The Shining [DVD] [1980]

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The novel initially presents Jack as likeable and well-intentioned, yet haunted by the demons of alcohol and authority issues. Although the 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, whose work on this film is known for attention to fine details and remarkably precise synchronization without excessive splicing. Inspiration came from all over the place, but some of the best material came from The Ahwahnee in Yosemite National Park, including the look of the cavernous lobby and the blood-red colored elevators. Roger Ebert notes that the film does not really have a "reliable observer", with the possible exception of Dick Hallorann.

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Rather he would use the Steadicam "as it was intended to be used— as a tool which can help get the lens where it's wanted in space and time without the classic limitations of the dolly and crane". Wendy Torrance in the film is relatively meek, submissive, passive, gentle, and mousy; this is shown by the way she defends Jack even in his absence to the doctor examining Danny.One of the most talked-about shots in the picture is the eerie tracking sequence which follows Danny as he pedals at high speed through corridor after corridor on his plastic Big Wheel tricycle. American The inventor of the Steadicam, Garrett Brown, was heavily involved with the production of The Shining. The answer to this puzzle, which is a master key to unlocking the whole movie, is that most Americans overlook the fact that July Fourth was no ball, nor any kind of Independence day, for native Americans; that the weak American villain of the film is the re-embodiment of the American men who massacred the Indians in earlier years; that Kubrick is examining and reflecting on a problem that cuts through the decades and centuries. Timberline Lodge, located on Mount Hood in Oregon, was used for the aerial exterior shots of the fictional Overlook Hotel.

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Not the fear of an actor out of her element, or the more mundane fear of a victim being chased around by an ax-wielding maniac. m., with Turkel recollecting that his clothes were soaked in perspiration by the end of the day's shoot. From Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze: Ullman tells Jack that the hotel's season runs from May 15 to October 30, meaning that the Torrances moved in on Halloween (October 31).At the little hotel, everything is like Disney, all kitsch wood on the outside – but the interiors don't make sense. The soundtrack explodes with noise when the wheel is on wooden flooring and is abruptly silent as it crosses over carpet.

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In the novel, she never displays hysteria or collapses the way she does in the film, but remains cool and self-reliant. Neither Gene Siskel nor Roger Ebert reviewed the film on their television show Sneak Previews when it was first released, [97] but in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert complained that it was hard to connect with any of the characters. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a "certified fresh" approval rating of 83% based on 103 reviews, with an average rating of 8. Main photography began in May 1978 and wrapped in July 1979, it took place mainly in Elstree Studios, in southern England. Furthermore, the fact that Jack looks into a mirror whenever he "speaks" to the hotel means, to some extent, that Kubrick implicates him directly into the hotel's "consciousness", because Jack is, in effect, talking to himself.Dahlquist's argument is that Delbert Grady, the 1920s butler, and Charles Grady, the 1970s caretaker, rather than being either two people or the same are two 'manifestations' of a similar entity; a part permanently at the hotel (Delbert) and the part which is given the choice of whether to join the legacy of the hotel's murderous past (Charles), just as the man in the photo is not exactly Jack Torrance but nor is he someone different.