Filmmaker talks about his love affair with movies
Cruise on the cutting edge In the big-budget action tale, Cruise will play an American soldier dispatched to fight samurai warriors in Japan during the 1870s. Instead of opposing them, however, the character comes to admire their cause, is trained in samurai fighting skills and joins their fight.
From A to Z on Kubrick
“Essentially, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ is about what happens when the trust between husband and wife is threatened, and what it takes to restore it when it is damaged. It is heartening to think that Kubrick’s final film concludes on a note of hope and reconciliation; the last sequence ranks among the most touching scenes that he has ever directed.
“This is all the more impressive when one considers that happy endings in Kubrick films are scarce.”