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25+ Years Later: Why Eyes Wide Shut Hits Harder Today

Alice is not a femme fatale or a victim. She is the only character who has already done the work Bill is just beginning. She has faced her own darkness—the naval officer fantasy—and integrated it. In the final scene, when Bill tearfully confesses his night of near-miss disasters, Alice doesn’t recoil. She laughs (a terrifying, cathartic laugh) and then says the film’s essential line: “There is something very important we need to do as soon as possible. Fuck.” film eyes wide shut better

So, why does Eyes Wide Shut land better today than in 1999? 25+ Years Later: Why Eyes Wide Shut Hits