ACTRESS REACTS to THE SHINING (1980) FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION *HERE'S JOHNNY!*

[@callmeclariss]

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[@dahiansantiago4073]

After watching this movie I read Wendy gave up acting

[@h.hadley569]

@callmeclariss please react to Doctor Sleep! It’s a sequel to the shining

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

​@@dahiansantiago4073 No that's Shelly Duvall. She's been in lots of other things since. It's just she was treated really badly by Stanley Kubrick while making this movie. Stanley's daughter made a on location documentary of the film while it was being filmed, and his treatment of her was horrid. He said he did it to make her a neurotic mess so the panic and trauma in her character would be more genuine. And even Shelly in the long run said it did help the performance, though it's obvious me was mentally abusing her. She's in a great rom-com with Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah called Roxanne, which is modern day version of Cyrano de Bergerac.

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

The book and the movie are quite different in many ways. If you want to understand the movie better I'd recommend reading the book, rather than looking to Dr. Sleep. I've read both books, and watched both films.

[@Clayton.Bigsby.360]

In the theater, when Jack was locked in the dry closet and Mr. Grady was talking to him, Stanley Kubrick moved his voice from speaker to speaker to make it feel as if his voice was totally disembodied and coming from any and all directions. Really creepy

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Here's some trivia that always confuses people. On the request of the parents of Danny Lloyd (Danny), they didn't want Danny to be aware that he was in a horror movie. So they somehow filmed the whole movie without Danny realizing he was in a horror movie instead of a family drama. Usually when Wendy is carrying Danny it was a doll hence why he was "limp". Danny didn't watch this movie until he was a teenager because his parents were protecting him from it.

[@callmeclariss]

Wow, that is great on the parents of the boy! Thank you for sharing!

[@kpmac1]

That's a popular idea that people like to mention but there's an interview here on KZbin with adult Danny Lloyd where he says he figured out it was a horror movie at some point during the filming. So they tried to hide it from him but eventually he got it.

[@mmxxiii9503]

That's interesting, didn't know that

[@becomethestar]

​@kpmac1 it's really commendable that they did their best efforts. Kids are way smarter than we imagine. It's inevitable.

[@michaelschroeck2254]

I find that difficult to believe. I’ve heard that too. But kids aren’t stupid .

[@DustyBosie]

An early subconscious bit of horror is that the room where the interview takes place shouldn't exist. It's an internal room, yet it has a window to the outside.

[@SamuelBlack84]

The Overlook was watching

[@patjacksonpodium]

I dont know about all that. Ever heard of a plaza? I think it's pretty obvious that a nice hotel like The Overlook would definitely be likely to have one. Hell, I've been to Quality Inns that do. The Shining is an amazing movie but the mythology attatched to it has given the filmmakers a damn near supernatural reputation and at some point we have to calm down and not read so much into it, as fun as it might be. Kubrick didn't perosnally arrange every single fiber on the throw rugs to "mean something" you know?

[@andre1999o]

I feel like this is the best movie that captures the feeling of a nightmare. Also, fun fact: for the scene where Jack hacks down the door, the prop department deliberately built a weak door, so it would break down easily. But they didn't know that Jack Nicholson was a volunteer firefighter, so he destroyed it too easily, so they had to come back and build a sturdier door.

[@henrytjernlund]

I was a vol. FF too.. And a writer, sorta. I do live alone, but nothing wrong with that. Nothing at all. Nothing at all for ever and ever.

[@SamuelBlack84]

​@@henrytjernlundGive me the axe

[@ninja_tony]

@@henrytjernlundall work and no play!

[@ninja_tony]

18:30 I’m so glad you mentioned the composition of the shots and negative space. Not many people focus on that in reviews/reactions, but Kubrick was a master of shot composition, and I’ve always been blown away by how much character he was able to build in a single frame, sometimes without even showing anything “happening”.

[@Rampage0303]

"Here's Johnny!" is an improvised line. 😁

[@honkenbonker]

The way the camera follows the swing of the axe is one of my favorite bits of cinematography. brilliant.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Two cranks forward, one crank back, says the main photographer.

[@michaelwardle7633]

My interpretation is that Jack was absorbed by the entity that is the hotel. Victims are digested and reshaped- the Red Room being the living heart. There are all manner of oddities, for example the “twins” aren’t twins (their age difference is quickly noted during the interview) but they appear as such in the hotel. Bodies have roles and it’s doubtful Lloyd ever tended bar. The witch in 237 appears to be an elderly woman who was forgotten in a tub but she reappears as a siren. It’s fun to analyze.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I wish someone would do a detailed analysis of the Legend of Hell House The Belasco house surpasses the evil and history of the Overlook by a mile

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Why can't it be Jack's father?

[@torbjornkvist]

Just so you know, Jack Nicholson breaks the fourth wall constantly in this movie. An Italian film scientist (expert on Kubrick) noticed this fact. Nicholson makes concise eye contact with the camera during the film's duration. One of these moments is clearly visual in the scene when Nicholson storms out of the family's apartment with an angry stare into the camera. In Vivian Kubrick's documentary from the shooting of The Shining, her father directs Nicholson to do just that. Kubrick is dead now, but Nicholson is alive. Somebody should ask him about this if he wants to answer. This may have great implications for one of my 5 top all-time movies.

[@Ocrilat]

Yeah this was amazing. I saw another reaction by an actress, and she noticed that Nicholson kept glancing into the camera (including in the interview scene in the beginning). Typically looking at the camera is a big no-no for an actor. Here its a creepy thing that makes you feel a bit unnerved. It's like he's either looking at us...or he's looking at something we can't see. Like he knows 'They' are watching.

[@robertturner4526]

The opening that establishes the total sense of isolation. Wendy and Danny utterly trapped.

[@MauricioDelaRosa-db7rr]

Clariss I absolutely loved your reaction! R.I.P. Shelley Duvall 🙏🏼🕊️♥️

[@pantlessreactions]

I got really lucky to see this in the theater when it was a special release in the late 90s. What a great experience. The one thing that stuck out was the many scenes with no background music/score & how effective that quiet was to make you feel uneasy

[@timaustin2000]

The photograph only has and needs one explanation: "You are the caretaker here. You've always been the caretaker here."

[@attitudeproblem6462]

Yep. Once the Overlook gets you, you belong to it in whatever time it chooses to manifest you in.

[@kpmac1]

I've always felt that the score and audio design absolutely make this movie. It builds SO much tension and is almost a character unto itself.

[@jtoland2333]

The two main pieces of music are classical pieces. Doing a deep dive into what they are about will give you a whole new appreciation for the movie. 1. Symphone Fantastique - Berloit 2. Music for String, Percussion, and Celesta - Bertok

[@MsAppassionata]

⁠@@jtoland2333 I think you meant Berlioz and Bartok.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@MsAppassionata All wor and no play make Jack a ullboy

[@MsAppassionata]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver Huh?

