Natural Freedom

the Ludovico technique it's the same treatment the matrix made on us

we are Clockwork Oranges

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwor ... %28film%29

The film is about something a lot deeper than you think.

It is beyond matrix and the things we talk about here. It's about something that is going on in your real lives.

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Personally I think it is shameful that it has been re-released and is even on TV nowadays.

They couldn't wait for him to die so they could overturn his self imposed withdrawal and ban and re-release it.

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In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject.He keeps chiseling away at the inessentials until the truth of its creation is revealed without obstructions. Perfection is not when there is no more to add,but no more to take away.

....their patience was overspent with Eyes Wide Shut. And when the deed was done, they butchered the living hell out of it - literally!

Shame we'll never see the real movie.

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Indeed, very sad indeed.

Mind you, the choice of leads was wrong in my view, I find it hard to watch because of them.

They really butchered both the story and what had been made film wise and scene wise... There are so many versions of that film out there it is not funny.
So much is left out and the ending is just sick, really sick... how they did that.

I enjoyed the book, years before and was sadly disappointed by the movie... after looking forward to it so much when I first heard Kubrick was making a film of it. So much was left out and/or changed and added. I know that happens with films but to leave out core parts of the story is just criminal, then add bits which change the core of the story.

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In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject.He keeps chiseling away at the inessentials until the truth of its creation is revealed without obstructions. Perfection is not when there is no more to add,but no more to take away.

is it true that eyes wide shut was made in reference to secret sex cults?
I heard it was a play on ritualistic sex.

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"I'd rather have no bitch than a half a bitch" Iceberg Slim

well, now i know what is my next book to read

I beleive that those sex cults used to or maybe still exist

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"a sniper is the worst romancer, he never makes the first move"

We know that Kubrick had (at least) one last shot at the editing process before his "sudden" death. Many extra lines had been included where they were not necessary (this happens very often in the filming process as a matter of due course). My opinion is that they were disenfranchised, much like the film. Though it is possible that I might be being bias; as a Tom Cruise 'appreciator'.

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