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On Photography (1977): Susan Sontag. Taken from the front page of the New York Review featuring Sontag’s “Illness as Metaphor” as displayed on the Torrance’s coffee table, contains the inspiration for the twins. Points toward the author’s canon of work.

The Catcher in the Rye (1951) J.D. Salinger alludes to the double dog eared pages 132 to 133 and finishes out chapter 17 with page 134. The pages allude to the turbulent relationship between both main characters specifically the screaming and whether or not Holden Caulfield is a madman.

The Bell Jar (1978): Taken from the January 1978 Playgirl edition, stars Ann Jackson as Greenwood’s doctor with similar but reversed lines in The Shining. Points toward actor’s canon of work and the appearance of the magazine issue seems as “self referential” in The Shining.

Omnibus: The Blue Hotel (1956) S05-E08 contains heavy elements of the Grady character. Was known to be a favorite or Kubrick’s. The themes explored share common underlying threads with The Shining.

Rocky (1976): Tony Burton. Shares some similarities to his role in The Shining.

Road Runner: Stop! Look! and Hasten! (1954): as featured in The Shining. Refers to the beginning of the relationship between Roadrunner and Coyote as seen through the eyes of a child.

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973): Barry Dennen Roles are similar in that both characters seem to have made decisions against their will. Alludes to the actor’s canon of work.

The Twilight Zone: Stopover in a Quiet Town: Barry Nelson.
Points toward the actor’s canon of work.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977): Left Unexplained with the exception that Winnie the Pooh makes an uncredited appearance in The Shining as himself.

Black Narcissus (1947) film, written by Rumer Godden: taken from the book In This House of Brede by Godden which sits on the shelf above the doctor. Points toward author’s canon of work.

Das Labyrinth (1922): by Ina Seidel taken from The Wish Child (1930) also by Seidel which resides on the side table in a stack of books in the Torrance apartment. Points toward author’s canon of work.

Emergency! (1972) S02E02 “Kids” taken
from the Emergency! lunch box behind the doctor in Danny’s bedroom. Kubrick utilised not only lines of script from this episode yet some of the camera work as well.

3 Women (1977) dir. Robert Altman: Duvall. Twins. eerie af.

Young Jethro by Roy Clews this novel sits at the very bottom of the stack of books between the doctor and Wendy. Clews wrote under the name Sara Fraser, a pseudonym for himself, a one-time Marine Commando and Foreign Legionnaire who has travelled and worked all over the world.

Now Voyager (?) 1942: Contained within the film Summer of ‘42 and is by definition
mise en abyme, a tool Kubrick often used in storytelling.

Foul Play (1978): left unexplained

Black Christmas (1974) Dullea, left unexplained

Marnie (1964) an allusion from the title Angell, Pearl and Little God by Winston Graeme observed on the window shelf in the Torrance apartment.

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975): Nicholson, taken from his initial interview with the hospital doctor and correlates to the Overlook hotel office, its salmon painted walls and the framed photographs of trophy fish.

“The Parish Boys Progress,” a blue hardcover which sits atop the stack of books between Wendy and the doctor on the side table in the Torrance apartment living room is sometimes known as “all of a twist” but mainly as Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. This book appears without a title or author’s name and is an allusion to itself.

The Fourth Ghost Book (1968) James Turner: considered one of the great anthologies to ghost stories.

The Beach Girls (1959) John D. MacDonald: As seen in the larger stack of books behind the main column, an homage or nod to Stephen king, who is known to have great praise for this book and writer. The novel is told in a mysterious round robin fashion by each of the witnesses.

The Witches Thread Throughout The Shining:
The excerpt from the opening title sequence is from Dies Irae but this piece is specifically titled “Dream of the Witch’s Sabbath.”

Beldam: The name Beldam as in Lia Beldam the actress in the bathtub is an archaic word for an old woman, often carrying a derogatory or frightening connotation meaning a hag, crone, or witch.

Chang'e and her Jade Rabbit: Chang’e is China’s moon goddess, is banished along with her jade rabbit to the moon for eternity.
Every culture has their moon goddess or witches and the room 237 witch appears as an amalgamation of those including the guest who stayed there from the book. The bathroom itself is the jade rabbit. Go check it out.

Mayday or May 1st or Beltane: is the 6 month mark to Halloween. April 30 is additionally known as Witch’s Night.

- an allusion to the Collection of works from: Dorothy Oxborough

Crying Boy
The Girl with Pigtails
Native Child
Native Pastel
Native American Girl Child

Alex Colville - an allusion to the Colville Collection:

Horse and Train (1954)** **
Woman and Terrier (1963)
Moon and Cow (1963):
Dog, Boy and St. John River (1958)

An allusion to the omitted painting in the Colville collection:
Mayday (1970)

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In a pattern consistent with 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut, the following is a shortlist of apparent allusions and connective references involving actors featured in Full Metal Jacket.

