Qy: Film: Eyes (fwd)

[JULIUS RAPER]

Well, Eyes Wide Shut is out there now, waiting for this list to give it a
good going over.  Let's hope we quickly get beyond the sex life of Tom and
Nicole (and Stanley maybe?).  Several areas seem to me open to interesting
interpretation, including: 
	1.  What it implies about sexual freedom in the age of AIDS. Does
this historical dimension explain certain mysteries of the plot?  
	2.  The cockiness of great and small wealth, including that
exhibited by some men of medicine.
	3.  The parallels between dreams, life, and fictions. What of the
differences?
	4.  The relative effectiveness of movie fiction compared to
novelistic fiction, since the movie has certain parallels to Fowles's THE
MAGUS.
	5.  I have heard it is based on a novel many decades old (one
between Schnitzler's and the movie) but the novelist feels that Kubrick
botched the story.  Is this so? 
	6.  Is there any justification for the pool-table scene's clumsy 
pace?
	7.  Does the treatment of nudity make it a sexist film, as the
novelist suggests?
	8.  Will young viewers get beyond the sensuality to the sternly
moral core?  Is it too didactic?
	These are the areas my wife and I find ourselves mulling over.
The rest of you must have many more.
				Jack