1. The Entire Cult Mirrors The Illuminati's Operations - Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick's swan song, Eyes Wide Shut, received mixed reactions from the critics upon its release and was considered by many general viewers as overlong, muddled and more than a little boring. Few people made any mention of the film's subject matter beyond the shaky status of the relationship between the two central characters, played by real life husband and wife (at the time) Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. More recently, however, focus has moved away from the sexual politics and towards the weird ritualistic party Tom Cruise's character Dr. Bill Harford attends towards the end of the movie. While Wikipedia's entry for the film's thematic elements discusses Kubrick's unconventional approach to the erotic thriller genre, Christmas and Venetian masks, others suggest that Kubrick was far more concerned with illuminating the secret rituals of all-powerful secret societies, not simply through their orgies but in the way they instruct Harford to remain silent once he starts digging too deep into their activities. From mind control sex slaves overdosing on heroin during the opening party - where the Christmas decorations are said to correspond to occult symbols - through to the orgy itself, filmed at a mansion of the Rothschild family (a name synonymous with Illuminati conspiracy theories), Eyes Wide Shut is considered to be the most occult-laden movie Kubrick ever made. Do you think these movies contain references to the Illuminati? Or do you think people read too much into them, seeing symbols wherever they look? Why not let us know in the comments below?
