Yet another theory reads the film as a story about the Holocaust and concentration camps. Torrance." (7:19)
Two brown leather chairs face a large brown desk situated before a bright window on the sill of which appears to be a wood carving of an eagle or other predatory bird. We see on the sill The House of Brede by Rumer Godden, which concerns a professional woman, Philippa, who at the age of 42 leaves secular life and becomes a nun in a contemplative order. Regardless, he was a particularly strange pick for the role of Dick Hallorann because the character is Black in the book. STUART: That's right. In the background is a book titled Teeny Weeny Adventures.
He approaches a clerk at the registration desk for direction. Approx 25,700 words or 51 single-spaced pages. Parts of the film are chilling, charged with a relentlessly claustrophobic terror, but others fell flat., One thing King didnt like was the casting of Jack Nicholson. The far left pillar in the elevator hall fits neatly with the left pillar behind the girls. (9:29)
We're all going to have a real good time. 54 MS Jack. Wendy is well aware of the danger that her husband poses when hes drunk. Foreshadowing is when the author gives a hint or warning to something that is going to happen. More books than SparkNotes. The presence of boxes in the background immediately communicates impermanence, transience. The first elevator is at the L level and the second is at 2. That invitation follows a story of Bill removing something from a woman's eye, the invitation even accompanied by a woman remarking on how she bets he works too hard, think of all the things he misses--just as all work and no play make Jack a dull boy in The Shining. The sound occurs with a cross-fade from the ballroom to the entrance to the kitchen, audible as we see the word FIRE appearing on the screen, the big lettering on the fire doors. The Shining study guide contains a biography of Stanley Kubrick, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Therefore, as in the best midpoints, the scene contains the symbolic death of the protagonist, who will then be left powerless and lame, locked inside the pantry. 16 MCU of Wendy. -Mr. Ullman tells Jack and Wendy that the hotel is rumored to be built on an ancient Native American burial ground, and that it suffered attacks from some local Native American tribes while it was being built in the early twentieth century. The bathroom is predominately in pink tones. Teaching's been more or less a way of making ends meet. Christiane Kubrick and Vivian KubrickStanley's wife and daughter, respectivelyhelped with both the design and the music, though Vivian might be better known for the on-set documentary she made, The Making Of The Shining. Say like if someone burns toast. Fig. Alot of the foreshadowing in the book is Shmuel and Bruno talking about certain things that the Nazis do, like when it smelled bad outside they didn't know what it was but in the book you knew it was the Nazis burning the Jews in the chambers, . The camera then gives us a view of a grouping of seats about a television set and a second grouping of seats beside a sign in the background that is difficult to distinguish here but reads "Camera Walk". A Note on 8 and 1/2
43 - The kitchen viewed behind Wendy. This is the same television as will be observed eventually in the Torrance's suite at the Overlook, but we will not see it until Wendy paces the floor deliberating on how she may have to leave the mountain without Jack. 10 Tracking shot of Jack through the lobby. Foreshadowing, Jack crosses the circle where Dick will later lie slain.
Which, of course, is a great concern of this film.
