To claim Stanley Kubrick -- arguably the finest film director ever -- was a major 20th century figure is an understatement. It's nice to know that some conspiracy lovers -- ready to challenge official reality -- question if Kubrick died from natural causes or was assassinated. The last major film to reveal occult secrets like Eyes Wide Shut was Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. Soon after its release, Polanski's lover and unborn child were slaughtered by Manson's occult "family," and he was later run out of the States. (Polanski screwing a 13-year-old girl didn't help.)
Conspiracy rumors argue Kubrick's swan song, Eyes Wide Shut, earned Kubrick his death certificate. He warned of things to come way ahead of the curve: Lolita (1962) was a sexual taboo-smasher, 2001 (1968) anticipated Von Daniken's Ancient Astronaut craze, and A Clockwork Orange (1971) predicted the violently grim Brave New World Order police state. Some also allege Kubrick filmed NASA's faked "moon landings" and wrote the "script" for the Apollo 13 disaster/hoax. Eyes Wide Shut, a sexual thriller about the decadent underbelly of the rich and powerful, has a creepiness that chills. The film's highlight is a masked-ball orgy into which Cruise's character sneaks, barely evading punishment when his uninvited entry is discovered. Kubrick warns that anyone who reveals upper-crust secrets can be snuffed. Was he predicting (and warning of) his own farewell?
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