The Shining

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Satanists on Cinema is a film review and commentary series that proves all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. Today we are giving you our spoiler filled review of The Shining. While we are all in isolation, lets watch our inevitable future in this prophetic, timeless film.

Discussion

  • 1980 psychological horror film.
  • based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel
  • The musical repertoire was selected by Kubrick, the process of matching passages of music to motion picture was left almost entirely at the discretion of music editor Gordon Stainforth
  • The new Steadicam mount was used to shoot several scenes, giving the film an innovative and immersive look and feel.
  • In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
  • Log Line: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
  • 10 Differences from novel to film
    https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2474408/the-shining-10-big-differences-between-the-book-and-movie
    • The Very Nature Of “The Haunted” Hotel Are Very Different
      • Haunted vs insanity
    • The Main Character’s Writing Projects Are Different
      • Playwright who abandons play to write the overlook history
    • John’s Motivation In The Book For His Book Is Different vs. unknown
      • Turned killer through ghosts and scrapbook vs. struggling with natural insanity
    • The Famous Twins Are Not In The Book
      • Scene of grady family murder was
    • The Bleeding Elevator Is Not In The Book
    • The Famous “All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy” Is Not In The Book
    • The Hedge Maze Is Not In The Book
      • Its a garden with animal hedges in the book
    • “Here’s Johnny!” Isn’t In The Book
      • Jack nicholson made it up on the spot
    • The Main Character’s Deaths Are Completely Different
      • Freeze to death vs. blown up
    • Wendy Is Completely Different In The Novel
      • Blonde, beautiful and bold vs. brunette, classical and timid
  • The jack – loyd bar scene is a masterclass in acting

Cast

  • produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick
  • co-written with novelist Diane Johnson
  • Jack Nicholson – Jack Torrance
  • Shelley Duvall – Wendy Torrance
  • Danny Lloyd – Danny Torrance
  • Scatman Crothers – Dick Hallorann

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