[@rodneybray5827]

The shot of Wendy and Danny watching television in the open portion of the hotel (19:00) has a peculiar aspect that some notice but many do not. The television has no power cord. Also, this is before widespread cable, which would have likely not worked anyway because of the weather just like the phone lines went down, so they would have been using an old style television antenna and there is no TV antenna as well as no power cord. So the scene is really hard to understand if they are really supposed to be in their room but the hotel is taking over the shot or what exactly is going on. Also, the hotel interiors are not a real hotel but a massive set built for the production.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Tv's not even plugged in

[@slainteron4027]

I always liked at the end of the maze when Jack was trying to find a way out before he froze that the darkness was closing in on him. The camera kept collapsing the shot.

[@AnthonyBly-r4t]

The Shining is a masterpiece. There's so much more to the film. There's a documentary, Room 237, that analyses the Shining. Kubrick put references in there about perspective, the treatment of the native American Indians, the holocaust, incest, paedophilia. Kubrick also said that there are no ghosts in the shining. Whenever Jack is talking to someone other then his wife or Danny, There's either a mirror or a shiny surface near him showing his reflection. He's talking to himself. Also, Jack is abusing his son.

[@SinisterSouthernbelleReactions]

I just reacted to this! I definitely need to read the book. I just watched Room 237. Definitely added an extra layer of information.

[@UncleQue]

I’ve seen dozens of reactions of the the shining. This is now my favorite of them. Yes definitely see Doctor Sleep. As I’ve gotten older and have seen this movie as often as I have I’ve come to think of Jack as also a victim. He’s possessed by the place. I won’t be spoiling anything when I say that many consider that Jack himself also has some psychic abilities that he himself may not be aware of. This possibly made him susceptible to the evil that lives in the hotel. Yes, definitely see Doctor Sleep. I was leary of them making a sequel but I really enjoyed it.

[@genghispecan]

Great reaction. The tracking shots give this sense that the consciousness that IS the Overlook is always watching, following them like a predator on the stalk. Kubrick always preferred to give his audience the freedom to draw their own conclusions and in this work, he really did a lot of subtle things to mess with the audience's head, even at a subconscious level, from the impossibility of the hotel layout to the innumerable inconsistencies that populate the fore and background of the film. One thing not often commented on is his direction to Nicholson to break acting standard and LOOK directly into the camera - or at least glance into it. We catch a glimpse of this direction in the Making Of... flick during the filming of the pantry scene - Kubrick is on his back, between Nicholson's legs framing the upward angle shot, instructing him over and over to look into the camera - go back and you will see Jack and ONLY Jack does this throughout the entire film - stealing sly glimpses at the audience, often so quickly you don't see them BUT your brain and subconscious does and effect is disquieting.

[@torbjornkvist]

Thank you for liking my comments. Here comes a big one: There's an underlying theme of child abuse in Kubrick's The Shining. Jack Torrance is a very bad dad to Danny, and Wendy, the mother, is aware of it. The theme is connected to the bizarre scene at the end, with the man in a bear costume giving fellatio to a man in a tux. The bear costume's "back door" is open, showing a naked butt. In the beginning, when the doctor checks up on little Danny, he's lying without pants on a big pillow with the same bear face on it. Kubrick used this theme to motivate Nicholson and Duvall. He is a monster and she's a completely submissive wimp, not able to save her son. The inspiration for the abusive theme came from Kubrick's work with the film LOLITA and his friendship with the author of Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (a victim of abuse himself). This is perhaps the core dislike Stephen King had about Kubrick. Jack Torrance was much him before he became sober. He was a drunken, writing monster. Further: Little Danny lures his father out in the maze and kills him. This is why he disappears and Tony takes over. They switch positions so that Danny can organize the killing. He lets his father out of his captivity, and he hides in the kitchen to lure his father out of the hotel.

[@Ocrilat]

That's absolutely there. For me, the scene with Danny and Jack in the bedroom hits hard. Danny freezes up when interacting with Jack in the same was a child freezes up when interacting with a drunk father. No movement, no eye contact, the lifeless answers, always agreeing...it's what you do. You give them nothing to justify getting beat up. But you also give them nothing else...it's as much resistance as you can give without poking the bear. You just feel empty and passive, and you hope eventually they will get bored and leave you alone. Until the next time. Wendy lied to the Doctor about how long Jack has been sober. That's a fact that is stated right in the film (though most miss it). Also, Jack hurt Danny to the point of hospitalization when Danny was two years old, a baby. And Jack kept on drinking for almost three years after that. So we can assume this was NOT the first time Jack harmed Danny, it was just the first time Jack and Wendy couldn't hide it or cover it up. We also know that no matter what Wendy tells the Doctor, Jack kept hurting Danny (and Wendy) afterwards too. When Jack snaps at her, I don't think Wendy was shocked because she never saw this before. She's shocked that Jack would go back to his old ways without drinking.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

Without spoiling much, in the roaring 20s and throughout its history, The Hotel was a haven for rich hedinistic immoralities and gangster murders. The Hotel absorbed all this negative psycic energy and became a malevolent entity onto itself. It drove the old caretaker mad to kill his family to feed on the negative energy and tried to do the same with Johnny's family, especially the psychic energy of Danny and his Shine. The last shot of the picture is meant to show that Johnny has joined all the other souls that the Hotel has absorbed.

[@jaydisqus3353]

Tuesday gets everyone.

[@rogermorris9696]

The way Kubrick treated Shelly Duvall during the filming of would not be tolerated today. Over a hundred takes for one scene, being rude to Duvall, almost driing her to a real bad nervous breakdown.

[@callmeclariss]

Agreed.

[@cojeffhurleur]

@@callmeclariss Check the making of, you can see Stanley Kubrick and Shelley Duvall playing chess ! In interview, Shelley Duvall said they played a lot and Kubrick won every time, even with handicap.

[@mikek9315]

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not good to treat anyone like that, but I can not help but think would her performance, and therefore the final film, of been anywhere near as good / convincing as it was without those real feelings to draw on as that is what her character was basically experiencing (a nervous breakdown) as her husband is going mad and trying to kill her and there son.

[@maxsparks5183]

“Wouldn’t be tolerated”? Really? What law do you think there is that says a director can’t be an ass if he wants to be an ass?

[@shaunrocks12]

​@@maxsparks5183 Agreed! Shelly Duvall could have quit any time she wanted. Kubrick wasn't holding her hostage.

[@bsjett]

If you think the Jack/Danny bedroom scene is unsettling, watch the theory/analysis video "Danny's Ordeal..." It paints it (and more in the film) in a different, even more disturbing context and has some pretty compelling evidence.

[@mikek9315]

You were commenting on the tension and release. One thing I find very well done is the subtle use of sounds in the scenes where Danny is riding his tricycle down the corridors and you get the sound of the wheels transitioning from hard floor to carpet back to hard floor atc. The hard floor sound plays on your nerves and the carpet is more soothing hence another way of producing tension and release.

