"I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. Why? Because of Stanley. It was a fascinating learning experience." Born on this day, the remarkable Shelley Duvall reflecting on her time filming The Shining.
u/Straydes — 7 hours ago
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Hey! Looking to make an amateur film adaptation of the Shining, need advice.
So, I'm part of a youth theatrical group, and lately I've been into the idea of us playing the shining(or at least a heavily censored and changed version of it, suited for children hopefully). I know this is a big ask, but I would really appreciate help on how to adapt this into theatre, especially regarding specific scenes like the axe scene and the room 237 scene(which we might have to completely rewrite for.. obvious reasons). Members vary from 12 to 18 years old, only around 7 of us, but we could definitely call the adult group to send some actors our way, as they've done so before.
Edit: the entrance is free, idk if that has anything to do with copy right or nah
u/MaskedJimmy12 — 1 day ago
Why is everyone so confused about Bill Ullman (only regarding the movie, I’ve never read King’s novel).
In the beginning of the movie it’s a little confusing as to why there’s two men who are in the interview with Jack. Ullman is sitting in his chair, in his office, while Jack is sitting next to “Bill” who is apparently the summer time caretaker.
Bill has close to zero dialogue. Now after watching the movie, I’m not going to ruin it with any spoilers, but I think it was basically two men interviewing Jack to see how he’d react to the new about Delbert Grady and what he did to his family and if he’d start asking questions that you know could eventually turn into a problem if it happens mid December and they need someone to not only evacuate the family but also find replacements for them for the rest of the offseason.
I think Bill is a part of higher management, just like Stuart Ullman, and they don’t want to make Jack uncomfortable by having two guys interview him for what seems to be a pretty menial job.
These hotels have to disclose to new employees if there’s been anything like suicides or mass killings especially for an employee who’s going to be there for 6 months with his wife and young little boy.
If I’m wrong, can some kindly corrrrect me? If you don’t mind my asking.
u/Dickoff_Tarley — 2 days ago
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Obsession film makes a nod to The Shining
I watched Obsession and found a little nod to The Shining in the dialog. Near the end of the film Nikki says “We are gonna be together forever and ever and ever”. I know it’s small and many horror movies are referenced but unless it was put in unintentionally (which I don’t imagine the case to be) it was meant to be found so dadgummit im gonna post it right here where it belongs and that’s all I have to say about that :)
u/nah_seems_legit — 1 day ago
Grail!!!
Pulled the trigger today and bought my grail when we came across it in person!!!
u/John-Doe_4502 — 4 days ago
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‘Forever, & ever, & ever’
Hey all, I just wanted to share this great shirt I recently acquired. RuckingFotten is the maker of this shirt & this one specifically was part of a limited release & was very difficult for me to find for some time.
Unlike many other shirts depicting the iconic Grady Twins hallway scene, this shirt chose to use the split frame of them all bloody & slaughtered, opposed to the more well known & commonly used image of them standing shoulder to shoulder, which of course is still a great shot. Thanks for looking!
u/christ_seeger — 4 days ago
3 WEEKS, 3 Days, 3rd Child
Stephen and his wife Tabitha King famously stayed at The Stanley Hotel on October 21, 1974 (edit exact hotel stay date is unknown) in room 217. During their stay King was inspired to write the story The Shining. In January 28, 1977 The Shining was published. On February 21, 1977 The King’s third child was born.
King cleverly hid his unborn son’s birthday and the room number of the room he stayed in at The Stanley Hotel into The Shining.
Let me show you.
Image 1-
King’s third child Owen King born on February 21, 1977.
Image 2-
In the story the word REDRUM is reflected in the medicine cabinet mirror. The mirror reflects the letters in reverse order to show the word MURDER. redruMMurder
In the story, the attempted redruM is set to occur on December 2, 1977. 77-12-2 year-month-day
Owen Kings birthday written down and reflected in the mirror.
77-12-2 2-21-77 (77- December 2 - February 21 -77)
Image 3-
Notice the room number in the middle of the dates.
7(7 12)2-2(21 7)7
Image 4 and 5 are the original and the original flipped.
In conclusion, 3 weeks and 3 days after the publication of
The Shining, Stephen King’s third child was born.
Somehow he predicted the exact date of his son’s birth.
3(weeks)
3(days)
3(children)
Trebled - it means multiplied by three or three times.
trebleDDelbert
u/notatheist — 4 days ago
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Widow’s Bay
How many of y’all have seen this amazing show? Episode 2 reminds me of The Shining (my favorite movie). If you haven’t I highly recommend it…so far my favorite show on apple
u/Top-Waltz5244 — 6 days ago
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Stayed at the Von Trapp Inn in Vermont…..
Two doors down was this…… of course down a long hallway. 😆👯
u/Texas1971 — 6 days ago
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This scene always feels so peaceful
Before Danny shines to Hallorann he always seemed so chill here. Very calm vibes
u/Neat_Ostrich9966 — 11 days ago
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Coming back to the U.S.
I grew up being read the shinning, by the my father. Holds a special place. I am heading to the U.S. from Europe in a few weeks. Haven’t been back in over 15 years. Looking forward to returning to timberline lodge. Last time I was thier I got to hold the ax and eat a good buffet. We hiked up it to wicked* fun. *practicing my lingo, I love that word, confusing to people at homes :)
u/Independent-Wave-373 — 11 days ago
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The Shining, Aspect Ratios, and Criterion's Kubrick Boxset
Mandibil on youtube has new video discussing aspect ratios of Kubrick's films:
The video includes information about someone who saw The Shining during it's opening weekend, and recalls the curtains being drawn in to show the film in 1:1.33.
The first screenshot which is of the elevator shows the difference between the 4:3 DVD and 1.78 Bluray.
The rest of the screenshots compare the compositions of the open matte full frame to the 1.78.
While it is possible that some exterior outdoor shots in the film were primarily composed for 1.85, it is obvious that many scenes were deliberately framed by Kubrick for 1.33
An interesting example is the full shot of the maze diorama which can only be seen in full frame. It gets cropped out in 1.78 and 1.85.
Criterion is planning on including The Shining in their upcoming box set, and since it's been 25 years since the last proper home release of the film, they should strongly consider offering the 4:3 version of the film. Kubrick only ever approved The Shining to be seen in 4:3 outside of theaters, and he personally oversaw all home release versions of the film while he was around.
Leon Vitali and Jan Harlan who both worked on The Shining, and basically hung out with Stanley Kubrick almost everyday insist that he preferred the 1.33 aspect ratio for the film.
u/spacemarinecon — 10 days ago
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Happy pride month to the best bi-sexual character
u/Relative-Stable-6075 — 14 days ago
Bela Bartok on reel to reel tape
I recently came across Bela Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta on reel to reel. Of course I had to buy it for my reel to reel machine.
The Adaggio movement is the piece used in The Shining. It appears on Side 2 of the tape, so currently the tape is running in reverse.
u/Alman54 — 13 days ago
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The Shining "Here's Johnny!" bust
Take a look! 📌 https://pin.it/6tduwVk8m
u/Basic-Cod4693 — 10 days ago