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How a set informs the story in all its particulars. Certainly, if one takes a look around the web at the Ahwahnee, one easily understands why Kubrick would have chosen the striking hotel in Yosemite as an influence for the lodge's interior. thissection. Fig. The feel is of stripped branches arranged into what is supposed to be of utilitarian function, but it's rare to be unable to guess how an object may be used. In other words, so primal nature won't take over again, which suggests a constant fight against it. 42 We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. WENDY: Sure I do, it'll be lots of fun. I was wrong! WENDY: Anyway, something good did come out of it all because he said, uh It's positioned to be noticed, to not disappear on the counter. Below is the massive stone fireplace in the lobby of the Timberline. These cartoons concern Wile E. Coyote always being foiled in his attempts to catch the Roadrunner, both being tricksters but Wile E. not quite as crafty. It is through your support of visiting Book Analysis that we can support charities, such as Teenage Cancer Trust. Mr. Ullman says that Jack made good time and asks his secretary to bring them coffee and requests she call Bill Watson to join them. And I have also read that the shot was done many times with Kubrick searching for the right color red that would look like blood. And, if so, how long can such an equilibrium be sustained, and what throws it out of balance? We have this circularity in The Shining with the deja vu. But, it was inspired by Stephen Kings time at the Stanley Hotel in Colorado. An examination of the below map of the lobby and associated areas will make obvious the absurdity of the window. Stanley Kubrick is known for his forays into different genresand horror was a genre that piqued his interest early on in his career. My take on the use of 42 has been that it is possibly referring to the Tetragrammaton, and it is interesting that the use of 42 coincides here with the music for the Awakening of Jacob. Both photos give a sense of unease, ominous, in particular the way the one of the individual on the left, perhaps a boy, feels to be part of a story line to do with the final hedge maze scene, as if this is a first frame of Danny running to the maze, and the photo to the right is a second frame, following up the first, revealing a monstrous entity pursuing him--but these aren't photos of the final maze scene in the snow as that occurs at night and the hedge maze is also covered in snow. He ended up having a role in a TV film two years later, but that was the extent of his acting career. Fig. Firmly situated in the working class, Jack begins the film unemployed, and we meet him at a job interview. THE DOCTOR: Do you remember when you were brushing your teeth? In the first case, Jack i.e., this instantiation of the caretaker has obtained the elixir, and will return; in the second case, he has missed the chance to get it and is forever trapped in the limbo of an irretrievable past. as we switch over to Dick looking at Danny in the kitchen, right before Dick asks, "Do you know how I knew your name was Doc?" I posit that we need to reflect upon what it means if Kubrick is tying in these projectors with the idea of the boilers, and it seems he is. They are partners in the worthless Golden Elephant Mine. The blood covers the camera and the scene goes black. The Nazis eyes, "shining with greed," continued to bring their wrath down upon the thousands . Fig. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. As Danny then turns a left corner the musical drum of surprise kicks in a second before the ghost girls have appeared on screen. At the Ahwahnee, and in the film's lodge, the columns are painted at the top with borders of a repetitive design, the Overlook's being different from the Ahwahnee. Ilaria Franciotti, MA, is an independent researcher, interested in film narratology and dramaturgy and in womens studies. Lloyd did, however, have a brief cameo as a spectator in Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan's 2019 sequel to The Shining. The doctor sits down next to Danny. It's just the sort of thing you do a hundred times with a child y'know in the park or in the street but on this particular occasion my husband just used too much strength and he injured Danny's arm. Thus, his need consists of achieving fulfilment, something he attempts to do in a morbid way at the expense of his family. 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. The dresses, I believe, are two layers of fabric, a swiss dotted blue fabric over white. To the best of my knowledge, below are the timings of the voicing: "Flock of Loons" is also seen near the secondary exit/entrance Wendy and Jack use to exit the lodge toward the end of the film. On the ground below the helium balloon figure we see a multi-colored striped object. The interiors dont make sense," he said in 2012. Silence. (6:07) Jack convivially wonders why. 