Plague movies, hmmm... Wot abt 'Plague of Zombies' (1966 Hammer flick) - years since I've seen it, can't remember much abt it, poss. plague zombiefication involved tho'. And don't recall an Indian burial ground flick before 'Poltergeist'.
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No, I'm unfortunately very jaded. My mom forced me to watch The Exorcist when I was like 4, what can I say?
― Ally, Tuesday, 7 August 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
Neither can Krzysztof Penderecki (gotta stick up fer fellow Polacks with a name unpronounceable by Anglophones!)
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Wha? I don't know about you, but Salem's Lot scared the shit out of me when I first saw it.
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-- Ehh, I rewatched this a few nights ago. When Shelley's running through the Overlook at the end of the film there's this sudden snap-zoom and all of a sudden a fat man in a bear-suit giving a bloody blow-job fills the frame. It lasts for about four seconds, and it's creepy as shit. I was with watching this with Jon William in Rochester a few years ago and I was stoned as could be and thought I was hallucinating the scene. No dice, though.
― Jeremy Coombs (Atila the Honeybun), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:50 (9 years ago) Permalink
One good scene (the funeral argument) does not a good book make! I found the whole thing boring and stupid.
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― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 22:10 (9 years ago) Permalink
Compared to the book, now, the only thing I miss is any sort of balance to Jack - even the minor moments of being a loving/caring human being. Everything else Kubrick changed or eliminated seem right on, though.
Seriously one of the most chilling movies right up through meeting Grady in the ballroom/bathroom - that kills all the momentum and drama (poss. I just know what's going to happen). The disassociation caused by the overacting music and framing create tension even in innocuous scenes, but it doesn't work when Kubrick tries to be more traditional, you just start noticing that Shelley Duvall has huge fucking eyes.
The naked black women in Scatman Crothers' bachelor pad are almost as great as the masked biker men in The Royal Tenenbaums.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 9 May 2004 08:14 (9 years ago) Permalink
And yeah, the aniaml-outfit-fellatio thing is really really freaky. In the book, it turns out the guy he's sucking off is the owner of the hotel. The owner of the hotel is called Horace Derwent. He's got the same (not particularly common) surname as me. So I shat myself when I read that.
― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 9 May 2004 10:07 (9 years ago) Permalink
yeah, i think it actually works better in the movie because its so inexplicable.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 10 May 2004 00:04 (9 years ago) Permalink
Well, I just disagree. I liked it because it was just a really creepy update of the monkey's paw. the parts with dead children and the nightime journey to the indian burial ground were really effective to me.
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A few doors down the hall; no big deal.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2013 14:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
What is up with the music in Room 237? It's really bad.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 11 May 2013 12:16 (1 month ago) Permalink
whats creepy about that 227 joke is that the other woman is still there behind the curtain
― calstars, Saturday, 11 May 2013 12:29 (1 month ago) Permalink
i loved the music in room 237, it fit with the film's whole vibe
― gr8080, Saturday, 11 May 2013 12:33 (1 month ago) Permalink
Yikes, calstars.
― pplains, Saturday, 11 May 2013 15:19 (1 month ago) Permalink
i know a couple of the people who did the music for room 237 (saw it last night) - i thought it was actually a high point of the film - granted it's almost impossible to compare to Bartok, Ligeti, and Penderecki (from the Shining itself) - but I liked it.
I felt like the structure of the documentary was a bit clunky, and the whole thing was too long, and that it didn't go far enough into absurdity.
― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
your mom didn't go far enough into absurdity
― 乒乓, Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:11 (1 month ago) Permalink
please post more enlightening comments! you are such a brilliant poster!
― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:14 (1 month ago) Permalink
YOU'RE such a brilliant poster
― gr8080, Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:26 (1 month ago) Permalink
didn't read this thread, but feeling hostile vibes from the most recent two comments. fitting, i think.
― Treeship, Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:28 (1 month ago) Permalink
i wish we could stay in this thread, forever...and ever...and ever.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:30 (1 month ago) Permalink
xp - one of whom is grady!
― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:32 (1 month ago) Permalink
whenever i'm in here, and you hear me typing... or whether you DON'T hear me typing, or whatever the FUCK you hear me doing in here, when i'm IN here, that means i am POSTING. THAT means DON'T COME IN.
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 11 May 2013 20:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
make a cartoon of that and get very internet famous overnight and then drink to forget you did that
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 11 May 2013 21:03 (1 month ago) Permalink
^ warming up the autotune
― balls, Saturday, 11 May 2013 21:07 (1 month ago) Permalink
how much will you pay me to either name the next aerosmith album that or to not do that
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 11 May 2013 21:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
haha I will contribute $50 towards that venture
― gr8080, Saturday, 11 May 2013 21:16 (1 month ago) Permalink
The Shilling
― i gave ten pounds and all i got was a lousy * (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 May 2013 21:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
Room 237 is quite something. I'd seen a Jay Weidner film/Q&A two summers ago, so I already knew about all that, but you can definitely become immersed in this film at a level apart from the theories themselves. Keeping the interviews in voiceover was a great decision, and I loved the incorporation of non-Shining clips (mostly but not all from Kubrick films); it sets out to be dreamlike, and I think it is. The impressive thing about the theories is how rarely I found myself thinking, "Oh, please" (the rare egregious example was Ullman's deus ex machina erection). The one I liked best was the idea of "pastness." Not saying I buy any of them, but the theorists pull you in. I also thought the backwards/forwards stuff was a trip--realizing you'd undoubtedly turn up the same amazing juxtapositions with any worthwhile film.
