Ho, ho, ho! Hard to imagine this is our 100th week of publishing ReidsonFilm and as it lands on Xmas Eve we thought that we would have another go at a podcast. Naturally we decided on the perfect Christmas film by ReidsonFilm favourite, Stanley Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut.

Or is it an anti-Xmas film? It’s certainly the case that fairy lights and Christmas trees appear in practically every shot, and yet the yuletide season doesn’t get a mention – unless you count the film’s finale, a festive shopping spree.

Arguably his most divisive film, Eyes Wide Shut was Kubrick’s first completed project after a 12-year hiatus and then he died, just six days after his final edit. Starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman – the Hollywood power couple – the marketing suggested that audiences were in for a raunchy erotic thriller. Turned out the film was more existential nightmare than Silent Night, Steamy Night.

❄️🎄⛄ Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays to all of our listeners! ❄️🌟⛄

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