Eyes Wide Shut or: The Picture of Stanley Kubrick

Even though #EyesWideShut and #RobertZemeckis' #Contact were released approximately two years apart from each other, they were filmed at approximately the same time. Contact contains a lot of similarities with EWS and references to other #StanleyKubrick movies. The only way to reconcile these similarities is to posit Stanley Kubrick's involvement in the making of Contact. In Contact, there's a character called S.R. Hadden who, despite his immense wealth and power, chooses to live on a plane to keep his interests mobile. This character is likely an ironic, mirrored image of Kubrick and his legendary stationary lifestyle. I delve into this fascinating connection in an article divided into two parts, based on my analysis published on