[@callmeclariss]

I commented about the same thing on my patreon full length! I loved that effect! The scene had to be cut for KZbin copyright :/

[@brendalenderman4876]

@@callmeclarissI hate KZbin copyright

[@wratched]

Kubrick doesn't like giving his audience information. The bit left out from the novel is that the ghosts of the Overlook gain strength from Danny's shining, which is why Wendy is able to see them at the end. They take control of Jack because they want him to kill Danny, so they can harvest his soul (like they did Jack's at the end) and gain control of his shining. They didn't have the tech to digitally recreate typeface in 1980. Jack's "novel" had to be hand-typed. Kubrick often demanded over a hundred takes for the most emotionally charged scenes, so that by the end the actors' nerves were screaming. Kubrick deliberately treated Shelley Duvall like crap throughout the shoot so that her emotional state reflected her character's. Unsurprisingly, she is now severely mentally ill.

[@callmeclariss]

Wow, poor Shelley Duvall :,( Thank you for sharing your insight!

[@GoVandals0605]

She was traumatized by it to be sure. It did NOT somehow manufacture a mental illness. That's not how mental health works

[@DescmondBell]

The Hotel was the culprit of everything. Jack appears in the picture because the Hotel claimed his soul and the picture was of all other other souls the hotel accumulated. Very eerie.

[@dannyrodriguez2383]

Kubrick movies are on another level, even till this day. When i watch this movie I don't watch it as a conventional horror movie. Its this unsettling story about America that can be interpreted in so many ways. Jack and Wendy represent the older ways of how adults used to be, especially Jack. Being a school teacher and resenting the tv that Danny seems to love And the outlandish sort of acting is intentional in that Kubrick controls them like puppets. Over the top and funny but still has this hidden disturbing element that you can't pinpoint. You'll love Kubrick movies if you enjoyed this one! Thanks for the vid and keep them coming

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie had a lot of problems behind the scenes, with Shelley Duvall getting into an argument with Stanley Kubrick on how her scenes should be filmed, she became so stressed from the 127 takes of her swinging the bat at Jack Nicholson, she lost most of her hair, Nicholson would sleep on the set between scenes, Scatman Crothers, Dick Halloran, broke down crying after his scene in the kitchen was filmed 88 times and said, "What do you want from me, Mr. Kubrick!?", a fire broke out near the set where they were filming The Empire Strikes Back, destroying two soundstages, the snow used in the hedge maze was actually salt, as the actors and crew had to wear rubber boots to make sure none of the salt got into their shoes, the hedge maze was a nightmare as some of the crew would get lost and would take them an hour to find the exit.

[@SgtWicket]

I know Stanley Kubrick is considered an unimpeachable auteur, but I feel like if you’re doing 100+ takes, then you’re failing to communicate your expectations to the actors. With pros as great as Nicholson and Duvall, if you tell them what you need out of them you’ll get it.

[@TheBigTamale]

Oh C'mon @27:00 Jack, just turn the lights out.

[@balthazartrumpi6808]

Great analysis, Clariss. Kubrick made the greatest horror film ever, as far as I'm concerned. He was such a trail-blazing director! Other movies of his that warrant a reaction: Lolita, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, and Eyes Wide Shut. They're all stunning, each in their own way.

[@oliviawolcott8351]

Lolita might not be youtube safe.....

[@barrycohen311]

This was one of the first big films to utilize the hand-held "Steady Cam" for tracking shots, as it was a recent patented invention. I believe the guy who invented it was actually on the set sometimes, to make sure everything went right with it.

[@SinisterSouthernbelleReactions]

I noticed that as well!

[@TTM9691]

Clarissa, this has got to be one of your greatest reactions. Your reaction to so many moments was to just freeze and that's my abiding memory of watching this (and also A Clockwork Orange, both dazzling intense movies that stunned me into stillness and goosebumps, lol. No you don't need to watch Dr. Sleep; it's as much about the mystery of death and the supernatural as "2001: A Space Odyssey" is about the mystery of the unknowable universe and existence itself. What does it mean? He's part of the hotel now. Maybe he always was, or maybe he's now part of the club. Or part of a lineage. I totally agree: this movie is told from the hotel's point of view, the ghost's point of view. Those eerie, haunting Steadicam shots and tracking shots.....right from the beginning, the "ghost" is in the sky following the car, stalking the car. . Your breakdown of some of Kubrick's compositions was wonderful. His compositions are ALWAYS impeccable, every single one of his films, he was originally a photographer so it's always incredible composition. "A Clockwork Orange" is a perfect example, a mindblowing dystopian film, incredible acting, unbelievable visuals. "Barry Lyndon" is a gorgeous 18th century period piece that looks like moving paintings. Kubrick only did about ten films, from "The Killing" to "Eyes Wide Shut". They're all worth doing (except maybe his last one, didn't love that one!). "Lolita" is another one of his best-acted films, Shelley Winters turning in probably the greatest female performance in a Kubrick movie, along with Sue Lyon as the title character. And James Mason giving a performance as incredible as Nicholson's, or Malcom McDowell's in "Clockwork Orange". DEFINITELY would love to see your reaction to "Clockwork Orange", it's a wild, intense movie but it's not so intense you won't be able to handle it.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

When you started speaking Spanish when you got scared it was fire. 😆

[@Greenwood4727]

If you notice none of the rooms are right, when danny is playing on the carpet the carpet turns around, someone as detail orientated wouldnt have done that by accident, how did danny get his trike to the floor of 237, the whole layout makes no sense and that causes i the viewer disorientation

[@callmeclariss]

Disorienting is a great descriptor for the effect this film has. Through the editing process, I had to watch this movie multiple times while trimming the video, and I felt so disoriented I need to take breaks!

[@Greenwood4727]

see we know when things look off, maybe not consciously, but Ullmans room there is no way that could exist with a window. its subtly off.. like the tv in the big room, where is it plugged in.. its standing in the middle of the carpet, wheres the cable, its not on the carpet, the cable must be straight out the back but theres a window, so it cant be plugged into that @@callmeclariss

[@Sandy-dd4le]

The film is full of this sort of thing. The layout doesn't make sense...arguably the freezer and the dry storage are the same space, the carpet that changes direction, doors that can't lead anywhere. The continuity 'errors', the table and chair that disappear and reappear during the Jack makes a new rule scene is probably the most obvious, it happens again with a chair when Wendy wakes Jack from his nightmare. The typewriter changes colour from white to blue/grey. The door is shown briefly with both top panels broken out, but we only ever see Jack hit one( Jack attacking the door is an almost shot for shot recreation of a scene from a much older film, but i dont remember the title) The other twins, there's a photograph in the power room of twins, and two girls that look like twins say goodbye to Ullman as he shows the Torrances to their apartment. The number 42, the film Danny and Wendy watch is, The Summer Of 42, there are 42 cars in the car park, Danny has a shirt with 42 on it, 42 is part of Dicks licence plate. As Jack wanders over to look at the model of the maze, you can see the bat on a chair on the right, there's a doll on the floor of the lounge at the same sort of time that foreshadows Dick's death....the TV has neither a power cable or aerial btw! Jack breaks the fourth wall many times with glances directly into the camera, most obviously when he storms out of the apartment, during the Grady conversation ( where neither man blinks) and loads more. Jack's death face is exactly the same as the one he pulls when he takes his first drink. Some youtuber morphed one onto the other and it's pretty remarkable. Jack and Wendy's clothing colour schemes swap over part way through the film. She starts in blue and red, he in brown and green, then they swap. The theory stuff....There's the Native American stuff, photographs, Wendy's yellow jacket, references to burial grounds and attacks etc. And the domestic abuse theory stuff, the Playgirl Jack reads has an article on incest etc. Its a film you can watch repeatedly and see something new each time.