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. -Wendy asks Dick Hallorann how he knew that Danny's nickname was Doc, as she hadn't referred to him that way during their conversation. My husband was teaching school there. 28 - The suit autocolored shows it is gray rather than brown. But Danny, who has always loved his father indiscriminately, refuses to. It occurs several times during the kitchen scene on "Closing Day", but there is a good deal of other ambient sound and is not as distinct at times: She seems to be looking toward the reception desk, but then a bellhop appears from the direction of the service hall behind the lobby and appears to port a silver lunch service to this group who are in the same area where Jack will himself have lunch on Closing Day. Peter Sellers, as a projectionist who is trying to not drink, has to wrestle constantly with the theater's ancient projectors to not only keep them running but to prevent them from destroying the film. If one gets a full overview of a maze one might see at a glance its patterns and logic, but when one is immersed in the maze, one's knowledge of the "beyond" limited by the towering hedge walls, it is easy to become lost. JACK: I'm a writer. Though much isn't made of the boilers in Kubrick's film, the boiler was nearly a character in King's book, representing Jack's rage. The title for this section is "The Interview" and we tend to think of this title as exclusively pertaining to Jack's interview at the Overlook, but now we also will have this doctor interviewing Wendy. Kubrick even uses the railroad in conjunction with a revisitation of events, something happening twice, in Eyes Wide Shut. Then suddenly the CAMERA STOPS on the last house in the line. Thus, 8 and 1/2. This can be part of the general atmosphere of the work, or it can be a specific scene or object that gives a clue or hint as to a later development of the plot. The Lodges management asked for the room number to be changed so that guests wouldnt avoid Room 217. The word for Lord here is IHVH. THE DOCTOR: Oh Stuart points out how uncomfortable it was to tell Jack about this history, and thus it's Jack's job to tell him it's all right. Another book is Young Jethro by Roy Clews. Jack says it doesn't bother him. 27:00 - Wendy says to Dick, "We call him Doc sometimes, like in the Bugs Bunny cartoons" (sound of "sha"). We will later observe compass points on a map of the maze outside on a board beside the maze. (You can watch it above. There's a spot light set up on the porch and even in the daylight we can see it shining. The sound is abrupt and a little disconcerting. 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. Except for the bathroom. "Those huge corridors and ballrooms couldnt fit inside. Say like if someone burns toast. JACK: I certainly can and I also understand why your people in Denver left it for you to tell me. Cut to a hall of the Overlook with nearly symmetrically placed brown plaid chairs and radiant heaters, the bright red doors of elevators beyond. We hear a horn honk outside. I don't think I could get home before 9 or 10. About the cartoon Whether or not there was any intention behind the use of certain numbers in the film, such as 42, is one thing. 90 MS Doctor from Wendy's side. And that's it for Bill Watson's speaking role in this scene. JACK: Right. We have crossfaded back to Jack and the red-haired Mr. Ullman drinking coffee, the camera view in opposition to the one earlier, positioned now to show the office from behind Ullman's desk, a large bright red book prominently placed on it. The Kubrick Corner shows that continuing from the point where we see the movie behind Wendy in the living room, running it in real time, to when the blood is shown gushing through the elevator shaft in Danny's vision, it matches up with a discussion in Carson City on a leak having been found in the tunnel that's then under construction. A similar arrangement occurs here. "Any chance of them being repaired soon?" The audience members are already building in their minds a plot for the hotel, and so they've every reason to assume that these characters are coming from something such as an elevator that accesses the guest areas. WENDY: Shall we go into the living room? He fears the possibility of divorce more . In the background is a book titled Teeny Weeny Adventures. Fig. Which, of course, is a great concern of this film. She then stands by the window . (8:33) That's where the story is. It takes us also to the last day of the The Shining, its two episodes simply titled "8" and "4". As Wendy is about to reach the pillar that Jack hides behind the scene ends and we cut to a different part of the hotel. Dressed in light blue dresses with long pink bows, they stand in an unknown hall decorated with blue carpet and blue flowered wallpaper, staring at the camera, clasping hands, reminiscent of Diane Arbus' famous photograph of the twin girls, but while he was