2:09:08
When Eyes Wide Shut was shown
for the first time in New York. . .
2:09:13
. . .on March 1, 1 999. . .
2:09:17
. . .to Tom and Nicole
and the heads of the studio. . .
2:09:21
. . .the response was very enthusiastic.
2:09:24
Stanley was very, very happy.
2:09:26
A great, heavy weight
was lifted from his shoulders.
2:09:31
I think this change
of his being. . .
2:09:35
. . .caused almost a physical
change in his body. . .
2:09:38
. . .because he had lived with this
enormous responsibility. . .
2:09:42
. . .for a very expensive film. . .
2:09:45
. . .which was long in the shooting
for two years.
2:09:49
And suddenly it was all gone.
2:09:53
He died a week later.
2:10:00
The enormous intensity
that Stanley had. . .
2:10:04
. . .with his work,
he also applied to his family.
2:10:09
I always felt very much loved,
and so did the children.
2:10:14
He was consistent. . .
2:10:18
. . .in that he always said,
"Either you care or you don't. "
2:10:23
Well, Stanley was always a man
who never wanted to repeat himself.
2:10:28
He reinvented himself with every
single motion picture he directed.
2:10:33
As a filmmaker, you know, for me. . .
2:10:37
. . .he was a conceptual illustrator. . .
2:10:40
. . .of the human condition.
2:10:42
You say, "I wish he'd made more,
but these were enough. "
2:10:46
Because there's so much
in each one, you know?
2:10:49
It would've been nice for him
to make more. . .
2:10:51
. . .but that wasn't his process.
2:10:53
What he did make was so special, a
different movie each time you see it.
2:10:57
I think, as a director. . .
2:10:59
. . .I think that what we all
admired the most. . .