Eyes Wide Shut
I noticed some scenes in this movie remind me of Eyes Wide Shut. I wonder if Kubrick intended parts of Eyes Wide Shut to be callbacks to Lolita as a way to assign meaning to the scenes. Here are some things I noticed:
- Summer Dance in Lolita is similar to the Christmas Party in Eyes Wide Shut
- scenes at hospital
- Humbert and Charlotte arguing are similar to Bill and Alice arguing
- Milich’s Daughter is like Lolita and her whispering in Bill’s ear is like Lolita whispering about her “game” in Humbert’s ear
- the guy at the summer camp in Lolita talks similarly to the hotel clerk in Eyes Wide Shut