The film introduced to you today is the last work of the hall-level master Kubrick, "The Eye-Opening Ring". The film was written and directed by Kubrick and starred Hollywood superstars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The film has a Douban score of 7.9 and an IMDB score of 7.4, which is a work above the standard.
The story follows a middle-class Harvard couple Bill and Alice, who are invited by their employer, Mr. Ziegler, to an upper-society ball. At the party, Alice is picked up by a gentleman, and Bill recognizes her medical classmate Nightingale, who works as a pianist at the ball.
One night, Bill gets a call to See Nathan's house, but the old man is gone. Bill was still late, and old Nathan took a step first, comforted Miss Nathan, and left. However, he did not return home, but wandered the streets and became acquainted with the wandering warbler Don Mina. Something almost happened between the two of them, but Bill left and went to a small ballroom where Nightingale played the piano tonight for a drink.
Nightingale told Bill that she had played the piano at a secret ball where people wore cloaks and masks and beautiful girls everywhere. Bill wanted to go, so he rented a set of clothes at the prop shop and took a taxi to a secret ball.
At the ball, a tall mysterious lady whispered a warning to Bill that this was not the place for him. Bill wants to leave quietly, but it's too late, and the other guests at the party have already spotted the uninvited guest and started to embarrass Bill. At this time, the mysterious woman stood up, willing to fight for one life.
Bill was able to leave safely, and Alice in the bedroom was having nightmares. When his wife woke up and told her dream, it bore some resemblance to the secret ball, which upset Bill. The next day, Bill confesses to Alice about his adventures last night.
"Eye Opener" ostensibly tells the story of a middle-class protagonist who is not willing to take an ordinary life and makes an adventure, but the countless semiotic "Easter eggs" arranged by the characters' names, lines and props in the film make the meaning of the whole film far greater than a marriage story.
In addition, Kubrick died of a heart attack five days after completing the edit. The version we see now was cut by Warner for a full 24 minutes. These off-set stories undoubtedly add to the mystery of "Eye Opener".
Source: Douban