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Autopsy of Jane Doe and Eyes Wide Shut Deep Dive

from Life In The Bloodbox · #26

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4 min

Tim recaps the new horror movie The Autopsy of Jane Doe, riffs on coroners vs medical examiners, then pivots into a long appreciation of Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, the IFC Center's Kubrick retrospective, and the film's themes of money and marriage.

In this bit7 moments
  • 1:55Autopsy of Jane Doe is set in a morgue where a hunky employee shows his girlfriend bodies.
  • 2:28Brian Cox plays the father and his son is the assistant in this father-son morgue business.
  • 3:26The movie's twist reveals the mysterious corpse is a witch killed in Salem with satanic markings.
  • 3:57IFC Center is running a full Kubrick retrospective at the end of January into February.
  • 4:37Tim watched Eyes Wide Shut today and calls it a great fucking movie.
  • 4:49The film has a weird, wobbly tone with dissonant feelings running through it.
  • 5:06Articles about the film discuss hidden messages, money's role with the cab driver, and commentary on modern marriage in a decadent society.
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Stanley KubrickEyes Wide ShutIFC CenterAutopsy of Jane DoeBrian Cox

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