User blog comment:HumboldtLycanthrope/The Shining and Room 237/@comment-26425680-20160513183512/@comment-26030957-20160514042651

Thank you C.T. for providing that segue into Kubrick's expression of sexuality in his films. Namely, wtf? From his adaption of Nabakov's Lolita, such a racey choice in 1962, to the rapes--paticularly that Singing in the Rain business--of A Clockwork Orange, to the bathroom of room 237 of The Shining, to the hookers of Full Metal Jacket to the strange bundle of guilt and sexual shame that is Eyes Wide Shut. So weird, for one, no one ever seems to achieve orgasm. The women are there to taunt the men, who are either lost playthings or bewitched to lust. What do all of you make of this? Is he repressed himself or trying to convey some sort of message?