I Like to Watch: Voyeurism in Cinema
A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing in Stanley Kubrick's final film. 25th anniversary screening!
After Dr. Bill Hartford's (Tom Cruise) wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings—and quickly discovers that he is in over his head. Recently named IndieWire's Best Film of the 1990s. [159 min; drama, thriller; English]
"Kubrick's death only adds to the mystique of the masterpiece that had mattered to him above all others, a crepuscular vision of identity, obsession, and the ultimate reconciliation between dreams and reality." — David Ehrlich, IndieWire
"The director's most emotionally confronting picture." — Brian Eggers, Deep Focus Review
"It's as rich and strange and riveting as any journey he's taken us on, yet it's also familiar in a disquieting way." — John Hartl, Seattle Times
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