of all the weird stuff going on in this movie, this i don't get
>>222782198what's to get? tom cruise gets cockblocked the entire moviethe only woman who passionately wants him is married and about to move to another state
>>222782198would with the force of a thousand suns
>>222782198the parallels are quite obvious>scene before this is him in disbelief that his wife would cheat on him with some random guy so easily despite having everything (denial)>next scene (picrel) is him with a woman who has everything and is ready to give it all up for him without barely even knowing him (realization)
>>222782198There's as much to get in the film as there is in the source material. Kubrick probably adapted Schnitzler's story quite literally, and considered it all some sort of an insightful commentary.