Perfect alignment of some architectural features, from one shot to the next, may function to make transitions less jarring, creating less interference with an established mood. Give your writing extra polish. Hanging above the sink is a green and white dish towel that may read "Golf with the Greats". Even when we know what is coming, Kubrick's presentation of the children is almost unfailingly eerie, shown just long enough, but too briefly for us to really register the ways in which the girls are dissimilar. (16:09) It's enough now to note that it has meaning, expanding in some way on the action which will later occur on this spot, action which is already being anticipated. Say like if someone burns toast. (6:07) Jack convivially wonders why. View its location taken from Google street view. The gematria for the name in this short form is 26. The film ends with text over black, The Overlook Hotel would survive this tragedy, as it had so many others. Fig. I also wonder if the novel wasn't partly used for the antipathy of the novel's protagonist for Hollywood films and the feeling his brother had squandered his talent by going to work for Hollywood. This is a good example of Kubrick weaving multiple metaphors into a single shot. Then there is Jack himself as Dannys antagonist, representing what the boy may become if he does not accomplish his own journey. The projectionist room in that movie even resembles the boiler room in the basement in The Shining. And I have also read that the shot was done many times with Kubrick searching for the right color red that would look like blood. I am particularly interested in the train because Kubrick has used trains in his other films. 76 MCU Doctor. A shot of Danny's mouth wide open in horror. No, Kubrick is actually already setting up the scene of Danny's encounter with the eerie girls in the blue flowered hall, as well as Dick's murder, making a vocabulary of motifs that will connect them, which is why I bother with pointing out what seems a petty detail. A flood of blood erupts through the left elevator door that has been forced open from the left by the force of the flood which overtakes the hall with such ferocity that the armchairs are swept away from the walls. There is something on a table near them, but this was already there before the waiter approached, so the only table on which he could have placed his tray was between the blond and the man. Again, we have a train tragedy connected with revivification of the past. We assume Jack has made the trip up in the yellow VW but we didn't see him in it. And that was just for the final scene! Ullman visits Wendy in the hospital. 2, which started in the previous scene (while Danny walks inside the Colorado Lounge), is heard here and will be used once again at the beginning of the third act and at the apparent end of the third act (when Jack dies in the hedge maze). 31 MCU of Stuart. So, in The Smallest Show on Earth the two real films used in the theaters are Knock on Wood and Comin' Through the Rye. Below is the massive stone fireplace in the lobby of the Timberline. 86 CU Wendy. In the first act we have a situation of apparent balance for Jack and his family. There seems space for another room between Danny's room and the living room. At least three times we see women in pairs carrying luggage about. The four letters are I H W H, or Yod, He, Waw and He (a silent letter). Peter Sellers, as a projectionist who is trying to not drink, has to wrestle constantly with the theater's ancient projectors to not only keep them running but to prevent them from destroying the film. STUART: Have any trouble finding us? Tony, the personification of Dannys shining, represents the Herald, the one who declares the beginning of the adventure. At the Ahwahnee, and in the film's lodge, the columns are painted at the top with borders of a repetitive design, the Overlook's being different from the Ahwahnee. WENDY: him. Shot 36. The core of The Shining moon landing theory posits that not only was the 1969 moon landing a hoax, but that Kubrick was the one who constructed the fake footage. But we also got rid of that rug as quickly as we could. 42 20:59 - When Stuart tells Wendy the Indian designs are based mostly on Hopi and Apache motifs, there may follow a "sha" sound. After you claim a section youll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Kubrick's portrayal of Wendy departs from King's book, which imagined Wendy as an attractive, sensual, blond, King's later movie casting Rebecca de Mornay, who fulfilled the type. Later, the primary conflict is between the hotel and Danny as it tries to possess him, but he stands up to the threat. 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. The Shining (1980) is a horror-drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. (5:06. More books than SparkNotes. The point of view is largely third person but also tends to be that of Danny Torrance. Go figure. (13:23) 11 We hope that our analysis will offer a well-founded starting point from which to test the validity of the interpretative literature on The Shining as well as to further develop it. The first sentence refers to death, birth and "the bleeding tree." 2. Yet another theory reads the film as a story about the Holocaust and concentration camps. This can be part of the general atmosphere of the work, or it can be a specific scene or object that gives a clue or hint as to a later development of the plot. 12 MS of Wendy and Danny in the Boulder apartment dining area. (Jack smiles.) JACK: Well, if you're going to have some I wouldn't mind, thanks. The masses of books make due with utility shelves, if they ever make it out of the box. Then there's more gushing blood splattering the walls outside the elevators. 44 MCU of Stuart. Timberline reception desk with picture of lodge. Perhaps it's notable that Alex wore eyes on the cuffs of his shirt, and that these eyes disappear immediately after the blinding, even when he is still dressed in the same clothing. The Works of Ina Seidel and the Third Reich. What is peculiar is that we see in this shot that both the radiant heaters to the right and left of the door leading into the "Gold Room hall" off the lobby also have forced air vents behind them. 17 - Wendy and Danny eat lunch, watching cartoons. An architect goes to an old country house, hoping for some work, and realizes that it is a house he has dreamed about--a dream which ends badly. Again, this is a room that was standard for its time and fitting in with the simple construction seen in apartment complexes that haven't any architectural frills. More books than SparkNotes. Return to Table of Contents for "The Shining" analysis The most literal Shapeshifter is the woman in room 237, who first appears as a young and attractive lady but then morphs into a repulsive decaying hag which is herself double as it were, since we see her alternately laughing sardonically and walking toward Jack, and expressionless, emerging from the bathtub (Dannys vision?) 