The Shining is one of Stephen Kings best novels and a classic of the horror and psychological thriller genres. But, undeniably the most fun part about Unkrich's obsession with The Shining is finding the hidden references in various Pixar films, including Toy Story 3: Sids carpet is very similar to a carpet in the Overlook Hotel. (13:19) But when one becomes fully aware it is an impossibility, the window becomes as forbiddingly out of place as the hazy glare it allows into the office, and the foliage outside the window seems almost to be as spies peering in. There are three variations of placement of objects on Ullman's desk viewed throughout the interview, and as people seem to like to ask about and discuss these variations, I thought I"d devote a few paragraphs to them. One will note that in the lobby, at the entrance, is a design which has arrows, one pointing toward the door and one pointing away. Rob Ager, an observant fan of The Shining, noticed that there are many aspects to the set of the Overlook Hotel that make no sense. The scene actually made it into The Guinness Book of Records because it took 127 takes, the most for a scene with spoken dialogue. An editor If this is so then Kubrick may have used the Z pattern to represent the labrys axe and maze. Some claim that it would have been characteristic of the director to individually prepare each page. 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. 5 - Mastroianni as he appeared in "8 and 1/2". STUART (off-screen): of itself become a problem. (9:29) 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. In the above quote in which Jack pleads with his son to run away, Danny says that it is almost over. Hes aware that the end is near and that soon the horrors will cease. 32 - Jack at the phone in the lobby. The rainbow precedes a focus on Danny's eyes during his visionary experience, after which all goes dark as his vision is covered with the blood flowing from the elevator. It occurs very quietly about 7:07 when Stuart is talking about running the boiler and "heating different parts of the hotel". As for the splicing together of seeming three separate versions of the desk, Kubrick uses the same technique for the encounter in Room 237, showing seemingly three different versions, while Jack is present in the room and Danny and Dick are shining it, so we are never confident of who was seeing what. THE DOCTOR: Now, Danny, when you were brushing your teeth, do you remember if you smelled anything funny or saw any bright flashing lights or anything at all strange? Sources differ on how long shooting itself lasted, but it probably went on for almost a year. Woodstock, a friend of Snoopy's, wasn't very adept at flying, thus the balloon. When Adle warns Robert that he might give Edna the impression that he's flirting in earnest in Chapter VII, Robert retorts that he wishes Edna would take him seriously . We have this circularity in The Shining with the deja vu. Of a person against a red background, it may look Mayan or Aztec influenced if one doesn't know its provenance. A 197 minute read at 130 wpm. And I think you can appreciate why I wanted to tell you about it. Foreshadowing is used as a literary device to tease readers about plot turns that will occur later in the story. STUART: Now, let's see, where were we? (Sha sound 9:34) The radiant heat, powered by a boiler, isn't of so much importance here, yet Kubrick has rigged it so the Overlook has both radiant heat and forced air heat. As for Ahwahnee, it may possibly mean "place of the big mouth", which, no matter the original meaning, may remind of Danny's open mouth silent scream. [special thanks to Vince Contreras: . JACK: I don't believe they did. Kubrick takes care to unveil the lodge only a little at a time, it unfolding over the entirety of the film, and the audience's natural expectations are proven false at every turn, but so deeply embedded is the assumption that the environment will be rational that the audience rarely notices that their assumptions are wrong and the map they're constructed in their minds of the hotel, based on what Kubrick has shown them, is impossible. STUART: Well 81 MS Doctor from Wendy's side. It could be that with the use of the park's west tunnel, in the opening, Kubrick was already referring to the film Carson City. STUART (removing glasses): Yes? DOCTOR: Bye. As they were older, no families or children observed, and were served by youth, the lodge seemed to be a place of rest and relaxation for retirees. (16:11) He didnt even see the actual film until he was 16. I just personally dont find it scary because I saw it behind the scenes," Lloyd later said. THE DOCTOR: Is Tony one of your animals? 38 - Not in the movie. I've commented on the furnishings of the apartment before, but will elaborate a little more. White shelves holding books hang on the rear wall. 42 We're from Vermont. Fig. Read foreshadowing examples showing how to tease approaching plot developments: Post authorBy Jordan Above her is a white bird with a black head ascending, and a raven. The characters accept the window and, trusting the characters, the audience assumes this must be an external wall. It always takes a little time to make new friends. But it's also likely that the viewer transposes Danny in the sweater onto the Danny before the mirror and registers Danny as silent screaming in response to what he sees. -Mr. Ullman tells Jack about the former caretaker of the hotel who murdered his family before committing suicide. (8:37) (10:49) Take for instance A Clockwork Orange in which we have a couple of instances of Fleur-de-lis, the first being at the home of the Cat Woman, on the stoop of which Alex is "blinded", leading to a dramatic turn in Alex's life with the Cat Woman's death. Fig. (4:57) (4:50). They also happen to secretly be the bandits who have been attacking the money bags stage coach, and don't want the train to end this source of income. -Wendy alludes to the story of Hansel and Gretel when Dick Hallorann shows her the kitchen, joking that she'll need breadcrumbs to find her way out. Anyway, there's hardly anybody to play with around here. About the cartoon Shot 123. 