[@JackNapierDe]

​@@Sandy-dd4le Remember they enter the freezer by the door that is on the chefs office side of the hallway, but they leave on the opposite side. And not only furniture changes between shots during the same scene, lights also do. It's like the slow motion of the flickering lights you have in horror movies.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

@@JackNapierDe yeah, that's what I meant when I said they occupy the same general space. I forgot about the colour shifts, they happen a lot, ...I like how each character gets a sort of halo in the walk to the stairs scene, almost as if they win a point in the argument. The contrast between the floors at this point too,....the lounge is lit coldly, the upper floor where Wendy is try to get to, is lit warmly. Jack's red jacket is another, it gets more and more blood red as the film goes on.

[@capstan50g]

Your reaction was so gratifying. I remember how frightening this was to me the first time I saw it. When you broke into Spanish for a few phrases, I started replying to my monitor! The greats are the greats for a reason.

[@callmeclariss]

Oh wow! Thank you so much And we’re glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@VictoryandHope]

There are so many quoteable Clariss moments in this one xD "Mmmm where dim creepy little girls at?!" And my favorite so far.. "Mmm I don't like the mirrors. I don't. I don't like the mirrors their revealing things" 😂😂

[@brendalenderman4876]

32:44 it breaks my heart to see Danny like that, that poor boy must be traumatized

[@Tuning_Spork]

Q: What does anything mean? The theory I subscribe to (lately, anyway), is that half what we see is real, and half is the fictional story that Jack is writing, based on actual events. During the interview, you may recall, Ullman tells Jack about Charles Grady killing his wife and two daughters, aged 8 and 10, in the winter of 1970. Jack -- hoping to come up with an idea for a new writing project -- responds with "Well, that's quite a story". In the events as shown, Grady is now Delbert, the year is 1921, and he has twin daughters. Wendy told the psychologist that Jack dislocated Danny's shoulder 5 months earlier, but Jack tells Lloyd the bartender that it happened "three g-ddam years ago!". Danny entering Room 327 while Jack is having his "nightmare" represents an abusive Jack manhandling Danny again. Danny, so as not to tattle on his father, tells Wendy that a crazy old lady did it to him. Jack's encounter with the crazy dead lady is his imagination of Danny's fictitious story. But, when he knows he can't substantiate Danny's story to Wendy, he avoids blame by telling her that Danny "did it to himself". It's fun to think about what is real, what is Jack's novel, and what is a cabin fever dream. 😄

[@SamuelBlack84]

Plus, the scene where he berates Wendy for interrupting him After she walks away, Jack gives a melancholy expression. Not one he should have after shouting at his wife The whole fight might be a scene in his book

[@chrisrus1965]

"I'm just very confused and I need some time to think things over."@@SamuelBlack84

[@deepermind4884]

😆Everybody JUMPS when the "TUESDAY" card comes on screen!😂

[@mufinboi975]

Something interesting is that i heard was that they got lost in the maze while filming because that hedge maze was real. It was especially more dangerous during the winter and they tried to not get lost during that time.

[@magnuslundin5784]

It wasn't real. It was shot inside in a studio at Elstree studios. There's behind the scenes footage in Kubrick's daughter Vivian's documentary on the filming showing how it was made and how the crew walked in the maze set wearing shirts.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I've always hated mazes

[@j0hnn13K]

Stanley was obsessed with natural lighting effects, so much so that when he filmed the period piece/costume drama "Barry Lyndon", he opted for natural light only. He actually used (lots of) candles to light the indoor scenes whenever it was needed, as he wanted to capture that feeling and vision of candle light glow and hue as it would've been in those days of old. So if you like to geek out on details and lighting effects, you really should check out that movie some day, it's one of his lesser successful movies, but it's a directors masterclass. And since we're watching one of the best roles by Jack Nicholson, you HAVE to watch "One flew over the cuckoos nest", imho his best role by a long shot, peak Jack.

[@sca88]

This along with the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre have my favorite unsettling soundtracks.

[@chrisrus1965]

24:35, the story arises from Jack/Stephen King/the typewriter. Stephen King said The Shinning began one day when his son destroyed Stephen King's work. He was so angry at that moment he felt he felt the urge to grab him by the arm and throw him across the room. He didn't, but the fleeting thought scared him so much when he went back to work at his job writing ghost stories he wrote The Shining.

[@twooharmony2000]

17:45 comment Negative Space 17:47 .-Ernie Moore Jr.

[@deanmorton6537]

I love how Clariss, when seeing the "murder" in the mirror, she wasn't surprised! She was like "Look! Look! You see now??!!"

[@laurenanderson61]

What a pleasure to watch this movie with someone who is a) new to it, and b) well-informed about film making! Your comments were all so astute. Best breakdowns/ theories about The Shining on YT: the channel Collative Learning by Rob Ager. Helps you appreciate the deliberateness of the lighting, POVs, the soundtrack, the subtle visual cues. Example: He suggests that everything that happens in and around Room 237 is someone's dream, either Jack's or Danny's. On rewatching, I think I agree.

[@sdholmess]

The Shining was one of the first films to use the Steadicam. Danny on the big wheel was filmed with a Steadicam mounted on a wheelchair

[@Prosch23]

my favorite reaction to my favorite film of all time...ain't nothing before it can beat it and certainly nothing since...THE SHINING is and was the greatest film of all time and encompassing all genres. Stanley Kubrick tried to teach the rest of us how to properly make a great masterpiece film but we couldn't follow in his footsteps. So we just return to Kubrick's films to watch the master of the craft.

[@yungrecklessgang5624]

I’m guessing at the end Jacks spirit or soul is now part of the hotel It makes sense more cause in the scene with the butler in the bathroom, he mentioned he was always the caretaker And by the way the butler was the same person who was first the caretaker until he went insane and killed his wife and the 2 twin daughters

[@nicholasfox966]

Jack has "always been the caretaker", as Delbert Grady tells him in the bathroom scene. The final shot reinforces that: he has "always been there". The specific, broad interpretation of the movie is up to each viewer, and there are many theories and interpretations, but what is absolutely explicitly conveyed is that Jack Torrance is a part of the hotel and has always been.

