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I love this movie more every time i watch it!!!!!!!!!!! :d

Another interesting read about this great film:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/...799/07239.html

I remember when the film was released, and it was hailed as some artistic masterpiece. I saw it on vacation with the guys in Chicago, and while I was into the T&A (I was 20 that summer), I thought the praise was the kind of thing out-of-touch, pretentious critics heap on things they know damn well the rest of society will respond to by saying, "Huh?"

Then, when it hit pay-per-view, I went ahead and spent the $4 to re-watch it late at night. It was the most mesmerizing, absorbing, smothering film I'd ever seen. I felt emotionally invested in the film--I knew the insecurity and jealousy, the curiosity, the confusion, the anger. I knew how much he wanted to keep going, and how much he wanted it to all just go away.

A few months ago, I re-watched it (on DVD this time) with my wife, who had not seen it. Being older, and married, I found I felt differently. I was even more emotionally invested in the film, but without the anxieties that I had in my youth. Now, I had an idea how blindsided I would be were I in Cruise's shoes to realize one day that your comfortable relationship has somehow become a rut; that things you took for granted were at risk of slipping away. It's a reminder that a relationship is not a cactus--you can't neglect it and count on it to stay constant. They require daily work.

I also find myself completely immersed in the visual part of the film. It was the third time seeing it that I realized the use of the color blue, for instance. It's not a film I can or will re-watch regularly, but each time I have seen it, I've seen more each time.

Thread back from the dead!!!

I think this is by far Kubrick's best film. It's a very complex movie that hits so many nerves personally I get lost just explaining it to friends.

It's a perfect example of art in motion because each viewer walks away with their own impression.

Many friends hated it, but a select few saw what I saw and in some cases uncovered stuff I never thought of.

I'm still waiting for das to reply to why Fidelio is a perfectly fitting password.

I believe what he is getting at is that Nichole Kidman could have been the one at the orgy in disguise who saves him. A big could of but its possible.

I feel 2001 and The Shining are good examples of this as well. I just love how a Kubrick movie continues to surprise and get even better with repeat viewings.

Agree, I'd add Barry Lyndon in that.

Don't worry, I got EWS in the queue again.