86 CU Wendy. I discuss the terrier in this post. The scene in which Wendy is swinging a bat at Jack is an example of this pushing. THE DOCTOR: we can always think about having some tests done. As already noted, the front and back covers of the book mirror each other, partnering with other doublings specifically having to do with Wendy in this scene (such as the red field mirroring the red sleeve) and in her later conversation with the doctor. The janitor is shown in the boiler room boosting the temperature so that, while the audience is watching films on people near dying of thirst in the parched desert, the viewers are also experiencing extreme heat that provokes thirst, and this boosts refreshment sales dramatically. In the background is the yellow laundry basket with clothes on an ironing board, books stacked on it as well. In the 144 we know about Jacks former alcoholism, therefore the fact he drinks the liquor reinforces the idea of crossing the threshold on the psychological level. (5:45) Link to the main TOC page for all the analyses, GOT A HOME PAGE When the old theater is about to be closed again, the couple that inherited it settle in to watch the "red-skins' bite the dust one last time. (4:10 crossfade begins, full fade in by 4:12.) The point of view is largely third person but also tends to be that of Danny Torrance. This happens as Jack stands staring with madness out of the Colorado Lounge windows. Foreshadowing is giving a hint that something is going to happen. Now we see the number fully, and that it is 42. JACK: I'm Jack Torrance. It's a beautiful place. Yes, that's right, take a look at the neck of the union suit in the above Figure 44. WENDY: Yeah? In the 144 version, this is already perceivable when she timorously tells the paediatrician about Jacks alcoholism and the incident that arose consequently (Jack injured Danny). At no time until near the film's end do we, from the interior of the Overlook, directly observe characters exiting or entering the lodge, and never from the lobby. Attention to elements such as these make for a fluid transition in the crossfade. There is a parallel between Danny's arrival at the hotel and the increase in supernatural activity there. 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There are other linkages and so we'll be coming back to this later. At any rate, this subplot is not developed, so that in both versions the liquor primarily represents a magical potion that sanctions Jacks evil pact with Lloyd (and the Overlook through him) and therefore allows him to start the adventure in the Special World. JACK: I'm a writer. The scene is perhaps snowy in them, a highly reflective white, and against that white in the left photo is a dark silhouette of what seems to be an individual. We see beyond them the sign "The Gold Room" which is to the right of double doors (only in the opening and closing scenes is this sign to the right), these double doors framed with gold drapes and leading to a hall with walls and doors in the same design as the lobby but which has red sofas and will be later observed to have the Gold Room carpet. On top of the refrigerator are a couple more canisters of Koolaid, and several postcards are on its front, one of a golden sunrise or sunset. He feels as though he finally understands why his father had to hit his mother. Film footage displays a desert scene, the heat of the boiler is raised, everyone sweats and thirsts. The scene takes place after Jack dies in the snow. 44 - Wendy reassures the doctor that everything is fine. (Only!) JACK (confidently): Not for me! In The Shining however, the use of foreshadowing fits in as a narrative device. How ambient audio unconsciously constructs and complements environment. 29:15 - The sound occurs right after Wendy says "Just like a ghost ship, huh"? The maze will eventually be his downfall. In Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," the repeated references to books being banned and burned foreshadow the eventual destruction of books and knowledge in the story's dystopian society. At the end of the heros journey there is the Return with the Elixir. Oh, it's still hard for me to believe it actually happened here, but it did. Fig. The desk is covered with protective glass and appears even more cluttered than it is partly because of its reflective surface mirroring all the objects placed upon it. The boy is a young Hero who looks for a sense of satisfaction. Repeatedly throughout The Shining, Kubrick bombards us with visual, auditory and conceptual hints of what is about to happen next. Fig. "I know it might be kind of ironic, but I like funny films and documentaries.. Though the red milk carton and red cereal box have nothing to do with the red field mirroring the red sleeve earlier, even though they are in a completely different position, they end up visually standing in for that red field so we feel no real compulsion to look for it. One theory is that Kubrick helped to fake the moon landing and The Shining is his confession. 