Eyes Wide Shut with Sam Stokes

About this episode

The episode explores Stanley Kubrick's career and his final film, Eyes Wide Shut, with insights from guest Sam Stokes.

"No dream is ever just a dream…" In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, your hosts A. J. Black and Mark McManus, in a crossover with the LAST TAKE podcast, are joined by podcaster Sam Stokes to examine the career of Stanley Kubrick and his final film, 1999's Eyes Wide Shut. An elegy to marriage and a dark satire on sex and conspiracy, Kubrick's film took half his life to adapt and serves as a striking full stop on a career like no other. Was it his magnus opus, tragic final failure or somewhere in between? We try to find out... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Mark McManus Guest Sam Stokes Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/atthemoviesinthe90s Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'I Am Changing' by Isaac Elliott (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: A. J. Black

Guest: Sam Stokes

Topics covered

• Stanley Kubrick
• Eyes Wide Shut
• film analysis
• marriage
• satire
• conspiracy

Keywords

• Stanley Kubrick
• Eyes Wide Shut
• film analysis
• marriage
• satire
• conspiracy
• 1999 film
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LAST TAKE

Books & works: Eyes Wide Shut

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