“Everyone thinks Eyes Wide Shut is about secret societies. I think it’s about something far more dangerous: what happens when organizations lose contact with reality.”

They remember the masks, the rituals, the powerful people meeting behind closed doors. Over the years, countless theories have grown around the film.

Was Kubrick exposing hidden elites?

Was he revealing a conspiracy?

I think those questions miss the deeper point.

What if Kubrick wasn’t asking who was in the room?

What if he was asking what happens when power becomes disconnected from reality?

That isn’t just a movie question.

It’s an organizational question

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