The Film Crusade

Rob Marshall’s “Nine” takes advantage of the enigmatic charm and seductive power of Rome and of film. After tackling the enormous task of creating a film adaptation of a musical that was an adaptation of a cinema classic, Marshall simply sets the bar too high.

One of the most intriguing expressions of the sanctity of the human body, Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut” functions as a paranoid, psychosexual mind-warp. But what was Kubrick really trying to say?