Stanley Kubrick's Final Film EYES WIDE SHUT Will Be Examined in a New Documentary

Stanley Kubrick's final film Eye's Wide Shut, which starred Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, was such a fascinating film that took audiences into a dark underground world of the powerful and elite. Obviously, there so much more to the film than that and there's a new documentary that is being developed that will dive in and examine the movie.

The movie is called SK13 and it's coming from director Tony Zierra, who recently made a film called Filmworker, which is about Stanley Kubrick's right-hand man Leon Vitali, who worked for Kubrick for decades. Why is it called SK13? Because Eyes Wide Shut was Stanley Kubrick's thirteenth movie. 

While talking to Variety about his new project, he explains that it will give fans "an inside look at what is arguably Kubrick’s most controversial work, due in part to the director’s death during post-production." He says:

“The one movie that I feel is the wrinkle in Kubrick’s filmography is ‘Eyes Wide Shut.’ The people that love him always say, ‘He’s a genius, but I’m not sure what the hell that movie was about.’”

He goes on to say that many people “just don’t get it. It makes no sense to them. The casting doesn’t make any sense to them. The story doesn’t make any sense to them.”

I don't think the film is really that hard to follow, but there are definitely undertones to the film and a lot of stuff that I may not have noticed before, which is why I'm looking forward to this doc. When talking about the fascination that surrounds Kubrick, Zierra said:

“There are a lot of great directors, but really to date, he is probably the only one that has that long shelf life. There’s still this mystery about all his films. People are still trying to figure out what the ending meant in ‘2001,’ what ‘The Shining’ meant, what ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ was about.”

He's absolutely right, which is why I've always enjoyed the films that Kubrick has made and why I continue to watch them over and over again. 

I'm curious to see how this Eyes Wide Shut documentary turns out and see what kind of new and intriguing insights it will offer us.

Source: Variety