More than one

It being two days from Christmas Eve, three days from Christmas Day, and a week from New Year's, let's hope we can all celebrate more than one "holiday" in the future. 

The singular "Happy Holiday" may be an error, or, it may be one of the countless signs intended for Bill's viewing, which he likely fails to see. Is this Bill's final holiday? And if not, wouldn't it have been Mandy's final holiday? 

Re: vulgar positioning

 

The garish ring on Mandy's finger; Bill's smarmy grin; Victor's lower half dominating the left half of the screen. Again, Bill's head is crotch-level with Victor. Victor's dominant pose is almost foreboding: is he going to "hit the head (as in, Bill's head)?" Considering Victor doesn't like Bill's eventual "verdict" on Mandy's recovery - let her rest in Victor's bathroom for another hour - Victor's positioning does seem to foreshadow his role as an unscrupulous puppet-master. 

Oggsford

 

Marion's face dissolving into the streets of New York made me think of a book cover: The Great Gatsby. Nothing exact here, but an interesting connection.

Lady Liberty

 Alice is a star:

No, Alice isn't posing exactly the same as the Statue of Liberty. However, notice the star's points behind Alice, like the crown of Lady Liberty. 

The enormous statue also sits on an eleven-pointed star-fort formerly used by the military. Eleven is the number of women forming the "magic" circle at Somerton. 

Love means "nothing" in tennis

Hum-bird arrives at Camp Climax to take Lolita away. 

The tennis rackets on the sign are crossed, perhaps suggesting contrast: Male/Female.

The tennis rackets behind the lamp in the opening shots of Eyes Wide Shut suggest mirroring, and similarity, rather than difference. In fact mirrors are affixed to the closet doors beside the lamp. 

Alice is seen gazing in the mirror on several occasions throughout the film. This initial scene quickly suggests as much. 

A "love" score for either player in a game of tennis means that zero points were scored. 

Code Red

 

Cruise as Lieutenant Kaffee in 1992 drama A Few Good Men.

Cruise as Bill Harford in Ziegler's billiards room near the end of Eyes Wide Shut.

Cruise probably played one of the "few good men" in Eyes Wide Shut, despite Bill's hubris and many shortcomings. Needless to say, the "misunderstanding" between Bill and Ziegler in some ways mirrors the legal and personal battle between Lieutenant Kaffee (Cruise) and Colonel Jessep (Jack Nicholson) in A Few Good Men. 

Possibly the most significant connection between the two films - or two scenes - is fairly obvious: during the questioning of Cl. Jessep, Lt. Kaffee asserts that he wants the truth. Cl. Jessep famously thunders "You Can't Handle The Truth!" before proceeding with a verbal onslaught against the inexperienced, idealistic Kaffee and fellow Marines. 

Opposite anger, Victor (Sydney Pollack) is jovial and warm when he receives Bill in his billiards room for no other purpose than to reprimand, and ultimately, threaten him. Victor is smiling and cocksure when he tells Bill "Nobody killed anybody; someone died - it happens all the time!" These last few lines in their talk are analogous to Jessep's unforgettable retort, and no doubt, the anger shows through Victor throughout the protracted one-on-one. 

Young idealist vs. corrupt old-timer. Bill can't handle the truth. Case closed. 

Let's not forget Jack Torrance never died - he, of course, played Colonel Jessep twelve years later. 

Shame?