Rewatchables Reference

• Mallory: The Sandor/Alice dance at the opening party – 'a few of the sexiest minutes in movie history.'
• Bill, Chris, Sean: The stoned Kidman confronting Cruise about fidelity – 'one of the great couple fights in movies.' Frank Ocean sampled Alice's speech.
• Bill: The Fidelio party/orgy scene – 'when he shows up at the gate... they're really going for it.'
• Sean: The Sidney Pollack pool table scene at the end.

• The running cultural reference of 'the 'Eyes Wide Shut' party' – Bill: '20 years of that. It's a go-to joke.'
• Late 1990s Nicole Kidman – 'just jaw-dropping. All time.'
• Sydney Pollack in suspenders / his performance.
• Chris: 'The movie itself ages the best. There's nothing of 1999 that is specific.'
• The masks / timeless secret society aspect.

• The gay bashing/frat guys scene – 'just weird.'
• Cruise and Kidman divorcing two years later.
• The orgy is too tame – 'we're in a Pornhub era.'
• Dr. Bill's prowess as a medical professional – 'His exam of an overdose victim is here is a fleece blanket.'

The Cruise-Kidman marriage – 'the iconic marriage of that decade.'

• In the 1970s, Kubrick wanted Woody Allen as the protagonist.
• 1980s: Steve Martin – was going to be 'a sex comedy with a wild and somber streak.'
• Harrison Ford was a top choice ('Harford' is a nod to him).
• Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger were considered.
• Harvey Keitel was originally cast as Ziegler but left/was removed.
• Val Kilmer sent 30 unsolicited audition tapes to Kubrick.

• Rade Serbedzija (Milich the costume shop owner).
• Todd Field (Nick Nightingale) – 'goes on to direct Little Children and In the Bedroom.'
• Alan Cumming (the hotel desk clerk) – 'facial expressions, he's going for it.'

Chris: Alan Cumming at the hotel – 'showing up, facial expressions, he's going for it.'

• Cate Blanchett was the voice of the mysterious masked woman at the orgy.
• Cruise and Kidman sued Star magazine for writing there were sex therapists coaching them.
• They shot in the Rothschild mansion.
• Pollack was rumored to be a Warner Brothers spy and 'the Cruise whisperer.'
• Gary Oldman's story about Keitel losing it on the 88th take of opening a door.
• Two different actresses play Mandy across the film.

• The 'Eyes Wide Shut party' as a cultural reference.
• Orgies in general.
• Movies filmed in London pretending to be in New York.

• Alice getting that high off a couple hits of one joint.
• Domino's apartment being an extreme shithole.
• Dr. Bill wears Uggs at home.
• Bill ordering just 'a beer.'

• Was Kubrick's final cut the version we saw? He died before release.
• What did the ending mean? Why is the mask on the pillow?
• Was the Milich costume shop scene a setup?
• How did they know Bill was an intruder at the orgy?
• Is Nick Nightingale dead?

Kubrick – 'There's no way this movie ever should have worked in a million years. It's so fucking weird.'