re: Eyes Wide Shut

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Really a 2-pronged set of issues with this film.

1st off, the general public was a bit repulsed by a lot of the plot's suggestions, it was all too weird and disturbing for a "mainstream hit" (and yet starred Cruise and Kidman, who were THE star couple then).

2nd, I think it hit too close to home for a lot of powerful people, and suspect there was a coordinated effort to discredit it.

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Solid analysis. I’ll bet if it was released fresh these days it would be a much bigger hit because the general public has seen much more of this stuff, e.g., Epstein, Clinton’s, etc.