47 MCU of Jack. Shot 112. Jack Arrives at the Overlook, Shots 9 through 11 Thats what I was like when I got my divorce," Nicholson explained in an interview with The New York Times. The rainbow on the door of Danny's room directly precedes Danny's vision via the mirror, and after the vision Danny's eyes are highlighted during the doctor's examination. When Jack axes Dick, he emerges from concealment behind one of the columns, blended with it. STUART: Well, before I turn you over to Bill, there's one other thing I think we should talk about, I don't want to sound melodramatic, but it's something that's been known to give a few people second thoughts about the job. Still, Lokai and Bele are unable to resolve their differences and chase each other back down to that world, the storyline ending so that we have no idea as to their fate. He fears the possibility of divorce more than anything else. She then stands by the window . Fig. That ugly rug peculiarly matches almost exactly with one we picked up in the early 2000s, that we got because it was better than anything else cheaply available and matched up well with some really nice brown brocade covers on our living room futons. As far as options for home decorating for the lower middle classes, it was a shitty period. (12:07). They never recognize it is there by either a glance, action, or comment. A baseball rests on the board between the books and the basket. When the editor goes to the Golden Elephant Mine to investigate, he is killed by Davis, who sneaks the editor's body back into his office, and the rumor is begun that, as the editor was against the railroad, it was someone connected with the railroad who killed him. WENDY: Anyway, something good did come out of it all because he said, uh There are many reasons to use foreshadowing in writing, including building suspense, sparking curiosity, and preparing your reader for that "aha" moment. 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. Foreshadowing. We're well on our way to the anticipated train crash of an ending. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of The Shining by Stanley Kubrick. Here, he's given as instead having spoken with Tony and then having brushed his teeth, which is when he blacked out. Shot 29. This is a family that is either coming or going, not quite settled in yet or preparing to move along. thanks to crosscutting. Danny eats a white bread sandwich, watching a television that is off screen in the yet unseen living room. (15:07) I will write more about this voicing later. The painting of the horse and railroad, done by an Alex Colville, is supposed by critics to be an expression of the question of whether destiny can be altered. 43 MCU of Jack. He also cuts out the following escapade of Coyote on a revving motorcycle and its crash, Kubrick exiting with music heard during the next escapade in the cartoon when Wiley E. is pouring Acme bird seed out onto the road. (3:05). (13:56) -Jack tells Mr. Ullman that he expects Wendy will be entertained by the story of the hotel's bloody past, as she loves ghost stories and horror movies. The pair are an expression of the idea of a struggle of universal forces ever in conflict, and it's held that never can both exist on the same plane. In Eyes Wide Shut the newspaper articles that surround the one on the OD of the model have to do with synchronous violent events on a subway/train happening several years apart almost to the day, those stories having been real life events. 18 MCU of Wendy. On the screen we see a man departing, through the rye, and his lover telling him that before his return the rye will be harvested and her heart as empty as the field. This is more than reliance on single point photography for connecting scenes. To protect Lloyd, who was 5 years old when he made the film, Kubrick told him that they were filming a drama. JACK: Hi, I've got an appointment with Mr. Ullman. Leon Vitali, Kubricks personal assistant during filming, has since denied these theories. Kubrick's inclusion of "Woman and Dog" returns us to The Killing. Stanley Kubrick is known for his forays into different genresand horror was a genre that piqued his interest early on in his career. A mat the color of dark grass wraps about the base of the toilet. 34 - The vision of the bloody elevator. "I can't remember everything." 67 MCU Doctor. The Torrance's apartment in Boulder is standard fare for the era. STUART: uh, told you anything in Denver about the tragedy we had up here during the winter of 1970? DANNY: Yeah, I guess so. The role then went to Scatman Crothers. Fig. Seems it's a question posed with some caution. There are distinct differences between the Ahwahnee and the Overlook but undoubtedly the Ahwahnee and the Overlook are siblings. International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct,London, EC1A 2BN, United Kingdom, 2023 Book Analysis. Fig. BILL (closing door): How do you do? "Now, hold your eyes still so I can see, " a female voice says in the black--and it's a very normal, stock request but enigmatic when one considers that much of the film has to do with Danny's second sight. If so, how? The lunch box is appropriately labeled "Emergency" and shows, I think, firemen. GradeSaver, 18 October 2019 Web. And he made a memorial pillar of the stone which had been his pillar. (11:59) Though the audience won't know about Carson City, Kubrick has embedded bits of information so that The Shining anticipates and then complements the film on the television as it runs. thissection. 16 MCU of Wendy. She has been speaker in film studies conferences in Italian universities. At any rate, as a character Jack has an overall fairty-tale-like quality, since the intent of the film is to emphasize his allegorical quality rather than narrating an all-around psychological development. Stuart Ullman's hair is red and his hairstyle is similar to this unnamed doctor (played beautifully by Anne Jackson) whose hair is also red, and their coloring and builds are much the same.