Note: When considering actor-based allusions, perhaps no actor in Full Metal Jacket has a more extensive connective thread running through his surrounding filmography than Matthew Modine.

The First Turn-On! (1983) Vincent D’Onofrio’s character, nicknamed Lobotomy, is surrounded throughout the film by donuts—specifically Dunkin’ Donuts—with an almost conspicuous abundance of them.

It Don’t Pay to Be a Model Citizen (1985)
D’Onofrio literally steals a film as a streetwise New York City punk. The performance and character establish another curious piece of connective tissue when viewed alongside his later role as Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket.

Birdy (1983) Matthew Modine’s character, Birdy, is repeatedly told that he should be a wrestler because he possesses “the moves” to be one.
At one point, Modine delivers a harrowing, high-pitched, sustained panic shriek lasting roughly thirty seconds. The sequence is particularly interesting when placed beside Full Metal Jacket, where Hartman tells Joker to “work on it—you don’t scare me.”
Birdy also contains the striking line:
“In any other war we would have been heroes. We didn’t know what we were getting into with this John Wayne shit, did we?”
That line carries obvious thematic resonance with Full Metal Jacket and its treatment of war, mythology, masculinity, and the cinematic construction of heroism.
An apparent nod to director Alan Parker also occurs toward the end of the first half of Full Metal Jacket, during the bathroom sequence as Modine enters.

Vision Quest (1985) Modine plays Louden Swain, a high-school wrestler who writes advanced—and occasionally controversial—term papers dealing with human anatomy and medical subjects. He also speaks about becoming a doctor

This provides another intriguing piece of connective tissue leading toward one of Modine’s later roles.
Full Metal Jacket (1987)Modine subsequently joined the cast of Full Metal Jacket as Private Joker.
There is little need to explain the significance of Joker’s arc here. His journey through the Marine Corps, Vietnam, and ultimately the symbolic transformation from observer to participant forms the central spine of the film’s second half.
Gross Anatomy (1989)Modine again enters the world of medical education, this time as a medical student studying to become a doctor.
Yet, much like his earlier characters—including Joker—he enters the environment with a distinctly unserious attitude, creating another curious recurrence of character, occupation, and thematic imagery.

Other Films Worth Examining
The following titles may also contain potentially relevant connective material to FMJ and warrant closer examination:

● The Boys in Company C (1978)
● My Bodyguard (1980)
● Purple Hearts (1984)
● The Prodigal (1983)
● Tank (1984)
● Door to Door (1985)
● Sudden Impact (1983)
● The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
● Munchies (1987)

Taken individually, some of these connections may appear coincidental. Taken collectively—and particularly when considered alongside the recurring patterns previously identified in 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut—they become considerably more interesting as a body of material to investigate.

If you’d like to explore more of what you probably already know or understand to some degree, this may explain a bit about Actor’s Allusion and its companion technique Film Allusion. These are the methods I know Kubrick utilised along with a whole separate bag of storytelling tricks. This is just a beginning of discovery, and breakthroughs and only a shortlist.

In Gross Anatomy (1989) Todd Field’s character, a medical school student who also happens to play piano, is asked to leave medical school by the administration. Modine’s entrance as unserious is an allusion to his Full Metal Jacket character.

Ghosts: The Chemistry Lesson (1994) Alan Cumming comes across a circle of witches in an old henge and begins to affect all involved. A nod to 2001 at start is notable.

Here is the shortlist unexplained. Far and Away (1992)
Jerry MaGuire (1996)
The New Mike Hammer: S3E9 (1986) Two Deaths (1995)
Sunday’s Children/ Söndagsbarn (original title) 1992 (Bergman)
The Boys From Brazil (1978)
The Electric Horseman (1978) Pollack Reunion (1994) dir. Lee Grant
In the Presence of a Clown (1997) Bergman Marie Richardson.
Half Moon Street (1986)
Alexa (1988) Lowe
Feel free to add what you know to the list.
If there is not one film alluded to each actor in Eyes Wide Shut it would be a surprise therefore this list above is incomplete.

Each film or series should be watched with a level of intensity as if a witness to a crime.

Each film or series carries away with it a little piece of the plot of Eyes Wide Shut and it is a dark, dark ride.
This I believe to be Kubrick’s most complicated and artfully abundant work, yet another masterpiece in his canon but maybe his greatest contribution.

Late to the list:

Crooked Hearts (1991)
Mac (1992)
Point of No Return (1993)

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