20 Things You Didn't Know About Eyes Wide Shut
18. Kubrick The Perfectionist Part 1
Tales of Kubrick's perfectionism are legendary. There is a thirteen minute sequence in which Bill speaks with friend and wealthy socialite Victor Ziegler (Sydney Pollack) over a billiard table, warning Bill against any further investigation of the Masonic-like orgy.
This took in excess of three weeks to film in a manner satisfactory to Kubrick. It has been suggested that as Pollack was himself a director, he had preconceived ideas of his own which ran counter to Kubrick's, resulting in time wasting disagreements, although given Kubrick's reputation this seems unlikely.
Vincent D'Onofrio, a Kubrick veteran, told Kidman and Cruise to "Rent a house or apartment, because you're going to be in England for a while."