The video employs sexuality—and homosexuality—purely for the purpose of the male gaze.
Nicholson astutely connects Eyes Wide Shut back to Interview with the Vampire through their intentionally strained eroticism, which serves to acknowledge the films’ respective true theme of the capitalist power that lingers under the superficial sexual roleplay.
Reportedly, people have been living at the Highclere site for roughly 1,300 years.
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