This goes a huge way to unpicking the prominence of the orgy cult in the story (ie the idea that's grown over the past 20+ years that the secret society - and not the Bill/Alice relationship - is the key to the film. It's also a direct lift from the ending of Traumnovelle.

Here's the excerpt:

Then he notices something dark quite near ALICE'S face. It has definite outlines like the shadowy features of a human face, and it is lying on his pillow.

For a moment his heart stops beating, but an instant later he sees what it is, and stretching out his hand, picks up the MASK he had worn the night before.

V.O.

He thought he must have dropped it in the morning when he packed the costume away, and Alice had found it and placed it on the pillow beside her, as though it signified his face, the face of a husband who had become an enigma to her.

All at once he reaches the end of his strength. Clutching the mask, he utters a loud and painful sob.

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GF found this at a local antique store!

2001: A Space Odyssey

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Posted by20 hours ago

EWS - Script vs Final Cut.

Eyes Wide Shut

What are the major differences between the Script and the final version of Eyes Wide Shut ?

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Posted by1 day ago

A Clockwork Orange: The game!

A Clockwork Orange

Any takers. Alex and is droogs in an open world doing what they do. A bit like GTA.

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