I Immediately Thought of This Movie When the Epstein Files Were Released

The movie is called Blink Twice.

Zoe Kravitz wrote the first draft of this film in 2017. She originally called it “Pussy Island.” It’s about a billionaire who lures young women to his private island compound, drugs them, assaults them, and then erases their memories so they forget it ever happened.

The parallels to Jeffrey Epstein are hard to miss.

A private island. A powerful, ultra-wealthy man flying young women to a secluded location under the guise of opportunity. An elite social circle that enables the behavior or refuses to see it. A carefully controlled environment designed to erase evidence and keep victims silent. Women who wake up with bruises they can’t explain. A circle of powerful men who all know and say nothing.

Kravitz rewrote the script repeatedly in the wake of the Weinstein allegations and the broader MeToo movement. She grew up in Hollywood. Her father is Lenny Kravitz. Her mother is Lisa Bonet. She has been in these rooms her entire life.

Did she know?

Is really about Jeffrey Epstein?

Kravitz has addressed the Epstein connection directly. In an interview with IndieWire, she said the film’s billionaire villain is “all a metaphor” and not a portrait of Epstein or any single person. She explained that the Epstein documentary came out while she was still writing the script, not before. She set the story on an island to isolate her characters, drawing from the Garden of Eden and Lord of the Flies, not from a specific case file.

Her point was broader than one predator: “It could be your husband. It could be the man down the street. It could be your boss, it could be a family member.”

Whether you believe the film is purely metaphorical or something closer to a composite sketch, Kravitz’s movie is worth watching.