Sally Field replies to a reporter colleague towards the end of the film "...That's accurate, not true." This is a dilemma of many media persons, the distance between accuracy and truth in their profession--I know it because I was one.
Director Sydney Pollack presents several situations which asks the questions of the viewer. It would be "accurate" to state there was no rape or sex in the warehouse sequence--but the truth is a blouse was torn, and the camera captures Field in a bodily posture that indicates something "did happen" in an abstract sense.
The film is bland while discussing "what is truth?". It is strange that Pollack comes so close to discussing serious subjects ("Castle Keep" is a memorable example from Pollack) but shies away after posing questions. I am sure Stanley Kubrick cast Pollack in "Eyes Wide Shut" because of his propensity to deal with such moral issues. Even other films he has chosen to act in, such as "A civil action", encourages the viewer to think, and thus be entertained.
Sequences such as the one with Actor Wilford Brimley as US Asst. Attorney General are tailored to please the larger slice of the viewing public. Pollack was trying to communicate with the audiences who saw the importance of heading "north east" when most people tend to go south or west--in the parting words of the Paul Newman character. If anything, this Pollack film encourages the audiences to think.
Director Sydney Pollack presents several situations which asks the questions of the viewer. It would be "accurate" to state there was no rape or sex in the warehouse sequence--but the truth is a blouse was torn, and the camera captures Field in a bodily posture that indicates something "did happen" in an abstract sense.
The film is bland while discussing "what is truth?". It is strange that Pollack comes so close to discussing serious subjects ("Castle Keep" is a memorable example from Pollack) but shies away after posing questions. I am sure Stanley Kubrick cast Pollack in "Eyes Wide Shut" because of his propensity to deal with such moral issues. Even other films he has chosen to act in, such as "A civil action", encourages the viewer to think, and thus be entertained.
Sequences such as the one with Actor Wilford Brimley as US Asst. Attorney General are tailored to please the larger slice of the viewing public. Pollack was trying to communicate with the audiences who saw the importance of heading "north east" when most people tend to go south or west--in the parting words of the Paul Newman character. If anything, this Pollack film encourages the audiences to think.