The Last Waltz of Master Kubrick
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Kletowski discusses Eyes Wide Shut, the last film of Stanley Kubrick who died within a week of completing the edit of the motion-picture. Kletowski says that this is one of Kubrick’s most sophisticated films, designed as a precise jigsaw puzzle. After it is fit together, a reflection arises on traps set in the quest to break sexual taboos. The film is an adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s short story. The first part of the essay is a detailed discussion of the text. The short story is constructed as an internal monologue in which all attributes of fantasy and reality, daydream and dream are blurred. The film adaptation has a more realistic dimension, while psychological analysis gives way to sociological reflection. Dominant is the bitter and ironic belief that mankind is heading towards self-destruction.
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Stanley Kubrick, Arthur Schnitzler, tabooReferences
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Piotr Kletowskikwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
Doktorant w Instytucie Sztuk Audiowizualnych UJ.
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