In Stephen Frears' Mary Reilly (1996), actress Bronagh Gallagher plays Annie. Gallagher also played Trudi in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994). Earlier I explained the connections between Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut and Pulp Fiction: x.com/PeterValente12…

Another reason for Stanley Kubrick to reference Stephen Frears' Mary Reilly (1996) in Eyes Wide Shut (1999) is that Mary (Julia Roberts), like Alice (Nicole Kidman), experiences dreams and nightmares. Earlier, I explained that Bill's adventures in Eyes Wide Shut are a product of

When Bill enters Gillespie’s, we hear the song "I Want a Boy for Christmas" (1960) by The Del Vetts. The female voice is singing about finding a boyfriend, a lover, but we cannot ignore the possibility that this “boy for Christmas” could also refer to the son Bill wishes to have

When Bill enters Gillespie's, the waitress is already magically waiting for him in front of the seat which he will eventually occupy: Bill: Excuse me, do you happen to know when they get in next door at the Sonata Café? Waitress: I think there’s usually someone in the office

Dumb and Dumber (1994) contains other interesting similarities with Eyes Wide Shut (1999). In the opening scene, Lloyd tries to pick up a beautiful girl waiting at a bus stop: Lloyd: Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the medical school? I am supposed to be doing a

Another similarity between Dumb and Dumber (1994) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999) can be observed in the scene around 9 minutes in, when Lloyd sprints through the jetway to deliver the briefcase to Mary: Gate Agent: Sir, you can’t go in there! Lloyd: It’s okay, I’m a limo driver! In

Another interesting connection between Dumb and Dumber and Stanley Kubrick is the lavish Danbury Hotel where Lloyd and Harry stay in Aspen. This fictional hotel is actually the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The Stanley Hotel inspired the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s

Dumb and Dumber (1994) contains similarities with some of the movies I claim were secretly produced under Stanley Kubrick's supervision. In the scene around 3 minutes in, Lloyd arrives at Mary Swanson’s mansion: Lloyd: "Whew! Suck me sideways!" Lloyd’s line is echoed in The Saint

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In Dumb and Dumber (1994), Harry unloads his gun on Nicholas but misses him. This scene is almost identical to one in Pulp Fiction (1994), where the fourth man bursts out of the bathroom and empties his gun on Vincent and Jules, missing them entirely. In Dumb & Dumber, Nicholas

Some of the movies quoted in Eyes Wide Shut (1999) contain references to secret societies (part 10). In Dumb and Dumber (1994), around the 1 hour and 21-minute mark, Mary is watching an episode of A Current Affair, the American television newsmagazine program that aired from 1986

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In this article, I summarize the similarities I observed between the Farrelly brothers' Dumb and Dumber (1994), Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999), and various movie references in Kubrick's final film: x.com/PeterValente12… #StanleyKubrick #EyesWideShut #FarrellyBrothers

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The scene in which Bill returns to Domino carrying what looks like a cake or sweets box is a reference to Nudo di Donna (Portrait of a Nude Woman), an Italian movie released in 1981, directed by and starring Nino Manfredi, alongside Eleonora Giorgi. Nudo di Donna tells the story

Like many movies referenced in Eyes Wide Shut, Nudo di Donna is also referenced in Roman Polanski’s The Ninth Gate. In Nudo di Donna's opening scene, Sandro falls asleep at Arabella and Luciano's wedding, similar to how Corso falls asleep during Boris Balkan's seminar in The

In Eyes Wide Shut, the actress playing Sally is Fay Masterson. Kubrick chose her for the role due to her presence as Alice Pike in the 1997 TV movie Forbidden Territory: Stanley’s Search for Livingstone, directed by Simon Langton. The film follows the real adventures of Sir Henry

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In Forbidden Territory: Stanley’s Search for Livingstone (1997), Livingstone and Stanley, though initially strangers, develop a close relationship that resembles that of a father and son. Eyes Wide Shut is full of symbolic references to Bill’s desire to have a son. I have

Eyes Wide Shut or: The Picture of Stanley Kubrick Oh, day after my birthday. Lovely. This is a forever favorite.