[@stephanx2384]

There's a short behind the scenes video on here that shows Jack getting into character for that axe scene. It's absolutely amazing.

[@m10442175]

I love hearing you talk about the filmmaking of this because i did the exact same when i watched it for the first time too, i was in awe of the cinematography and kept thinking about the different shots and stuff whilst watching it

[@Bar-Lord]

Doctor Sleep was better than it had any right to be. In my opinion, it did it all right. I haven’t read the book, but on its own, I think it’s rock solid.

[@LordVolkov]

Mike Flanagan is one of the top names in horror right now, and really made Dr Sleep a labor of love. His work is crazy good.

[@randallwright1973]

I loved the Shining, but I feel Doctor Sleep is an equally good movie.

[@DJKuroh]

It's just very different, as is the book. I think people expected Shining Part 2, while it does its own thing.

[@davedahl4461]

I saw this movie in the theatre with my best friend. I was tense and scared until the elevator blood scene and she leaned over and whispered that’s what it’s like when I sneeze on my period. I was able to stay quiet but I laughed convulsively for a lot of the film. This movie has never scared me since. I was 14 my friend was 15.

[@callmeclariss]

😂😅🤣

[@alextan1478]

This is one of my favorite horror films, my girlfriend & I like them in general. I even liked seeing this movie featured in Twister (1996). You should definitely check out that movie and the Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep (2019) as well.

[@patricktilton5377]

My take on Kubrick's film adaptation of "THE SHiNiNG" . . . Way back when the Overlook Hotel opened in 1911, one of the "best people" -- i.e. the spoiled rich aristocrats in America's ruling class -- was a "Mister Torrance" (whose first name we don't know), and he was so fond of the Overlook that not only did he spend quality time there when it was open from May 15 through October 30, but he also happily served as its Winter Caretaker. Ten years into its operation, "Mister Torrance" stood front-and-center for a photograph taken during a July 4th party . . . But then, eventually, this "Mister Torrance died. He was a rich prick, sure, but he had never murdered anybody, so his soul became reincarnated, transmigrating into the fetus of a nephew or grandson -- a boy who would be named 'John' (a.k.a. 'Jack') Torrance. Similarly, a man named 'Delbert Grady' had been one of the Waiter staff working at the hotel during its heyday, the Roaring '20s, and he, too, died -- without ever having murdered anybody. His soul, too, reincarnated within his own family . . . being reborn as 'Charles Grady'. At some point, perhaps after having experienced Past Life memories, Charles Grady sought out the position of Winter Caretaker for the '70/'71 off-season . . . and the ghostly Powers-That-Be who dwell there compel him to murder his own wife and two daughters, with the promise that he will never again have to endure being reincarnated -- that he will have attained a kind of 'nirvana', getting to become a permanent presence at the hotel. Remember, it was built on the site of a Native burial ground, at the top of a mountain peak -- close to the heavens and the Great Spirit who runs the universe, and all that -- but the rich creeps who had been committing genocide against the Natives, driving them further and further westward, wanted to build a grand hotel on this sacred site, and they had to fight off Indian attacks during its 2-year construction period. In the end, the sacred site became desecrated . . . cursed, even. It would be a place where the Ruling Class in America -- those who profited from the brutalization of the Native peoples -- would be condemned to dwell for all eternity. But these evil souls ENJOY being there! The party never ends at the Overlook Hotel . . . and Charles Grady -- who was once Delbert Grady (and still identifies as such) -- has attained a permanent place there. He's joined the Elites in their posh party-place, bringing drinks to "all the best people" who haunt the Gold Room. Jack Torrance was probably in his late 20s or so when Charles Grady committed suicide-by-shotgun after axe-murdering his family. Jack saw stories in the newspapers about the tragedy at the Overlook Hotel -- including photographs of Charles Grady -- back when the event was in-the-news, in December of 1970 or so, after the Grady Family had gotten snowed in. This means that when Ullman told Jack about those murders, Jack was only PRETENDING that it was news to him, that he hadn't already known all about it. Jack tells 'Delbert' Grady that he recognizes him from having seen his picture in the newspapers. Jack already knew about Grady murdering his wife and daughters YEARS before he became the Overlook Hotel's Winter Caretaker. Jack must have regained Past Life memories about then, shortly after reading about Grady in the newspapers, seeing his photo. That triggered his flood of Past Life memories, as well as his awareness that he -- in that previous incarnation -- had never been happier than when he was at that hotel, either as an open-season Guest there, or serving as its Winter Caretaker back in the day. Somehow, Jack became aware of the fact that he, too -- just like 'Charles' Grady -- could become a permanent resident of his beloved Overlook Hotel IF he were to offer up terrorized HUMAN SACRIFICES to the hotel's ghostly masters, just as Grady did. But Jack was not married when he discovered this in late 1970 to the summer of 1971. He needed to BECOME married, and to BECOME a father, so as to eventually be able to have something to offer the Hotel as a sacrificial offering. So he sought out a woman whom he could easily dominate -- the meek, mousy bookworm Winnifred -- and impregnated her . . . which resulted in the birth of little Danny. Then it was a matter of waiting until Danny was old enough -- but not TOO old -- for the "Denver people" who own the Overlook to consider it okay for the boy to be there for half a year, etc. Had Danny been a baby in a crib, it's doubtful the hotel's owners would have chosen Jack to be the Caretaker. Jack manages to get the job -- after LYING to Ullman and Watson about supposedly not knowing already about the Grady Tragedy of 1970 -- and he needs to wait until the snows shut them in before he begins to slowly ramp up the terror he needs Wendy and Danny to suffer before he murders them. The ghosts of the hotel seem to feed upon Terror, so it just wouldn't do for Jack to murder them in their sleep, they being blissfully unaware of the fate he had planned for them. No, the Hotel likes its victims to be saturated with terror first, and THEN butchered. Part of Jack's plan, all along, was to shock the hell out of Wendy; he makes "a new rule" -- that she is NOT to come into the Colorado Lounge and bother him when he's working; furthermore, she is NOT allowed to read what he's writing -- she mentions "maybe you'll let me read" what he's writing, and he shuts that down menacingly. But he knows that she'll eventually succumb to curiosity and, like Pandora opening her box, peruse Jack's typescript and see what it is he's been writing. Jack KNOWS she'll eventually see it, knowing full well that she'll freak the fuck OUT when she does. Jack planned it all along, anticipating THAT revelation -- and the shock and terror it would induce -- would be the optimal time to murder her. There's a movie that came out less than a decade before "THE SHiNiNG" titled "THE RULING CLASS" starring Peter O'Toole, and Kubrick 'borrows' an image from that film -- when Wendy sees the hotel's Lobby all darkened and cobwebbed, full of skeletons. "THE RULING CLASS" is free to watch on KZbin, and I don't want to spoil it for you, so I recommend you watch it and -- after having seen "THE SHiNiNG" -- you'll see that Kubrick had every reason to 'echo' the end-scenes of that earlier film, since the corruption of America's 'Ruling Class' is the underlying Theme of his movie. Jack seeks advancement up the social ladder, joining "all the best people" in their swanky 'life'-style (in an eternal Afterlife freed from the cycles of Reincarnation). Several other Kubrick films explore the idea of a Common man finding ways to join the Elites in their topmost tier in society -- such as "BARRY LYNDON" and "EYES WIDE SHUT" in particular. But the ultra-Rich got to be at the top of the heap only because they were the most ruthless people -- willing to commit genocide if that's what it took. To them, the complaints of the Native peoples don't mean anything to them when they're desecrating one of their sacred sites -- to built a luxury hotel for themselves, literally dancing on the graves of dead Indians. To them, Hallorann is just "a nigger cook." That's what America's 'Ruling Class' is, in the end. The most ruthless, racist, murderous scum that the Human Race aspires to: "all the best people" . . . That's my take on it, anyway!

