Subject and account in Eyes Wide Shut
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https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2011.748n2022Keywords:
Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick, cinema, narrative subject, plot, unconscious mind, dreamAbstract
The narrative and thematic complexity of the film Eyes Wide Shut, directed by Stanley Kubrick, requires an interpretation that takes into account the interrelation between the subject of the film, the plot and the novella on which it is based, Traumnovelle (Dream Story), by Arthur Schnitzler. The plot revolves around a single theme, the sexual impulses of a couple –and the dreams and fantasies related to them– in a story where sexual episodes follow one another throughout. The scenes portrayed are a projection of the unconscious mind (in dreams, in fantasies, and also in far-fetched reality), acquiring increasing intensity till the bathos of everyday life returns at the end of the film.
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