents house when I was a kid. Is it called a candelabra? Still could be kabbalah significant. e.g. Tree of life in "solid form" (3D)

New to channel. Now subscribed. This Jewish heritage angle actually makes more connections. He is a doctor and will be allowed CLOSE to levers of power (in USA) but will never be part of the inner sanctum. But they will be treated well and will have their spirituality. Their heritage. Why the Christmas decor is only in the larger public area.

Kubrick was the master. Love all his movies, except Barry Lyndon. Would have loved to see what this movie would've been if Stanley lived

Alice is Passive Aggressive , when she asks Bill , " how she looks " , while peeing.... Bill didn't want to stare at her while peeing. She took it as an insult.

The thing about great art is that you can read many different things into it. So there maybe something to all that you say, or there maybe not!

@CineG - Nice video. Interesting observations, particularly about the menorahs. I would clarify that technically a Chanukah menorah has 9 branches corresponding to the 8 nights of Chanukah and 1 central candle to light the others, one for each night of the holiday. Fewer candles do not make a Chanukah menorah. The reference to Judaism as the religion of TC and NK's characters is somewhat supported as postulated in this video although the menorahs with fewer branches might signify a non-traditional Jewish household. Chanukah is a festive holiday and typically the home is brightly lit and conveys a cheerful atmosphere. In this movie, however, the household gradually descends into darkness and the resolution at the end is a call to reproduction. Perhaps this is an indication of the Jewish need to re-grow their population after the Holocaust. The pretense of celebrating Christmas instead of Chanukah could point to the loss of faith following the Holocaust. How could a just God allow the slaughter of 50% of his "chosen" people? This question forever changed Judaic identity. The gradual transition toward a more secular practice of Jewish tradition, such as half heartedly and mechanically celebrating holidays without a sense of piety, began following WWII. According to several autobiographies, Kubrick was interested in making a movie about the Holocaust for decades, preliminarily by titled The Aryan Papers. He decided not to pursue this movie when Schindler's List came out. But embedding the psychological crisis of Judaic faith in this movie was, perhaps, his way of communicating a loss of foundational meaning in existence, relationships, and identity. Bill experiences a looming threat of nothingness and extinction, which was a reality for Jews during WWII, of being exposed as a fraud and liar. Interestingly, Kubrick himself was Jewish but did not practice Jewish tradition (to my knowledge) and married outside his religious affiliation. Perhaps his cameo as a background figure seen for brief few seconds in the bar scene was his way of acknowledging, as subtext, his identity as a post-Holocaust Jewish man. Arthur Schnitzler, the author of Dream Story was a close friend of Sigmund Freud, the father of modern Psychology. Both of them were Jewish and Schnitzler lived through the emergence of Nazism. Perhaps Eyes Wide Shut is a psychoanalytic dreamscape communicating symbolically the existential crisis of post-Holocaust Judaism..

That wasn't a menorah. It was a candelabra.

It may be showing that they are doing what is socially acceptable celebrating Christmas despite the religious beliefs and turning off the tree is him reinforcing his belief. Probably is opposed to having the tree in the house but it’s more for his daughter.

How is that decoration both Halloween and Christmas? I didnt see any eyes lol

I always was so disgusted how bills wife acted at the Christmas party. She basically was giving herself to that “austrian”. Then went home to tell him about the time she fantasized about a naval officer. This movie says lots about women…. Especially nowadays

Nicole is in the mask club for real

Movies name that u showcase? .. Look like The original motion Picture inspired by the novel