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Stanley Kubrick died just four days after presenting Warner Bros. with what was reported to be a final cut of the film. His friends & family, as well as the cast and crew of the film, all claimed that Kubrick's death was completely unexpected and that he never seemed to be in poor health while making the film. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — Through on this film

The movie is full-blown straightforward R-rated and the story involves a Satanist cult ritual.

There is a conspiracy theory that there were 20-45 minutes of footage that Kubrick refused to have removed from the film and they were only removed once he died.

Various theories suggest that the deleted scenes may have depicted a real satanic ritual, including elements like cannibalism, human sacrifice, and child sexual activities. Despite the speculations, no one has seen a single second of these alleged missing minutes.

However, Kubrick’s daughter Vivian Kubrick confirms that there are no deleted scenes, but some still believe they exist, waiting to be discovered.

In this video, Vivian states that her father was under enormous pressure from the elite not to make his films: “He was subject to a lot of pressure not to make the films he made… I feel that my father was very… haunted by those factions on this planet that try to manipulate humanity,” she said.

David Icke said, “Kind of interesting, Eyes Wide Shut because Stanley Kubrick was trying to tell us something. He died very soon after that film was given to Warner Brothers. But when he gave them the original movie, the Warner Brothers executives were watching it in the theater. And when they walked out, basically, this great director was just ignored. They just walked past it and insisted that 25 minutes of the movie be cut. When he agreed to fake the moon landing shots, he thought, ‘Well, I’m going to make sure that I get a deal here.’ And he got a deal, according to J. One, that his movies could never be edited or censored again.”

“Eyes Wide Shut” co-writer Frederic Raphael asserted that the final edit of the film was overseen by well-acclaimed director Sydney Pollack. Following this, the movie underwent editing by Pollack, who, indeed, played a role in the production.

Why did Stanley Kubrick cut this boating scene from “Eyes Wide Shut”? Why didn’t he want the audience to see it anymore? What’s in it exactly? And what was he trying to say? What relation does it have to the film’s original source novel Arthur Schnitzler’s Traumnovelle? Where would it have been placed within the film? Did it no longer fit the film’s rhythm, thematic or mood? Or was it taken out for deeper, darker, and more personal reasons?

Stanley Kubrick’s daughter, Vivian Kubrick, left the family to join the Church of Scientology. Some people think that this caused stress for Stanley, and it might have led to his heart attack while he was editing “Eyes Wide Shut.” In the movie, there’s a scene where the main character, Dr. Harford, is warned not to talk about a secret society or face dire consequences for his family.

Knowing this makes the scene where the main character is in a boat with his wife and daughter more important. The only information we have about this scene is from a picture in Stanley Kubrick’s archives. In the photo, the main character, Bill Harford (played by Tom Cruise), is rowing a boat with his wife and daughter. They are close, and it looks like a happy moment. The scene is reminiscent of leisure scenes in another Kubrick film, “Barry Lyndon.” The picture, with its beautiful visuals, is like a painting by Édouard Manet. The colors in the shot, like the reds and blues, add to the mood of the film. The greens in Helena’s dress and the lake suggest nature, spring, and ideas of innocence and rebirth.

Toronto Film Review blog writes: “This rowboat scene is synchronous with Alice’s fantasy of ‘fucking’ a sailor, which would have provided a more calm and peaceful counterpart. But this isn’t what the film is about. It’s dark and pessimistic and supposes that intimate relationships are based on deep uncontrollable passions that can never be fully explained.

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