Eyes Wide Open, by Frederic Raphael
Review by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Buy Eyes Wide Open, by Frederic Raphael
This slim but involving book tells, in rich detail, of screenwriter Raphael's
experience of writing Eyes Wide Shut with Stanley Kubrick. It
doesn't have much to do with Hollywood, as Kubrick worked well outside the
system. But it does have Raphael's learned dissection of the Kubrick genius,
comparing him to legendary mythical figures. It also has a few gossipy stories
about 1950's movie stars like Kirk Douglas, Audrey Hepburn, and Gregory
Peck. Part of the book is written in screenplay format, but what emerges
is a full-blooded portrait of the great director in his final years.
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