EYES WIDE SHUT

[Richard Romeo]

Not to belabor the point but Dr Harford is the "hero" here--he's not evil, 
just thrown off kilter seeing as he's been told things by his wife that 
unhinges him (and everyone that comes in contact with him.)  He realizes his 
implication in the possible murders of the hooker, and the pianist, (not to 
mention the scene of a young girl being prostituted by her father) but like 
what unfolds in The Magus, we're not too sure about what has transpired.  
Harford comes to a rather dark epiphany (as does the wife) and heck, that's 
what art is for, right? He's not Katje, though they do end up in similar 
circumstances.

Sure it's an ambigious ending, but I felt as satisfied as when reading the 
last line of Fowles' masterpiece.

Besides a couple of references to "under the rainbow" and a secret society 
of perverts (sure, think Trystero), there wasn't much else pynchonian about 
it.

Rich
Rich


>From: Peter Giordano <Peter.Giordano at williams.edu>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: EYES WIDE SHUT
>Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 08:59:19 -0400
>
>It's interesting to note that the film uses sex the way Pynchon uses it in 
>GR
>
>Peter
>
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