[@Arsolon618]

The fast zooms and tracking shots are two of Stanley Kubrick's trademarks. His cinematagraphy has a definite style that you'll come to recognize when you watch a few more of his films. Looking forward to watching along with you!

[@lipby]

Also use of contemporary classical music. Bela Bartok was a genius.

[@brandonstarr983]

Great movie. Loved your reaction to it! It's wildly rewatchable, as so many details are put in to confuse or bewilder or put the audience into unease. One small example: the TV they are watching on the day of the first snow (about 18:00 in the video) has no antenna and no power cord, both of which would have been necessary at the time to watch TV.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

"I Saw It On TV" is a song that came out a few years later. Also, freeze at 27:05.

[@kevinburton3948]

Shelley Duvall was blasted for her performance as being a bad actress when the film came out in 1980- however since then her performance has been recognised for its brilliance. One film critic described it best- (Her performance of fear) is not an actor out of their element, or a typical slasher film victim being chased by an axe wielding maniac- ...It is the fear of a wife who has experienced her husband at his worst in the past and is absolutely terrified she will experience it again.

[@kblixt]

Now it’s time for the directors cut of Doctor Sleep

[@torbjornkvist]

Fun fact: Stuart Ullman, the hotel manager, was played by Barry Nelson, the very first James Bond in moving pictures, the TV Play from 1954 that Ian Fleming hated so much.

[@dlweiss]

You may have read about this already, but regarding your question about the "1921" photo with Jack at the very end: it's probably meant to symbolize that Jack's soul has now been absorbed into The Overlook Hotel, just like all those other ghosts who died there under violent circumstances. Remember, when Jack meets Grady in the ballroom, Grady is dressed in old-fashioned clothes and talking in very old-fashioned language - despite the fact that Grady only died a few years ago in the 1970s. So the idea is that all the ghosts are forever stuck in the Overlook's version of the 1920s, with only fragments of their memories and personalities still intact. Fantastic reaction and discussion! :)

[@JackNapierDe]

Spacial disorientation was mentioned in one of the comments by the hotel's impossible architecture (the windows inside the family's apartment indicate a corner location of the building, Danny escaping through the bathroom window shows no corner at all. The manager's officer in the beginning mustn't have a window...) The misdirection is also in time. Even if the chapters give you days, this never means, they're consecutive.

[@davidmoore1264]

In the book, Dick Halloran lives. And the hotel explodes from the boiler which had to have it's pressure relieved everyday.....as Jack goes crazy, he forgets to release the pressure and boom! There are many other scary things that happened in the book that were not mentioned in this movie. However, I freaking love this movie! I love the book also!

[@Clayton.Bigsby.360]

In the theater, when Jack was locked in the dry closet and Mr. Grady was talking to him, Stanley Kubrick moved his voice from speaker to speaker to make it feel as if his voice was totally disembodied and coming from any and all directions. Really creepy

[@SinisterSouthernbelleReactions]

I just reacted to this! I definitely need to read the book. I just watched Room 237. Definitely added an extra layer of information.

[@rtm27]

For Jack's novel, Kubrick had his secretary type several hundred pages during the time she wasn't busy with work. It took several months to complete all the pages.

[@americanmutt9089]

I loved everything Scatman Crothers (Dick Halloran) did. Including the voices of the cartoon characters Hong Kong Fooey, Meadowlark Lemon (Globetrotters) and Louie the Garbage Man on the tv show Chico and The Man. But my favorite role for him was Moses in the John Wayne movie The Shootist. And he was one Hell of a singer!

[@_xBrokenxDreamsx_]

yeah, good call.. movies today don't understand suspense. (premise -> punchline/tension -> resolution) 1. talk about room 237 2. fondle the doorknob of 237 3. walk into 237 (don't show us what happens) 4. finally show us what's in 237 tease the audience multiple times before the climax. the arbogast sequence in psycho is a good example also. 1. meet with boyfriend/sister 2. interrogate norman 3. call in his suspicion 4. snoop around the motel 5. slowly ascend the staircase only to be killed hitchcock has a couple interviews online where he talks about this. there are also some videos online about the stablecam they used on this movie as well. hope you liked it!

[@Ocrilat]

It's fun to watch film a professional watch a movie like this. The look of appreciation of the shots, the camera movements, acting, etc. is so interesting.

[@laurenanderson61]

Your face when Dick walks in calling out - OMG! Priceless.

[@twooharmony2000]

6:49-6:50 is spliced;; it shortens the walk to the dartboard.-Ernie Moore Jr.

[@davewhitmore1958]

"Dude, these chapter transitions are a character in themselves and I love it!" Heh, wait 'til to get to Tuesday :D

[@BRCBrick]

Kubrick intentionally made the movie ambiguous as to whether the events are caused by ghosts or just Danny and Jack’s (unaware he has “the shining” too and what it is) psychic abilities. So much so that it’s heavily implied that Jack is in a previous life was the caretaker of the hotel, hence why he’s experiencing Deja Vu and why he’s “always been the caretaker”

[@herbertkeithmiller]

In the book The hotel is possessed or is an evil entity It needs souls and every time someone dies there it grows stronger. That's why It wants Danny. His shining ability would make the hotel more powerful. My interpretation of the picture is that people have been dying there since 19 20 whatever and every time someone dies their face is added to the picture. Jack has now joined them.

[@gradypowell5391]

Supposedly There Was An Alternate Ending Where The Hotel Manager Shows Up At The Hospital To Check On Wendy & Danny.The Alternate Ending Infers That He Was Aware Of The Hotels Bad Spirits and Was Somehow Complicit.