photographing for LOOK Kubrick was already taking pictures of girls in similar attire. The Overlook Hotel is the place that houses the Torrance family for most of the narrative. Or perhaps Jack's alcoholism--for we are soon to discover he is an alcoholic. View its location taken from Google street view. Suiting, then, that Danny stands on a footstool (a ladder) before a mirror when he has his vision. Wendy uncomfortably laughs. Has it anything to do with it being the Kensington? We have it in Eyes Wide Shut with the synchronous events of the trains, with Bill wandering the same streets again and again, and his attempting in the second part of the film to revisit places from the first part and locate people who have disappeared between the first and second parts. Again, this is a room that was standard for its time and fitting in with the simple construction seen in apartment complexes that haven't any architectural frills. Or did Danny manage to stop the cycle of violence from repeating forever and ever? The novel features many of the themes and images that readers have come to love in Stephen Kings 40+ year career. (Crossfade ends at 10:34.) The catchphrase worked and stayed in the film. The projectionist room in that movie even resembles the boiler room in the basement in The Shining. When Wendy had brought Tony into the conversation, it had been to try to get the agreement of another party in going to the Overlook. Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. One with a series of visual cuts and one with a fast zoom. So, in The Smallest Show on Earth the two real films used in the theaters are Knock on Wood and Comin' Through the Rye. DANNY: Tony, do you think dad will get the job? He revives, in it, the past. WENDY: Hi, hon, how's it goin'? An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. This has to do with the film processing. -When Jack tells Danny he would never hurt him, he says he wants to stay in the hotel "forever and ever and ever," which is the same phrase the ghosts of the Grady twins used when they appeared to Danny earlier. As Bill sits in the chair next to Jack, Ullman tells Watson that Jack will be caretaking the Overlook that winter and that he wants Bill to walk him around the lodge. 4 is 1/2 of 8. Established in Melbourne (Australia) in 1999. Danny's supernatural abilities foreshadow the increased supernatural activity at the hotel once he moves in there. It is important that Kubrick chose the Timberline to represent the exterior, its structural design informing the hotel. (4:50). Is the desirable state one of equilibrium, such as had at the equinoxes? But the book is about Jack Torrances gradual descent into madness through the malign influence of the Overlookif the guy is nuts to begin with, then the entire tragedy of his downfall is wasted.. He then throws the ball toward the position where Wendy stands when she sees Hallorans body. Kubrick has done this before, a good example being with an ad of Quilty in Lolita. My thought on it is that it may refer to the green and blue object held by the Great Mother in Morrisseau's painting in the secretarial office at the Overlook, connecting Wendy with the painting, she attired in the reds and blues of the painting, and, as I mentioned earlier, her hair styled like the Great Mother, who seems to me to not only be a nurturing presence in Morrisseau's painting, but to have in her also the violence of life. In this regard, being sophisticated and cryptic, the film has widely incited scholarly interpretation, focused on psychology (the Oedipal complex, the uncanny), philosophy (the matter of time, the nature of evil), history (the massacre of Native Americans, the Holocaust), anthropology (the coeval US culture, matters of capitalism and Western societal organization), and transtextual aspects (the reworking of tropes taken from myths, fables, and horror fiction, the films role in Kubricks poetics). She also wears two gold necklaces. He approaches a clerk at the registration desk for direction. 54 MS Jack. The scene of the dead girls may also be foreshadowing Wendys discovery of Hallorans body. The only foreshadowing I see in the story, "The Gift of the Magi", is when Della has been crying because she only has $1.87 cents to buy a gift for Jim. But, I have also read the shot was done in miniature because it was too expensive to film otherwise. (11:03) 74 MCU Doctor. An additional reinforcement of tennis ball throwing as a metaphor for axe swinging is that Jack slams the ball against the floor just a few metres away from where he later kills Halloran. In Review, What Has Kubrick Given Us in This Section? Shot 45. From my analysis on The Killing: 61 MS Danny's bedroom. What's the secondary teaser candy bait? Good boy. The center photo above the sepia ones appears to show two individuals on either side of a big fish, and there are a fair share of photos of people showing off their catches of remarkably large fresh water fish. The lavatory scene