re: Eyes Wide shut exposes almost every ritual to become a 33rd degree mason. *Cliffs pg.4

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I'm starting to wonder whether the jacket is tied in to the Moon Landing along the lines of Danny's weird Apollo 11 sweater.

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My theory on The Shining is that it is a warning about manifest destiny and whether or not we can avoid repeating the same mistakes of the past.

Manifest destiny stopped when we ran out of land to conquer. But in 1969 we started back up again. It's the only thing that makes sense to me with all the native American and space exploration references in the film.