The Shining is one of the few movies (maybe the only one) that I thought was better than the book it was based on. Unfortunately, I can't even read a Stephan King book any longer.
Has anyone found a stream of the original format? The versions I've seen recently are enlarged and cropped. This is very noticeable in a Kubrik film as it doesn't represent his original framing - which is always carefully considered. I absolutely love this film and would like to see it's presentation unmolested.
I was just telling someone about The Shining today, and have plans to watch it tomorrow. My family is taking a trip on Friday to our favorite vacation spot, Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY. In case you don’t know this place, you should look it up right now. And you will understand when you see it, that it was supposedly Stephen King’s inspiration for The Shining, and not the hotel in which it was filmed. It has been in the same family since the late 1800s, and every addition, renovation, every sheet of new wallpaper or furniture, has remained true to the era. You feel as though you have stepped back in time, and there’s something lovely and spooky about it at the same time. I can’t wait to get there again.
Another excellent article. Kubrick is one of my favorite directors. I love The Shining. Two things you can tell that it’s Kubrick movie is the lighting and the set design. His movies always have certain lighting style. You see it in The Shining, A Clockwork Orange and 2001 A Space Odyssey. They all have this certain lighting. Dr Strangelove in B/W also has it.
In my opinion The Shining also has probably one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history. You show it in your piece. Wendy running through the hotel as Jack is coming close to Danny in the maze. She stops to look at the elevator as gallons upon gallons of blood pour out of the side of the elevator. The music to that scene and her look of terror is worth the price of admission.
Your take is interesting; I, too, saw the movie in theaters as a teenager but my reaction was completely different. My friends and I were laughing at the film, mostly at Nicholson and what seemed to us to be absurd scenes (like where he just stares at the camera grimacing for two minutes). I've never re-watched it, to be honest, and I'm both a huge Kubrick and horror fan.
Maybe I'll give it a go again to see if my opinion's changed.
The Shining is one of the few movies (maybe the only one) that I thought was better than the book it was based on. Unfortunately, I can't even read a Stephan King book any longer.
Has anyone found a stream of the original format? The versions I've seen recently are enlarged and cropped. This is very noticeable in a Kubrik film as it doesn't represent his original framing - which is always carefully considered. I absolutely love this film and would like to see it's presentation unmolested.
I was just telling someone about The Shining today, and have plans to watch it tomorrow. My family is taking a trip on Friday to our favorite vacation spot, Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY. In case you don’t know this place, you should look it up right now. And you will understand when you see it, that it was supposedly Stephen King’s inspiration for The Shining, and not the hotel in which it was filmed. It has been in the same family since the late 1800s, and every addition, renovation, every sheet of new wallpaper or furniture, has remained true to the era. You feel as though you have stepped back in time, and there’s something lovely and spooky about it at the same time. I can’t wait to get there again.
Another excellent article. Kubrick is one of my favorite directors. I love The Shining. Two things you can tell that it’s Kubrick movie is the lighting and the set design. His movies always have certain lighting style. You see it in The Shining, A Clockwork Orange and 2001 A Space Odyssey. They all have this certain lighting. Dr Strangelove in B/W also has it.
In my opinion The Shining also has probably one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history. You show it in your piece. Wendy running through the hotel as Jack is coming close to Danny in the maze. She stops to look at the elevator as gallons upon gallons of blood pour out of the side of the elevator. The music to that scene and her look of terror is worth the price of admission.
Your take is interesting; I, too, saw the movie in theaters as a teenager but my reaction was completely different. My friends and I were laughing at the film, mostly at Nicholson and what seemed to us to be absurd scenes (like where he just stares at the camera grimacing for two minutes). I've never re-watched it, to be honest, and I'm both a huge Kubrick and horror fan.
Maybe I'll give it a go again to see if my opinion's changed.