Someone posed this fantastic question in another thread, where it was buried. I think it's worth more discussion.
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AnthonyRocks — 3 years ago(April 19, 2022 01:48 AM)
"The director does such a great job distracting everyone with nudity, that minor changes or hints are overlooked."
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Stanley Kubrick really did a Great Job with how he made this Movie.
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keykeyx100000 — 9 years ago(May 28, 2016 11:00 PM)
I'm going to go ahead an add that she appears to be ending her evening (her heels are on, she's stepping into the middle of the room and throwing her dress to the ground as though she was done using it). She steps out of her dress, but not in a way that would indicate she intends to put on another one.
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chrismac1970 — 4 years ago(November 04, 2021 04:41 PM)
I think there may be a clue that in fact Bill or Alice or both DO join the group at some point in the future. Remember the scene at the Christmas party where Ziegler mentions his tennis game? Bill, shown to be an inveterate brown-noser throughout the film, oddly doesn't mention that he or Alice play tennis also. It would have been a good opportunity to suggest the two couples play doubles with the Zieglers sometime. And yet, Bill does not do this. Oddly, however, we see two tennis racquets against the wall in the Harford home in the very first scene of the film… where Kidman slips OFF a black dress. Incidentally, this is a different black dress than the one she wears at the Christmas party. Why was she slipping off a dress and not on, if she was getting ready for the party, and why is it a different one than the one she wears at the party? Does this suggest that this scene is in the future, that Bill and Alice do indeed take up tennis? If so, do they ever play doubles, and if so, with whom?
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chrismac1970 — 3 years ago(May 24, 2022 11:37 PM)
I'm not much interested in Bill or Alice's backhand either. Their activities later that evening after the match would likely be more of interest. The question the tennis racquet might raise (if this theory is correct) is why they still have still have a relationship with the Zieglers at all despite the events of the film.
