Editing Eyes Wide Shut (section)

===Genre===
The film was described by some reviewers, and partially marketed, as an [[erotic thriller]], a categorization disputed by others. It is classified as such in the book ''The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema'', by [[Linda Ruth Williams]],<ref>{{cite book | title= The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema | first= Linda Ruth | last= Williams |page= 397 | publisher= Indiana University Press| year= 2005 |isbn=978-0253347138}}</ref> and was described as such in news articles about Cruise and Kidman's lawsuit over assertions that they saw a sex therapist during filming.<ref name=vf15/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/apr/24/ameliagentleman|title=Erotic thriller Hollywood couple sue over sex claims|first= Amelia|last= Gentleman|newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 24, 1999 |access-date= December 17, 2016|archive-date=April 1, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170401061249/https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/apr/24/ameliagentleman|url-status=live}}</ref> The positive review in ''Combustible Celluloid'' describes it as an erotic thriller upon first viewing, but actually a "complex story about marriage and sexuality".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/archive/eyeswide.shtml |title= Eyes Wide Shut (1999) |first=Jeffrey M. |last=Anderson | website= Combustible Celluloid Review|date=July 16, 1999 |access-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150204234036/http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com//archive/eyeswide.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> ''High-Def Digest'' also called it an erotic thriller.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/273/eyeswideshut.html |title=Blu-ray Review: Eyes Wide Shut | website= Bluray.highdefdigest.com |access-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719105300/http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/273/eyeswideshut.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

However, reviewing the film at AboutFilm.com, Carlo Cavagna regards this as a misleading classification,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aboutfilm.com/movies/e/eyeswideshut.htm |title=Eyes Wide Shut (1999) | website= AboutFilm.Com |access-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120618070113/http://www.aboutfilm.com/movies/e/eyeswideshut.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> as does Leo Goldsmith, writing at notcoming.com,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.notcoming.com/reviews/eyeswideshut |title=Eyes Wide Shut | website= notcoming.com |date= March 14, 2010 |access-date= July 2, 2012 |archive-date=May 21, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120521082153/http://notcoming.com/reviews/eyeswideshut |url-status=live}}</ref> and the review on Blu-ray.com.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Eyes-Wide-Shut-Blu-ray/509/#Review |title=Eyes Wide Shut Blu-ray |website=Blu-ray.com |access-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708052509/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Eyes-Wide-Shut-Blu-ray/509/#Review |url-status=live}}</ref> Writing in ''TV Guide'', [[Maitland McDonagh]] writes "No one familiar with the cold precision of Kubrick's work will be surprised that this isn't the steamy erotic thriller a synopsis (or the ads) might suggest."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/eyes-wide-shut/review/2030211164/ |first=Maitland |last=McDonagh |author-link=Maitland McDonagh|title=Eyes Wide Shut Review |website=TVGuide.com |access-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-date=May 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531215221/http://movies.tvguide.com/eyes-wide-shut/review/134111 |url-status=live}}</ref> Writing in general about the genre of 'erotic thriller' for ''CineAction'' in 2001, Douglas Keesey states that "whatever [''Eyes Wide Shut''{{'s}}] actual type, [it] was at least marketed as an erotic thriller".<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-79981141 |title=They Kill for Love |journal=Cineaction |last=Keesey |first=Douglas |date=June 22, 2001 |access-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-date=July 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723072037/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-79981141/they-kill-for-love |url-status=dead}}</ref> Michael Koresky, writing in the 2006 issue of film journal ''Reverse Shot'', writes "this director, who defies expectations at every turn and brings genre to his feet, was&nbsp; ... setting out to make neither the 'erotic thriller' that the press maintained nor an easily identifiable 'Kubrick film{{'"}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reverseshot.com/article/eyes_wide_shut |title=Eyes Wide Shut |first=Michael |last=Koresky |website= ReverseShot.com |date=May 11, 2006 |access-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820050153/http://www.reverseshot.com/article/eyes_wide_shut |url-status=live}}</ref> ''DVD Talk'' similarly dissociates the film from this genre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/31748/eyes-wide-shut/ |title=Eyes Wide Shut (Blu-ray) : DVD Talk Review of the Blu-ray |publisher= | website= DVD Talk |access-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-date=July 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705214248/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/31748/eyes-wide-shut/ |url-status=live}}</ref>