Stanley Kubrick was notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and his desire to control every aspect of his films' lives. After his death just days after showing the final cut to Warner Bros., Eyes Wide Shut became a subject of immense speculation. The Internet Archive serves as a digital "black box" for this period, housing: Production Ephemera : Scans of contemporary film journals (like American Cinematographer
Frederic Raphael later published Eyes Wide Open (1999), a memoir detailing his tense collaboration with Kubrick. Out-of-print physical copies of this book can be digitally borrowed through the archive's Open Library project. Archiving the 1999 Web and Promotional Campaign eyes wide shut internet archive
Features to obscure explicit acts Features the complete, unaltered orgy scene MPAA Rating Rated R (after censoring to avoid the dreaded NC-17 rating) Unrated or strictly restricted Aspect Ratio Standard 16:9 widescreen or original open-matte 4:3 Varies by international home video distribution Stanley Kubrick was notorious for his obsessive attention