Eyes Wide Shut

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week Paul & Amy break down Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut. They talk about the arduous shooting schedule, the real life impact on Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s marriage, and more. You can rent Eyes Wide Shut on all platforms but don't forget to check your local library or apps like Hoopla and Kanopy! You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The year is 1999.
0:06.0	The movie, eyes wide shut. Hello, everyone and welcome to
0:30.3	Unspool.
0:33.3	Dong, dong, dong, dong.
0:35.9	I am Paul Shear, a film fan, joined by bona fide movie critic, Amy Nicholson.
0:44.2	Amy Nicholson sitting high above her perch at the LA Times right now as the head film critic there.
0:51.6	I've taken a lot of compliments for you, Amy.
0:53.5	I know that we keep on talking
0:54.5	about it, but people are thrilled that you're in this position. And, uh, are you better at taking a
0:59.8	compliment than I am? Because I just melt down and I stick my tongue out and I get really
1:02.9	awkward. Oh, yeah. No, I think one of the things about having ADHD is that you cannot take a compliment. So, you know, I always go, oh, she didn't really deserve it.
1:11.3	So I do that for you all the time. Well, Amy, we have so much to get into. Last week, we were
1:18.5	inspired by Tom Cruise's performance in Magnolia that we decided to go down this road that we
1:26.3	have threatened multiple times to dig into a film that
1:31.2	really is, I would argue, one of the most interesting films in Tom Cruise's filmography.
1:38.3	I mean, would you agree with that?
1:39.1	As someone who wrote the book on Tom Cruise, quite literally.
1:41.5	Quite literally.
1:42.6	Yeah, I would say that it is one of the most
1:45.1	interesting, one of the most polarizing, and one of the riskiest, honestly. And I'm like so excited
1:50.4	just get into all of that. I mean, yes, it's 1999. Yes, we're talking about eyes wide shut,
1:55.3	but let's rewind three years and go to 1996. I want to take you through some Tom Cruise history
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