The waiter and his silver service just disappearing from sight, perhaps behind a pillar, seems to be a foreshadowing of this. Looking up the works of Ina Seidel, I find Literature and Film in the Third Reich, by Karl-Heinz Schoeps, relates: An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers expands on the book, The Wish Child: This all plays in with Jack's later devotion to the harsh ideals as set forth by the lodge and the demands on its caretakers, as well as Kubrick's interest in the Shoa (the preferred term over holocaust). But is that the meaning for this "sha" or is it something else? The Shining (1980) is creative director Stanley Kubrick's intense, epic, gothic horror film and haunted house masterpiece - a beautiful, stylish work that distanced itself from the blood-letting and gore of most modern films in the horror genre. -Dick tells Danny that there is nothing wrong with Room 237, but he also warns Danny to "stay out." Gospel Mt 17:1-9 Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, . Not even now. The crossfade juxtaposes Wendy looking right as Bill Watson enters, he also looking right, as if a connection is being forged between them, and at least one is forged visually, however briefly. (9:18)
STUART (off screen): by the idea of staying alone in a place where something like that actually happened. In German versions, the phrase translates to: Dont put off till tomorrow what you can do today. The Spanish translation is: Although one will rise early, it wont dawn sooner. In Italian: He who wakes up early meets a golden day.. Other . A large map is on the left wall behind a two-way radio. If you happened to miss the link just above, here first is a short post on the blog with repurposed shots from Google Maps street view pinpointing the location of the Boulder apartment. Now, come on, tell me. Having learned via John Bourassa that the cartoon playing is the "Stoop! After many years of wondering about this painting, and a loon painting in the same secretarial area but on an opposing wall, obviously done by the same artist, I've been apprised by Ioway artist, Lance Foster, the art is by Norval Morrisseau. It was in Fear and Desire, in which the film begins as it ends with the same view of the valley. Humans tend to not think of themselves as part of nature. 3 - Kubrick's use of the Greek key at the beginning and end of "Lolita", initiating the execution of Quilty from it. Shot 29. As Danny then turns a left corner the musical drum of surprise kicks in a second before the ghost girls have appeared on screen. Whether it be sound, acting, visuals, and the overall foreshadowing of the story. But what if we look at the name? WENDY: Hi, hon, how's it goin'? Instead they are in opposition to it, and, at best, sometimes enjoy its pleasanter, friendlier aspects. The plot of Carson City concerns a man named "Silent Jeff" who is hired to build a railroad between Carson City and Virginia City.
I will write more about this voicing later. Fig. Is he a guest or an employee who would lead the camera walk? Jack asks about why the closing of the road, "seems to me that the skiing". Now, in his mind, his mother deserved it just as Wendy and Danny deserve to be punished. Later, the primary conflict is between the hotel and Danny as it tries to possess him, but he stands up to the threat. Pickens chose to not work with Kubrick again, as he did not like the strenuous Dr. Strangelove shoots. Our first acquaintance with the Gold Room hall and the maze. Though Kubrick did in the opening section associate Jack with the VW, having his name in the credits pass over the VW as the helicopter zoomed in on the auto, we are only working on an assumption, at this point, that the VW in the opening has anything to do with Jack. On the Two Union or Liberty Suits and the Two Necklaces
87 MCU Doctor. The rainbow precedes a focus on Danny's eyes during his visionary experience, after which all goes dark as his vision is covered with the blood flowing from the elevator. Another myth is brought in at this point as well. I made the trip in 3 and a half hours. I could give other examples, such as when Kubrick even treats his people on the screen as real individuals attempting to interact with the audience, as happens with the boxer's manager in Killer's Kiss when he is attempting to escape some thugs and pounds upon a theater door, trying to attract the attention of the audience to the threat against him, but fails. DANNY: Yeah, I guess so.
Kubrick used the Greek Key design in Lolita, it circling the area in which was the ping-pong table in the mansion at which Quilty was staying when Humbert finds and executes him at the film's beginning. will review the submission and either publish your submission or providefeedback. The sound of the tricycle wheels alternating between the carpet and floorboards sound uncannily like the music when Danny is chased through the freezing maze by his father. 92 MS Doctor from Wendy's side. Hinting at what will happen serves multiple purposes (such as building tension and suspense). WENDY: Tony. Oregon's Timberline Lodge, which was used as the hotels exterior for some shots, is to blame for this swap. The couple, to enhance refreshment sales in their theater, tries this technique. 68 MCU Danny. We open with the lobby. 7 - Kubrick briefly revisits the group by the door though he need not have. Classic 60s design is down at the Salvation Army waiting for a new home, or rotting in a landfill, replaced with cheap 70s ugly lamps and faux wood coffee table and end tables. The 30-minute film, which aired on BBC, was a very rare look into Kubricks directing styles. Four people are seated in an area on the screen right side of the main door. (12:56)