[@herbertkeithmiller]

43:00 everyone's confused by that photograph but I've got a theory. This is based on reading the book. This is from the book. The hotel gathers souls, everyone who dies there adds to the evil in the hotel Danny with his shining power would be a perfect addition giving the evil in the hotel more power. It would feed off his power. That's why it's it's telling Mr Torrance to kill Danny. That picture is all the people who have died in this hotel their souls as it were are trapped in the hotel and now Mr Torrance has joined them. He wasn't there from the 1920s that's just when that photograph was taken in the soul started to be collected. That's my interpretation anyway.

[@Chess613]

Always, always, always love your reactions, Clariss, and especially your perspective as a creative. I'm also a creative - an actor and a playwright in the bay area - and one interesting aspect of The Shining and Kubrik's direction was the treatment of Shelley Duvalle - many have said she was so emotionally traumatized by Kubrik that she was never the same after the film. It's been a hot topic within the bay area theatre community - how actors are treated by directors and how actors are making sure directors are held accountable for the welfare and mental health and safety of the actors and crew (SM, light & sound crew, builders, etc). I'd love to get your perspective on that, both as an actress and a director yourself. BTW, check out my podcast The Yay, where we talk about theatre, acting techniques, the business of theatre, all sorts of cool stuff.

[@Uncle_T]

Slow, deliberate building of tension of a long period of time with little clues and so many things left unspoken?! This is not how you make a scary movie at all! You need detailed exposition and precise explanation and a "based on true events" tag and oh so loud quick cut jump scares and, and... even more even louder jump scares!! Love this movie! The acting is utterly amazing; Jack of course being iconic AF, but I think both Danny Lloyd's sort of humble and subdued performance as Danny and Shelley Duvall's brilliant performance as Wendy deserve just as much praise.

[@Greenwood4727]

I only noticed recently a hand print on the womans dress in the gold ballroom, before jack had the advocate spilled on him. i didnt notice it til last year

[@A.Light33]

we're watching them and so is the hotel. Love this movie, I learn something new with every watch.

[@Clayton.Bigsby.360]

In the theater, when Jack was locked in the dry closet and Mr. Grady was talking to him, Stanley Kubrick moved his voice from speaker to speaker to make it feel as if his voice was totally disembodied and coming from any and all directions. Really creepy

[@floretion]

It's cool to think there are two classic movies: one where Jack Nicholson plays a man actually going insane who is trying to cover it up by trying to appear sane (this movie) and one where he plays a normally sane person trying to appear insane (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

[@gallendugall8913]

People should watch this movie the way I do. In that famous scene where Wendy interrupts Jack writing and he goes nutso, also all the furniture rearranges in the background, that's when the movie becomes about what Jack is writing, his best selling horror novel, and they all lived happily ever after.

[@teethhuller8275]

I actually had never even heard of Doctor Sleep until you mentioned it!

[@tomclark5924]

Literally ALL of Kubrick's films will blow you away. One of the few filmmakers whose work lives up to the genius moniker IMO.

[@phantom213]

True.

[@UberDurable]

Can't get enough of this outstanding movie (2023.10.25)

[@adamclifton29]

The hotel used in this movie was also used in Dumb And Dumber

[@callmeclariss]

STOP! 🫢🤯

[@Nat-B]

Now you absolutely need to react to Doctor Sleep! It's my favorite. And if you like chapters, the Director's Cut is the version you want to watch.

[@Trencher1375]

I love watching reactions from different people for this movie and yours been the most insightful and entertaining as of yet. Danny had to run inside or he would freeze to death in ten minutes. He also probably that Halloran would save them. When that did not work he had to use the maze to get his father of the trail.

[@hbron112]

I recently saw an interview of Lia Beldam, the pretty woman in the shower. It's a great interview. That scene took a week to do, many, many, many takes which she said she didn't mind because she got to kiss Jack Nicholson over and over!

[@richardbezila6495]

Remember Grady in the men’s room conversation told him he has always been the caretaker.

[@williamwoods5592]

And I really love your reaction to this movie a lot. Plus I really love how much you were so into this movie a lot.

[@kennethmarrow3131]

Jack was actually dismissed from his job as a school teacher due to his excessive drinking. He had reported to school drunk and on several occasions had fallen asleep in class while his students looked on in amusement. One of his students had mischievously scribbled on his forehead with a magic marker the words, RED RUM while he was slumbering. Jack awoke to the school bell ringing and to his students mocking and jeering him. When he went inside the teacher’s lounge washroom to splash some water on his face, he was horrified as he looked into the mirror and saw in big bold red letters, the words MURDER scrawled across his forehead!

[@SinisterSouthernbelleReactions]

Just reacted to this. Definitely need to read the book as well!

[@kennethmarrow3131]

I actually made this up. I thought it was a great adaptation of what could have been in the beginning before the movie?!

[@SinisterSouthernbelleReactions]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 to you then. You have a shine too. Except you can see beyond the story!

[@dineanddash22]

I have just seen some of your reactions and it has been awesome. First, I recommend reading the book and see the author’s take on the movie. You’ll find the author has a significant opinion to Kubrick’s work. Second, if you are interested in a October cap off I recommend watching a miniseries The Terror. A fantastic dark horse show, with top level acting. Two things I recommend: 1. Watch something happy afterwards 2. Do not watch it at night in winter.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

If you want another good movie for the season, watch Requiem For A Dream. Or, if you want something more traditional, The Exorcist

[@marcsoren7]

Fun fact, to get into the mindset and mood, Kubrick showed the actors David Lynch's Eraserhead. It has such a similar vibe, not exactly a horror movie, but the way it makes you feel is on the same wavelength

[@tyrone7635]

Your reaction to no work and no play: priceless ❤

[@wilhelm-z4t]

