Since showing 2001 to my film as literature class, I've been really into Stanley Kubrick movies, watching and reading about a Clockwork Orange, Doctor Strangelove, and Eyes Wide Shut.
On my second viewing of EWS, after doing some reading, I was starting to notice details that were leading to a reading of the movie that is really close to this article that I read shortly after that second viewing. It is really well written and saves me the trouble of having to write an inferior piece on the same subject.
So I'll just say I independently verify that the movie can be read as a statement about the nature of money and how our society tries to turn everything into a commodity.
