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EYES WIDE SHUT
August 2, 2014  | By David Bianculli

Sundance, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

This 1999 Stanley Kubrick movie captured Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman when they were still a couple, but also captures tensions between their characters that are difficult not to overlay onto their real-life counterparts at the time. Kubrick’s theatrical sexuality and dreamlike direction may seem indulgent in this late-career film – but if you go back and read the original novella that is its source material, it’s almost shocking how faithful this movie adaptation is to the spirit, and the obsessions, of the original. And give me credit: for once, I'm exercising restraint when selecting an accompanying photo.

 
 
 
 
 
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