Chris Rubino talks about his work on film and television titles and graphics, and analyzes Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, based on Arthur Schnitzler's Traumnovelle. Are Dr. William (Cruise) and his wife Alice (Kidman) in the middle of a nightmare or dream, or dealt a terrible hand of horrors in real life? We also talk about the supporting cast, from Marion to Mandy, and touch on the essay, "A Front Row Seat as an Actress in Eyes Wide Shut Reinforces How Much It Anticipated the Epstein Scandal" written by Julienne Davis who portrays Mandy in Eyes Wide Shut.

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Chris Rubino is a New York based director who runs an independent creative studio specializing in visual and conceptual solutions for film and television titling, as well as graphics, plus branding and direction for hospitality and spirits video.

https://www.chrisrubino.com

https://www.chrisrubino.com/4am

https://www.chrisrubino.com/work/reel

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRJhQDDqPQ/

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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/fullcredits/

Traumnovelle (1926) by Arthur Schnitzler, basis for Kubrick's movie

https://amzn.to/4seF4pP

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Julienne Davis, Mandy in Eyes Wide Shut, on Kubrick's movie and the Epstein scandal

https://www.nysun.com/article/a-front-row-seat-as-an-actress-in-eyes-wide-shut-reinforced-how-much-it-anticipated-the-epstein-scandal

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204924/

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Nicole Kidman on divorce, high heels

https://youtu.be/tashAHo7s3U?si=wjQtzcpnNtMiOB9I&t=13

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Other movies and shows discussed:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Barry Lyndon (1975)

Blue Valentine (2010)

The Handmade's Tale (2017-2025)

Michael Clayton (2007)

The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

Roofman (2025)

The Shining (1980)

The Testaments (2026-)