I've been working on a suggestion to view Eyes Wide Shut in other aspect ratios. I highly recommend it. If I can put it altogether, it will be the subject of my final blog entry.
There's a great site called Cryptokubrology that I also highly recommend. The author has done an amazing job of uncovering more mysteries, including the length of time between JFK and RFK's assassination is 237 weeks and the Kubrick - Ridley Scott connections.
Through Kubrick's collaboration with Arthur C. Clarke, the world was introduced to the concept of alien intervention in human history. Von Daniken's Chariot of the Gods and 2001 were released the same year, something the smacks of social engineering or conditioning to me. The original basis of 2001 was Clarke's short story, The Sentinel, written in 1948 as an entry to a BBC writing contest.
My subject today is another work by Clarke, Childhood's End. Regarded by many as Clarke's best novel if not his best work overall.
Per Wikipedia:
"Several attempts to adapt the novel into a film or miniseries have been made with varying levels of success. Director Stanley Kubrick expressed interest in the 1960s, but collaborated with Clarke on 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) instead.
"In the 1960s, director Stanley Kubrick was interested in making a film adaptation of the novel, but blacklisted director Abraham Polonsky had already optioned it. Instead, Kubrick collaborated with Clarke on adapting the short story "The Sentinel" into what eventually became 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).[24] ]"
To poorly summarize the complex plot, mankind is visited by the alien race, the Overlords. The Overlords have come to help assimilate the human species with the Overmind, a collective intelligence of past ancient civilizations throughout the universe. In the end the assimilation fails and mankind is destroyed.
In the miniseries that was done in 2014, the Overlord Karellen, tells one of the protagonists regarding spaceflight: "The stars are not for man..."
This brings me to the work of John Brandeburg a plasma physicist who has researched Mars since the early Voyager pctures showed the 'Face' on Mars. I have read and highly recommend his book, Death on Mars: The Discovery of a Planetary Nuclear Massacre available on Amazon.
Again, to poorly summarize the John's research:
super abundances of certain isotopes on the Martian surface are indicative of weapons signature from thermonuclear weapons. Before you say 'no way' be advised, Brandenburg has made presentations to the scientific community as well as the general public and published his work. To this date, no one has appeared to contradict his work. This is similar to the the issue of Boston College geologist, Robert Schoch insisting the Sphinx being eroded by water, i.e. rain. Though the Egyptology community vociferously denied this as it messed with their agreed upon timelines, no geologist would dispute Schoch's claims.
This is taken from the Secret Space Program conference website regarding Brandenburg's presentation:
Presentation Synopsis
John will show us evidence in support of an Earth-like Mars in the past, followed by presentation of nuclear data revealing ‘weapon-signature’ isotopes showing two massive nuclear “airbursts” in the Northern regions of Mars.
It will be shown that ‘anyone who can read a a map’ can see that both nuclear explosion sites are correlated to dump their resulting strongest shock-waves and fallout downwind on Cydonia mesa and Galaxias Chaos, two sites reported earlier as locations of possible archeology.
Review of recent imagery form the latest probes to Mars confirms the archeological nature of the objects seen there, with a massive carved face, a nearby massive pyramid, at Cydonia Mensa and another carved face and ruins at Galaxias Chaos.
This all paints a scenario of a planetary nuclear massacre, and also that the US government has been aware of this evidence since 1976. It also depicts a universe where their are intelligent forces hostile to primitive civilizations such as ourselves, and that human acquisition of advanced space flight technology is mandatory, not optional. We must sent astronauts to Mars with all possible speed, to maximize knowledge of what happened there. This is the best way to avoid sharing Mars fate.
John's contention is there was a nascent civilization on Mars, on par with the Mayans or Egyptians that was wiped out by someone. He relates it to Fermi's Paradox which states that life and civilization should be the norm in the universe but where is the noise of the other civilizations.
What does this have to do with Kubrick in general and EWS in particular.
As I stated above, Kubrick used science fiction to introduce the public to the concept of alien intervention. It was not in Kubrick's nature to revisit a concept using the same venue. The war movies, Paths of Glory, Barry Lyndon and Full Metal Jacket used wars from different eras (WW I, Seven Years War and Vietnam).
I feel there was a way of introducing the concept of Childhood's End finale in what I consider the most autobiographical of Kubrick's films.
As I have related in other posts, there are many autobiographical references in Kubrick's films including EWS. One I've been toying with lately is that Nick Nightingale, Dr. Bill Harford and Mr. Ziegler are all aspects of Kubrick.
Nick represents the Jazz musician Kubrick wanted to be, Dr. Harford represents the medical professional his father wanted him to be. Ziegler? This was a character not in the sourcework, Traumnovelle. It was invented by Kubrick and played by Sydney Pollack, a formidable director in his own right. Also, it is generally accepted by most conspiracy related researchers that the name Ziegler is intentional.
From the Illuminati Watcher website:
“Ziegler” is a German surname meaning ‘brick-maker’. There is also a
Jewish University in Los Angeles that ordains Rabbis under this same
title. Some theorists believe this is a tie to Freemasonry and the
Kabbalah, which the checkered floor and surname support."
While I do not debate this, I would like to propose that maybe Ziegler is a pun, 'brick-maker' referring to Ku-brick. Brick maker could be Kubrick's father who tries to entice him into something (orgy group) and is possessor of certain knowledge. As Ziegler tells Bill:
"Bill, do you have any idea how much trouble you got yourself into last night just by going over there? Who do you think those people were? Those were not just some ordinary people. If I told you their names... no, I'm not going to tell you their names... but if I did, I don't think you'd sleep so well at night. "
Regarding not sleeping at night:
"Be careful what you wish for (re:alien life). If you guys knew even a fraction of the shit we do, you will never sleep again. I promise you that" - Paul Hertz Director of the astrophysics division at NASA
So to come back to the relation to EWS. Our best science tells us that something exterminated life on Mars.
The upshot of Childhood's End is we were found wanting and exterminated.
And finally as the orgy scene unfolds in EWS, Jocelyn Pook's soundtrack originally contained a recitation from the Bhagavad Gita. It was later removed after protests from Hindus.
It stated:
“Whenever there is a decline of Dharma and the rise of Adharma,O Arjun, then I Shree Krishna manifest (or incarnate) Myself. I incarnate from time to time for protecting the good, for transforming the wicked, and for establishing Dharma”
Maybe Kubrick is saying we're due for an avatar. According to Hindus the next Avatar is Kalki, harbinger of the end time.