11 - Morrisseau's "The Great Mother". It seems a continuation of the doubling as already witnessed with the two girls in blue and Danny speaking to his reflection in the mirror. What appears to be a blue box showing Q-tips Cotton Balls stands on the first shelf of the bookcase beside the alabaster bull figurine, and could possibly be taken as a stand-in for a blue sky with clouds considering its placement above the horizon line. Just a step beyond the circle, Jack's glance moves up to the stairs on the right, briefly meeting that of a hotel employee who is coming down the steps. Another wonderful example of foreshadowing in the book also comes from Dannys shine, or ability to read minds and see into the future. Double readings are referred to frequently in the film. In a sense, Jack takes the Road Back to the Ordinary World, as in the heros journey. DANNY: No. ing fr-sha-d-wi plural foreshadowings Synonyms of foreshadowing : an indication of what is to come If the history of the world were a novel, the events so strikingly chronicled in the photographs in this book would seem a foreshadowing of the recent events Ralph Novak (15:19)
Danny is the first to make contact with the evil forces of the hotel. WENDY (indicating a seat): Please. In the book, the spooky events are set in Room 217, not Room 237. Are we simply seeing something that was intended to keep out competitive light during filming, or does it foreshadow Dick's death? We hear a brief, staccato voicing of "sha" which, at this point, we take as being part of the natural ambient noise of the lodge. STUART: in this job hired a man named Charles Grady as the winter caretaker. The light of the unseen window, through the shower curtain, is as prominent as was the light of the window in Ullman's office. Next, two young individuals in summery clothing pass by on their way outside, carrying tennis rackets and white balls, seemingly headed to play a game though we may notice the woman is inappropriately dressed in high heels. In . Senses of Cinema was founded on stolen lands. Moreover, the film is full of references to myths, fables, and horror literature 7: the hotel, a haunted house of sorts, seems like a ghost ship to Wendy; Jack huffs and puffs like the Big Bad Wolf when he attacks his wife in the bathroom; likewise, during the tour in the kitchen which she describes as an enormous maze Wendy evokes Tom Thumb (and hence Hansel and Gretel) by stating I feel Ill have to leave a trail of breadcrumbs every time I come in. This reference serves also as a setup 8 or, a foreshadowing both for the climax of the third act, which evokes Theseus and the Minotaur, and for the recurrent spatiotemporal disorientation that occurs in the film. He doesn't just cut it out, he jumps a few seconds into a following segment, letting us hear the elastic kind of sound (like rubber bands) of one of those boxes with a handle you press down so TNT goes off, and there's a big explosion that follows that in the cartoon but Kubrick cuts that out. The presence of The Catcher in the Rye at the table may belie Jack's later assertion that Wendy is a great fan of ghost stories and horror. Susan Sontag's Illness as Metaphor. The camera has zoomed in full on Danny's reflection, his eyes dark, and then his eyes widen and a trace of light from the bathroom window illumines them. (15:47)
The Shining Houses by Alice Munro - The Sitting Bee Notice also that there are toys scattered about the floor including, to Jack's left, a small black teddy bear with its torso clothed in red - a foresight of Halloran's death. As for the radiant heat, the fact that the hotel used a boiler was of primary importance in King's book. Sometimes they see things that happened a long time ago.. THE DOCTOR: Why not? Notes on the Timings of the "Sha" Sounds
The film cost $19 million to make and it went on to earn $47 million in the United States. Around the hotel we will see prints of pastels of indigenous children by Dorothy Oxborough. Fig. The feel is of stripped branches arranged into what is supposed to be of utilitarian function, but it's rare to be unable to guess how an object may be used. This is more than reliance on single point photography for connecting scenes. 25 MCU of Stuart. STUART (off-screen): so the elements can't get a foothold. Jack informs Wendy he got the job and has a lot to do so won't be home before 9 or 10. Jack's action at this point mirrors what the audience is already unconsciously doing, surveying the lay of the land and constructing a mental map.
