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i think a lot of american critics misunderstood this movie and cast it as the sexual fantasies of an old man (kubrick). that was a sad, terrible misinterpretation in my view. of course this was based on a novel from the 1920's, and of course a lot has happened since then. but to me this was about a naive fool getting in way over his head in a world he does not understand-- and this includes parts of his wife's psyche he's too stupid to know in the first place. a brilliant movie that was critically underrated. their loss.