A complex classic film. Although I don't often subscribe to his themes, I do recognize Kubrick as a great filmmaker, and "The Shining" (TS) is certainly a masterpiece of cinema. I like it very much even though I'm not a fan of Stephen King or his books. This must be due solely to Kubrick. Well, let's also give credit to the actors and the production crew, too. As great as Nicholson and Duvall were in the film, that little boy, Danny Lloyd, really made the movie for me. I think he was five when he started filming TS. For a child that age, he was just outstanding. He himself came up with the finger puppet for Tony, his alter ego. Kudos, also, to Philip Stone (Grady) and Joe Turkel (Lloyd) for being quietly sinister and menacing. I don't want to forget good-guy Scatman Crothers, either. Well-done Scatman. Then there's the Overlook. Not only is it alive, but it is the personification of evil. TS has all the Kubrick touches. All those long hallway and hedge maze shots are one-point-perspective. That's a Kubrick trademark. Another characteristic of Kubrick is his focus on intense person-to-person interactions. Yeah, TS has just a little bit of that. Those long tracking-shots as people move about the hotel are another Kubrick trait. The musical score as an integral part of the narrative of TS is also textbook Kubrick. Kubrick was a perfectionist, and that is reflected in his films. For example, background is as significant as foreground. Why does Jack's typewriter change color? Does that signify Jack has been transformed? Oh, "All work and no play" goes back to at least 1659. It didn't originate with TS although it certainly fits. Why do bits of the hotel, like the furniture, for example, appear, disappear or move about? Is it because the hotel is alive? The answer is yes by the way. It's definitely not due to continuity problems. Finally, Kubrick always forces the viewer to think about and dissect his films. That certainly happens in TS. As a result, we and Kubrick share in a common creative impulse when watching TS. The film becomes a living thing. Here are a few of the other things I've noticed about TS. The film is replete with mirrors. They're everywhere. Watch how they affect Jack. Are they how the hotel projects its power? A portal of sorts? Do they also absorb power? Are they its eyes as well? Likewise, there are mazes everywhere. There's the obvious hedge maze, but the hotel itself is a maze, and so is the hallway carpet. Early on, Wendy remarks on the need for breadcrumbs, a reference to Hansel and Gretel and the maze-like quality of the hotel. TS is a variation of "Theseus and the Minotaur" with Danny as Theseus, Tony as Ariadne etc. Wendy also says the hotel is like a ghostship. The hotel feeds off Danny and Jack's shining power and gets more powerful as time passes. The hotel wants Danny dead so it can absorb him and his power. Did you notice all the knives pointed at Danny's head on several occasions in the film? When Hallorann and Danny are talking in the kitchen portions of the conversation were telepathic, and we didn't hear them. Numbers seem to come up a lot in the film. For example, Danny wears a shirt with 42 on the sleeve, the tv with no power cord is showing "Summer of 42," and room 237 is 2x3x7=42. I think Kubrick's wife said "Summer of 42" was one of his favourite movies along with "The Bank Dick." The later is a great movie with W. C. Fields. I love it when Danny asks Jack if he feels bad. That can be taken two ways as in do you feel evil or do you feel unwell. And, of course, Jack repeats the girls saying forever and ever, meaning I want to join with the hotel in death. Jack does, of course, sell his soul for a drink. Is that why Lloyd the bartender won't take his money? Jack's already paid in full? The people and things Danny and Jack see are real, but only people with shining can see them at first. When Jack returns to the ballroom where the 1921 July 4th ball is taking place, a woman walks with a bloody handprint on her backside. This is about the time the advocaat is spilled on Jack. Jack also wipes some advocaat on Grady's back. In the bathroom scene, it's clear Grady's girls also had "the shine" and wanted to destroy the hotel because they sensed it was evil, but they were killed instead and absorbed. Grady himself, probably like Jack, also had "the shine." In the conversation between Jack and Grady, Grady switches between Grady and the entity of the hotel. Jack also switches with the "caretaker." When Jack and Wendy are being shown their apartment, Jack eyes the two departing young ladies. A sign of his lechery? Ditto the girlie magazine he's reading in the lobby when the family first arrives. Jack definitely has a wandering eye. He never seems to hold Wendy in high regard. When Jack enters room 237, the carpet there is obviously suggestive of the sex act. Very phallic etc. Sex, in one way or other, features in many Kubrick films. Room 237 is the heart of the hotel. The nude woman represents the hotel seducing Jack. The heartbeat we hear is the hotel's and signals the hotel's malevolent activity and increasing power. We hear it overtly later in the film but only weakly earlier when Danny is riding the trike on/off the carpet and when Jack is bouncing the ball. The high-pitched tone indicates "shining" is happening. So, Jack clearly shines, too. He's one of those who doesn't realize he has it. Jack several times in the film exhibits the Kubrick glare or stare, a shot of a man glowering up at the camera from beneath lowered brows, an indicator of danger or madness. You also see it in "Full Metal Jacket." And I think HAL in 2001 shows it. When Jack goes on his rant about his obligations to the hotel before Wendy conks him, he's not talking about Ullmann and co. He's talking about "the hotel," the evil entity that's alive. That's who he's made the contract and sold his soul to. Remember Lloyd the bartender's ominous hotel remarks. REDRUM is MURDER backwards, and it signifies anti-murder. It's a totem that protects against murder. That's why Danny writes it on the bathroom door. Jack can batter the door, but he won't get in. Danny is also warning Wendy and arming her as a result of his REDRUM recital. The photos are part of the hotel like the typewriter and furniture. When Jack dies, he's absorbed by the hotel and winds up in the 1921 photo. Towards the end, the hotel's evil spirit, the caretaker, may have abandoned Jack to die in the maze. He did fail in his task. That ball in the photo was the same one where the advocaat was spilled. So, he was there in 1921 and he wasn't. Kubrick deleted a final scene from TS. Wendy was in hospital and Ullman was visiting. He told her all was normal (except for Hallorann, I suppose) at the hotel. No Jack, though. At least, I think that's what I read once. Might be wrong about that. I've watched several reactions to TS, and I'm amazed at some of the observations. Got some beefs. A lot of people don't make a connection between Danny's first vision of the blood elevator, which signifies all the death at the hotel, and his passing out. They disassociate these two events when clearly they go together as the image of Danny's horrified face shows. From the get-go, it's clear Danny can see past events and future events. He knows Jack got the job and is going to call Wendy. He knows he doesn't want them to go to the hotel. He knows the hotel signifies danger. Why don't people notice that Danny's shirt and jumper are torn when he come to the Colorado Lounge after being strangled? Danny's clearly in shock, too. When Danny is foaming at the mouth and Hallorann is having his mini-fit, Danny is clearly communicating with Hallorann there is danger, come and help. How can Wendy be so sound asleep before Danny wakes her? Come on, the poor woman has been on edge for weeks. She hasn't been sleeping well. Now that she's locked crazy Jack up, she literally passes out, thinking they're safe. After Danny slides down from the bathroom window, why are people surprised he comes back into the hotel? It's freakin' cold outside. Do you live at the equator or something? After Jack kills Hallorann and Danny screams, why are people surprised when Danny bolts his hiding place? It's not a hiding place anymore, Jack knows where he is. Anyway, the hotel will lead him to Danny. Danny runs outside because he's actually luring Jack into the maze to kill him. Danny is the hero of TS, he's Theseus, who killed the monster in the maze.

[@Uriahjw]

Just an amazing story. The hotel is in Estes Park, Colorado. I heard if you pay a little extra, you can stay in one of the rooms decorated from the movie. I'm thinking it's room 237. But I have never been at the hotel or looked up any of the special rates. Update: Unfortunately for them, Room 237 doesn't exist at their property, and the Stanley says 217 has become its most requested accommodation, with reservations currently on the books for the next several Halloweens.Feb 7, 2022

[@SamuelBlack84]

They have a channel that plays the film on loop

[@avaz5490]

The Shining is a great film with excellent performances. Definitely check out the documentary Room 237. Also, enjoy the 2018 horror film Hereditary for more of that "tension" you referred to.

[@3912James]

Those Roadrunner cartoons saved Danny's life as Danny became the Roadrunner and Jack the Coyote.