Was Eyes Wide Shut about Epstein?
>>217026454I will be the first person to mention what is mentioned in every thread like this: the story of Eyes Wide Shut is taken quite faithfully from a Viennese novella published in 1926.Talking about Kubrick movies as if he made up the stories is sort of the modern equivalent of those movies where Shakespeare creates a story based on his own life, stories that in real life he did not create.
>217027169schalom
>>217026454Lolita is closer, and only because Epstein obviously modeled himself after Quilty. Highly doubt Kubrick was aware of Epstein, let alone ever interacted with him.
>>217027558I'm actually Arthur Schnitzler, you're right.
>>217027628I could see Kubrick anticipating or believing in someone with his role, but I don't see how he'd know exactly who it was.