in which Danny has his first Shining episode features a shower curtain draped over a bath tub with Danny looking into a mirror on the right wall. But we also got rid of that rug as quickly as we could. Jack's repeated throwing of a tennis ball at the wall above the fireplace is our foresight that he will later be chopping through doors with an axe in pursuit of his family. [special thanks to Vince Contreras: . "An abrupt sound startled him. (13:39) STUART (off-screen): so the elements can't get a foothold. In the lobby, during his phone call, Jack had been standing beside AVIS brochures advertising "Experience a Colorado Adventure" with a building of Spanish Mission style architecture set against the mountains. Details in Movies, Movie Details! Yes! It's a beautiful place. I love how the shade on the lamp between the doctor and Wendy is slightly askew. Its unclear what exactly is going to happen to the family, but King ensures that readers continue through the story and find out. Just as Wendy wears two pairs of union suits, we do, in a way, have two Wendys. Fig. 78 MS Danny's bedroom. 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. We briefly see Jack's face merge with the shower curtain then disappear, which may or may not remind of The Wizard of Oz and the injunction to pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The prophecy concerning them was, "One people will be stronger than the other." Stanley pushed me and prodded me further than Ive ever been pushed before. Is that some art work showing a terrier above the television? Another claims that the film is truly about the genocide of Native Americans. In it you have some themes that come up again and again in Kubrick's work, the blurring of the line between art and reality, the breaking of the 4th wall. -Mr. Ullman jokes that he wouldn't want to enter the hedge maze unless he had an hour to figure out how to escape from it. The Question and Answer section for The Shining is a great WENDY: Hello. (10:06) The scene in which Wendy is swinging a bat at Jack is an example of this pushing. So, the sweets girl seems to exit the film and enter reality. Though Danny speaks with Tony's voice, Tony is referred to in the third person, which indicates Danny is Tony's actual voice. In The Shining however, the use of foreshadowing fits in as a narrative device. Fig. When you overlay then the elevator hall with the next scene of Danny's bedroom, the bathroom door fits neatly into the left up to the 2nd bank of wall, and the far right of the elevator aligns with the bedroom's right corner. 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. SUSIE: Yes, I will. Fig. Yosemite Nature Notes, published in 1978, discusses how Yosemite, rather than being a corruption of a Miwok word which meant grizzly bear, instead translates as "they are killers", an identification not used by the Yosemite themselves but by neighboring tribes. Its almost over. Now, in his mind, his mother deserved it just as Wendy and Danny deserve to be punished. Eyes Wide Shut has near its beginning an invitation to go where the rainbow ends. The presence of The Catcher in the Rye at the table may belie Jack's later assertion that Wendy is a great fan of ghost stories and horror. Perhaps it's notable that Alex wore eyes on the cuffs of his shirt, and that these eyes disappear immediately after the blinding, even when he is still dressed in the same clothing. Knock on Wood is the film that is playing at the rival theater when the couple goes to a show there and sees that refreshment sales were enhanced by the attractive sales girls who replicate the sales girl seen on the screen. Danny's First Shining of the Girls and the Bloody Elevator, Shots 50 through 60 15 - The crossfade from Ullman's office to the apartment complex in Boulder. (9:29) A little rubber yellow duck peeks out from behind the shower curtain to the left, resting on the tub's ledge. The editor of the town's paper realizes the letters are likely S Q U, and that Squires is the murderer. Why leave it out? Here, he's given as instead having spoken with Tony and then having brushed his teeth, which is when he blacked out. (14:55) You and Danny are going to love it. One more thing I would like to make mention of is the long zucchini that is seen resting on the milk cartons, below the dishwashing liquids. Is he a guest or an employee who would lead the camera walk? A second unit crew headed to Glacier National Park in Montana, where they filmed from a helicopter. THE DOCTOR: Mrs. Torrance, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Wendy's appearance doesn't strike as eccentric or "mousy" today (or to me it doesn't) but back in 1980 her style here would have been perceived as somewhat peculiar, the latitude allowed for divergence from a certain conception of attractiveness not being exactly broad. In it, Lokai, a man whose body is half black and half white, requests asylum on the Enterprise, claiming he's a political refugee.