40 MCU of Jack. There is no door in that area through which he could have passed for the doors to the hall beyond are blocked by seating and if there did happen to be doors to an exterior patio (which there are not) he hasn't the time to exit them. Peculiarly, they both were able to manifest individual force fields that made the Star Trek phasers ineffective. After a moment, we hear a voice. Thus, his need consists of achieving fulfilment, something he attempts to do in a morbid way at the expense of his family. Yes! The Overlook Hotel is the place that houses the Torrance family for most of the narrative. In Review, What Has Kubrick Given Us in This Section? 27:20 - It occurs as they enter the C1 storage room. 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. Because readers know how much he cares about his wife and son through flashbacks and Kings use of free indirect style, it is even more, moving to hear of his intense personality change and desire to inflict harm upon his family. STUART: very highly. Such a design was used also by the Hopi. The executive producer of The Shining, Jan Harlan, has stated that this was intentional. Thus, two parties are starting to be defined: on the one hand, Jack and obscure characters of the Special World, pertaining to the true adventure; on the other hand, Danny, Wendy and Hallorann. Instead they are in opposition to it, and, at best, sometimes enjoy its pleasanter, friendlier aspects. The hotel is personified in that it has a malevolent spirit and an intent as well as a power to think and try to outwit its victims. 62 MCU Danny. I would, however, suggest the weight of this wheel is still there, just unseen, represented in the couple of wheel designs on the floor, in particular the wheel upon which Dick is slain, which also figures strongly in the scene of Danny's Big Wheel in the lobby resting upon it as Jack explores the indoor maze. (Crossfade ends at 10:34.) I'm going to use this line of thought as an oblique in to bringing up Jim Barrie again as regards Kubrick's choice for using an apartment complex called the Kensington for the Boulder scenes, which provides links to Peter Pan and not only certain aspects of its story line, the perpetual return of Peter Pan, but even the questionable circumstances surrounding Jim Barrie's relationship to the boys and Peter Llewelyn Davies, in 1960, committing suicide by throwing himself in front of a train when he was laboring to put in order letters and documents concerning the family and their relationship to Barrie, his plan being to publish them but also destroying more than 2000 letters written between his brother Michael and Barrie as he said they were "too much". DANNY: Danny, wake up. The curtains could only be cheaper if the Torrances had used the thin bamboo blinds that were popular for the time. A train is mentioned in King's book, Hallorann relating that due his shining, when his brother was killed in a train derailment, he was aware of it before anyone had a chance to tell him. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women [Harrowing Historica at the best online prices at eBay! The move of the duck from the bathroom to the bedroom window is a fun tidbit, and one can perhaps concoct a story for its journey if one superimposes the bathroom scene over this one. My superimposition of the girls and the bloody elevator, showing spatial/design similarities. An additional reinforcement of tennis ball throwing as a metaphor for axe swinging is that Jack slams the ball against the floor just a few metres away from where he later kills Halloran. There is perhaps a duck, maybe another. 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. (3:27 crossing into 3:28) The second thing that happens is a subtle audio cue. We acknowledge the sovereignty of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin nation and support all Aboriginal people on their paths to self-determination. (You can watch it above. If it reoccurs, which I doubt We see in that red flood of blood a silvery metallic object at the bottom of the elevator door, protruding through it (I've written a post specifically on this). (5:45) In a foiled plot to stop delivery of the drill that is to be used for boring a tunnel though a mountain for the railroad, Squires kills the driver of the wagon that carries the drill. A 197 minute read at 130 wpm. If you enjoy the supernatural, haunted houses, battles with evil, and psychological torment, then this novel is for you. Fig. On the left of the screen we see the tip of the axe repeatedly smashing through the wood of the door. In the first case, Jack i.e., this instantiation of the caretaker has obtained the elixir, and will return; in the second case, he has missed the chance to get it and is forever trapped in the limbo of an irretrievable past. What's the distraction? TONY: I don't want to go there, Mrs. Torrance. This scene, not in the book, seems to have been inspired in part by a photo Kubrick took for LOOK magazine, in 1948, of a woman and her dog at an art auction, this woman appearing to be the same one who held the dog in The Killing. STUART (laughing): Yeah, it is. Fig. 87 MCU Doctor. The way that the camera tracks the pair emerging from Danny's room and continuing to the living room is curious as it skews the relationship of that hall with the remainder of the apartment. Another myth is brought in at this point as well. Slim Pickens had already worked with Kubrick before. She takes a right turn then a left before seeing his blood soaked corpse. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Shortly, much will be made of the isolation of the hotel, but the family is already living an isolated life in Boulder, though the situation doesn't stand out as peculiar yet. On this duplicitous and confusing note, Kubrick chooses to end "The Interview" section. He then throws the ball toward the position where Wendy stands when she sees Hallorans body. In The Shining the Shadow is twofold. GradeSaver "The Shining Literary Elements". Repeatedly throughout The Shining, Kubrick bombards us with visual, auditory and conceptual hints of what is about to happen next. It leaps out of her arms and pursues the motorized cart that carries the suitcase holding the money from Johnny's robbery of the racetrack. No, the drive was only three and a half hours. In The Smallest Show on Earth we have these problematic projectors that work in concert with the janitor hiking the heat of the Bijou's boiler to make people overheat and purchase drinks. The book also displays mirroring/doubling, with the title displayed in the same manner on the back cover as on the front. Stanley pushed me and prodded me further than Ive ever been pushed before. It gives the appearance of a female form on the left, and checking out an earlier scene (when Bill enters the office) in which the photo is shown in full doesn't help with identifying what it may be, for if it is a female form, where the head should be we have simply a gray expanse. Immediately after Stuart asks how Jack's wife and child will take to the solitude, during the reaction shot of Jack, the sound occurs at 8:01, just before Jack says, "They'll love it."