For all we were aware he could have just gone in to use the bathroom, was washing his hands afterward and became involved with playing in the sink. (14:25)
With the move to the Overlook, Danny is removed from his more comforting bedroom, with its playful figures, to the world of the lodge. (13:39)
The sense of it as a spoke for a kind of wheel is an incredible weight of great force. If Danny is unconvinced that going to the Overlook is a swell idea, she is attempting to use Tony to convince him otherwise. -When Jack chops down the bathroom door to reach Wendy, he shouts, "Here's Johnny," a reference to the Johnny Carson show. Run away. Fig. Insouciant banality is the best indication of a truly and deeply dysfunctional situation that will eat you alive at the slightest scratch of the veneer. -Jack tells Mr. Ullman that he expects Wendy will be entertained by the story of the hotel's bloody past, as she loves ghost stories and horror movies. Tony is revealed to be an imaginary friend of the boy's. Peculiarly, they both were able to manifest individual force fields that made the Star Trek phasers ineffective. But 42 is also associated with it. -"The Shining" was one of the earliest films to use a then-new invention, the Steadicam. ", An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers.
Wendy accidentally lets the doctor know how screwed up their family is. 90 MS Doctor from Wendy's side. It is our belief that, since the themes are intrinsic to the dramaturgy of the narrative film, the thematic interpretation is valid if it grounds itself in solid dramaturgical analysis, something that even many good studies of the film lack. 5 - Mastroianni as he appeared in "8 and 1/2". In The Shining however, the use of foreshadowing fits in as a narrative device. In my novel, 'The Shining' by Stephen King, there is constant foreshadowing. And, recollect, we have the doctor shining the bright light in Danny's eyes just previous that.
TONY: No he ain't, Mrs. Torrance. My superimposition of the previous bedroom/bathroom scene with this one. There are three variations of placement of objects on Ullman's desk viewed throughout the interview, and as people seem to like to ask about and discuss these variations, I thought I"d devote a few paragraphs to them. Let's return to shot 21 and the red outlining the yellow in a frame on the left wall in Ullman's office. So, the sweets girl seems to exit the film and enter reality. Shot 26. 74 MCU Doctor. If it's not a female form it may show at the bottom two or three human silhouettes against an unknown background. STUART: That's good, Jack, because uh for some people uhm solitude and isolation can
But we also got rid of that rug as quickly as we could. Shot 102. The rainbow on the door of Danny's room directly precedes Danny's vision via the mirror, and after the vision Danny's eyes are highlighted during the doctor's examination. At the same time, the 12 stages and most of the archetypes of the heros journey as theorised by Vogler3 are traceable in The Shining, albeit being peculiarly distributed between Jack and Danny.4. Around the time he was making the film, Kubrick said, There is a wonderful suggestive timeliness [that the structure] of making a movie imposes on your life. JACK: They'll love it. If you enjoy the supernatural, haunted houses, battles with evil, and psychological torment, then this novel is for you. Shot 142. Earlier, when Danny was watching the Roadrunner, Wendy mentioning it was hard to make new friends and Tony protesting he didn't want to go to the hotel, we had heard the sound of a train. On this duplicitous and confusing note, Kubrick chooses to end "The Interview" section. He fears the possibility of divorce more . 31 MCU of Stuart. The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado, upon which Stephen King based his book, was built instead by Freelan Oscar Stanley. This simple description applies not just to Dannys experience, but also to the actual film structure. (4:53)
DANNY: Because he hides. 24 - "How about your wife and son? STUART: How about your wife and son? First published in 1977, the novel solidified Stephen Kings legacy as one of the most skilled authors of his generation. One would assume it would be like a compass and have four arrows, but we will later observe it only has these two. In the second paragraph, children put stones in their pockets and make piles of stones in the town square, which seems like innocent play until the stones' true purpose becomes clear at the end of the story. The embellishments employed by Kubrick are in many places not the same as at the Ahwahnee, such as at the tops of these columns. THE DOCTOR: Now, hold your eyes still so I can see. You'll notice that Kubrick's design for the apartment has perhaps shed the balcony that seems to go with each apartment in the complex where the Torrances supposedly live. A reader has also written to let me know that there seems to be a "sha" sound when Dick is driving through the snowstorm to get the Snowcat. WENDY: Yeah, I know. Say like if someone burns toast.
This is one of the things that the Interview makes a focus, the battle of humans and the lodge against nature. STUART: Well
If this is so then Kubrick may have used the Z pattern to represent the labrys axe and maze.