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Reddit argues this ending was cut to preserve ambiguity. However, a user on r/Kubrick pointed out a continuity error: "In the final scene, Helena is watching TV. In the deleted script, they leave the house. Kubrick left the error in to signal that something is missing."
However, the consensus among the most knowledgeable Redditors and Kubrick historians is that this specific "longer cut" is likely apocryphal. The general understanding, supported by Kubrick’s assistant Leon Vitali, is that the film we see is the film Kubrick intended. Yet, the search continues. Why? Because "deleted scenes" in this context usually refers to two distinct things: the (due to censorship) and the unseen looping (the infamous "cloaked figures"). eyes wide shut deleted scenes reddit
Just deep-dived the Eyes Wide Shut deleted scenes – why were these cut? 🤯 Reddit argues this ending was cut to preserve ambiguity
Film historians and Reddit skeptics point to the film's mathematical symmetry . The pivotal orgy sequence begins at exactly the halfway point (1:19:30) of the 159-minute runtime. Adding 24 minutes would destroy this precise structure unless exactly 12 minutes were added to both halves of the film—a logistical impossibility for a "suppressed" scene. Kubrick left the error in to signal that
This figure is present in the theatrical cut, but Reddit’s deep-dive into 35mm frames proves the figure was moved via optical printing. The deleted angle would have revealed Ziegler removing his mask.
In the scene where Tom Cruise’s character, Dr. Bill Harford, is confronted by the Red Cloak (the master of ceremonies) at the mansion, fans have noticed something odd. The dialogue loops—specifically the lines regarding the "disarming" of Bill—seem stilted or different from the rest of the film.