Dasha Nekrasova
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
influenced The Scary of Sixty-First (2021)
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Nekrasova’s cineliterate film has its foundations in Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut , though it is starkly different in form, with fine work by cinematographer Hunter Zimny shooting on 16mm and channelling a 70s horror vibe.
Nekrasova borrows from the best, courting comparisons to more highbrow pictures like Eyes Wide Shut and The Tenant .
Scary ’s cinematographer Hunter Zimny makes visual references to Polanski’s The Tenant and Kubrick’s definitive “elites are sex monsters” classic Eyes Wide Shut , but even better is his capturing the feeling of being alone with knowledge of tremendous evil in one’s presence.
Equal parts ’70s-style paranoia thriller, Polanski-infused apartment horror, “Eyes Wide Shut” homage, and empathetic critical commentary on the conspiracy theories craze, this hallucinatory pastiche is even more than the sum of its cinematically riveting parts.
Shot on 16mm, the film is a critique of this world of power and corruption as a whole and is explicitly influenced by what will be the oft-cited, inescapable ur-text, Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut .
Shot on 16-millimeter film, the movie is partly a mumblecore comedy about self-absorbed 20-somethings, partly a series of riffs on bloody Italian “giallo” thrillers and Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut,” and partly — no kidding — a deep dive into the conspiracy theories surrounding the life and death of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
When I drew a connection to Possession a few sentences ago, I did so with Isabelle Adjani’s performance in my head.
There’s a bit of The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973), a hint of Possession (Andrzej Żuławski, 1981), some Dario Argento, some Traci Lords softporn, and what looks like a montage from a Fiona Apple video from the 90s.
Existing somewhere between Possession, Luz, and Frances Ha , the DIY vibe lends itself in equal measure to both horror and comedy.