Eye’s Wide Shut: Kubrick’s Great Mystery — Part I
3 min readJun 11, 2024
Stanley Kubrick’s last movie, “Eyes Wide Shut” is a adult fairy tale. Based on the novel Traumnovelle, or “Dream Story”, the movie has an unclear meaning. Is this the story of a frustrated husband and wife pair, waking up to their desires, told in symbols? Or did the husband discover an actual sex cult? We don’t know.