{"podcast":{"title":"DESIGNERS ON FILM","slug":"designers-on-film-6968004","podcast_index_feed_id":6968004,"rss_url":"https://designersonfilm.squarespace.com/podcast?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/664fd937f940ef0a63294495/1722292676615-S6XTOC4RK8DU0CZW4393/designers_on_film_2024_aug_ctr.png?format=1500w","author":"Jason Tselentis","episode_count":109,"summary":"Every episode, host Jason Tselentis speaks with a phenomenal guest, usually a designer, about their favorite movie. It might be worth watching over and over, and over again. Maybe it left them with more questions than answers, or a lingering feeling. Learn about art direction and set design, cinematography and performance, casting and screenwriting, acting and costume design, makeup and music, as well as advertising, marketing, media, technology, unforgettable quotes, and so much more. Whether or not you are a designer, you will enjoy every revealing conversation that explores creativity and strategy, perseverance and leadership, craft and style.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/designers-on-film-6968004"},"episode":{"title":"Eyes Wide Shut (1999) with Chris Rubino","slug":"eyes-wide-shut-1999-with-chris-rubino","published_at":"2026-03-18T19:31:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/designers-on-film-6968004/eyes-wide-shut-1999-with-chris-rubino","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/designers-on-film-6968004","url":"https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/eyes-wide-shut-with-chris-rubino","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/664fd937f940ef0a63294495/t/69baff06237119072eef8f9f/1773862719740/02-036-eyes-wide-shut-chris-rubino.mp3","summary":"Chris Rubino talks about his work on film and television titles and graphics, and analyzes Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, based on Arthur Schnitzler's Traumnovelle. Are Dr. William (Cruise) and his wife Alice (Kidman) in the middle of a nightmare or dream, or dealt a terrible hand of horrors in real life? We also talk about the supporting cast, from Marion to Mandy, and touch on the essay, \"A Front Row Seat as an Actress in Eyes Wide Shut Reinforces How Much It Anticipated the Epstein Scandal\" written by Julienne Davis who portrays Mandy in Eyes Wide Shut. - Chris Rubino is a New York based director who runs an independent creative studio specializing in visual and conceptual solutions for film and television titling, as well as graphics, plus branding and direction for hospitality and spirits video. https://www.chrisrubino.com https://www.chrisrubino.com/4am https://www.chrisrubino.com/work/reel https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRJhQDDqPQ/ - Eyes Wide Shut (1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/fullcredits/ Traumnovelle (1926) by Arthur Schnitzler, basis for Kubrick's movie https://amzn.to/4seF4pP - Julienne Davis, Mandy in Eyes Wide Shut, on Kubrick's movie and the Epstein scandal https://www.nysun.com/article/a-front-row-seat-as-an-actress-in-eyes-wide-shut-reinforced-how-much-it-anticipated-the-epstein-scandal https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204924/ - Nicole Kidman on divorce, high heels https://youtu.be/tashAHo7s3U?si=wjQtzcpnNtMiOB9I&t=13 - Other movies and shows discussed: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Barry Lyndon (1975) Blue Valentine (2010) The Handmade's Tale (2017-2025) Michael Clayton (2007) The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Roofman (2025) The Shining (1980) The Testaments (20…","meta_description":"Chris Rubino talks about his work on film and television titles and graphics, and analyzes Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, starring Nicole Kidman and To…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3220,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/designers-on-film-6968004/episodes/eyes-wide-shut-1999-with-chris-rubino/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/designers-on-film-6968004/eyes-wide-shut-1999-with-chris-rubino.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}