Eye Wide Shut

The ballroom was a drowned cathedral. Chandeliers hung like frozen chandeliers of ice. Every guest wore a mask — some ornate, some plain, all covering the upper face. Women in gowns that whispered of another century. Men in tailcoats or uniform jackets. No one spoke above a murmur.

A woman in a silver mask approached. Her dress was deep blue, like the hour between dusk and dark. "You came," she said. eye wide shut

Based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1926 novella ( Traumnovelle ), the film shifts the setting from early 20th-century Vienna to a surreal, dreamlike version of 1990s New York City. The ballroom was a drowned cathedral

: After being discovered and expelled from the ritual, Bill faces cryptic threats and a growing sense of paranoia as he realizes the dangerous reach of the powerful individuals he encountered. Core Themes Women in gowns that whispered of another century

: Dr. Bill Harford ( Tom Cruise ) is shaken when his wife, Alice ( Nicole Kidman ), confesses to having a vivid sexual fantasy about another man.