The mystery of Eyes Wide Shut is hidden in plain sight I want to make something absolutely clear. Stanley Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut is not about a guy who is jealous of his wife and tempted by sex with other women outside of his marriage. That is what Arthur Schnitzler's, 1926 novella Traumnovelle is about. Kubrick's 1999 film is about something entirely different, and I have a briefcase full of evidence to prove it. Bill being jealous over Alice's confession and sexually desiring women are two conclusions which are not compatible with what happens in the film. Encouraging the viewer to conflate the film with the novella is precisely what Kubrick wanted in order to cover his tracks. A game of cat and mouse. Eyes Wide Shut is about the masks that people wear in relationships. Bill wears a mask to hide his sexuality. Alice wears a mask to preserve their relationship. Bill is a deeply closeted homosexual. That is what is really going on in this film.…