I've seen The Shining enough times by now that I don't think the film will necessarily get any better for me: I'll still love the same things, and still be less enthusiastic about others. But these people are impressive.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 03:58 (1 month ago) Permalink
the numerology one was my favorite! there were 6 cases of 7-up stacked up in the corridor! And that = 42!!!!
― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:12 (1 month ago) Permalink
Did that make the film? (I drifted a couple of times.) I know there was 2 x 3 x 7 = 42.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:13 (1 month ago) Permalink
oh, i took a bathroom break in the middle (it was part of a double feature), it was an instance of 42 that I noticed, but maybe it didn't make the film?
― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:15 (1 month ago) Permalink
I don't think it did, but that's good--they need to line you up for Room 237: The Next Generation.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
it's so interesting! i like that it shows how the film, for these people, works more like a mirror reflecting the viewer. you find out a lot more about the people than the movie
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:53 (1 month ago) Permalink
xxpost sarahell they do briefly show the stacks of 7-up when they cover some of the "42" theories/patterns
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 05:23 (1 month ago) Permalink
There is a brief homage in iron man 3 where tony fights an extremis warrior in a restaurant kitchen and we get a brief ide glance of a can of Calumet.
― UTW, USA, ILX LIFER (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 14:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
Found an online version of the original article Steadicam guru Garrett Brown wrote for American Cinematographer back in August of 1980, entitled 'The Steadicam & The Shining'
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/page2.htm
It's pretty great reading
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:22 (1 month ago) Permalink
oh that rules vg thanks.
Although Stanley knows an astonishing amount about an astonishing number of things, his grasp of antenna theory is weak. He is, however, a formidable opponent in an argument - with or without the facts - so some bizarre theorems were actually tested and a disturbing number of them actually worked. By switching to various antennas hidden behind the walls, we were finally able to provide Stanley with acceptable remote wireless video nearly anywhere within his sets. To annoy him we would indicate the forest of TV antennas aimed at the studio from suburban Borehamwood and imply that the TV signal was escaping the sound stage and being watched by a gaggle of "Monty Python" women every morning:"Ooooh, poor Mr Brown!... That take seemed perfectly good to me!"Somewhat later, our imitation ladies got even more sophisticated:"Ooh, must be the 24mm Distagon!, see how it's vignetting in the viewfinder!"
Although Stanley knows an astonishing amount about an astonishing number of things, his grasp of antenna theory is weak. He is, however, a formidable opponent in an argument - with or without the facts - so some bizarre theorems were actually tested and a disturbing number of them actually worked. By switching to various antennas hidden behind the walls, we were finally able to provide Stanley with acceptable remote wireless video nearly anywhere within his sets. To annoy him we would indicate the forest of TV antennas aimed at the studio from suburban Borehamwood and imply that the TV signal was escaping the sound stage and being watched by a gaggle of "Monty Python" women every morning:
"Ooooh, poor Mr Brown!... That take seemed perfectly good to me!"
Somewhat later, our imitation ladies got even more sophisticated:
"Ooh, must be the 24mm Distagon!, see how it's vignetting in the viewfinder!"
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:27 (1 month ago) Permalink
god i would kill for a 24mm distagon
― 乒乓, Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:28 (1 month ago) Permalink
xpost yeah that cracked me up
and this:
Although he would admit that I could produce a printable take by any reasonable standard within the first few tries, Stanley would seldom respond with anything but derision until about take 14. He did not appear to be comfortable until we were well beyond take 20.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:29 (1 month ago) Permalink
Now the entire contraption [used for the Big Wheel shot] got to be quite difficult on the high speed corners. Dennis had to enlist relays of runners to get us around the course. Finally we had an explosive tire blow-out and the chair "plummered in", barely avoiding a serious crash. Afterward we switched to solid tires and carried no more than two people.Stanley contemplated this arrangement and decided that the chair should have a super-accurate speedometer, and while we're at it so should the Moviola dolly and the Elemack.
Stanley contemplated this arrangement and decided that the chair should have a super-accurate speedometer, and while we're at it so should the Moviola dolly and the Elemack.
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
lol I like this analogy: The only tricky aspect of shooting from the chair is that starts and stops tend to be dramatic. It is a little like carrying a full punch bowl in a decelerating rickshaw!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:59 (1 month ago) Permalink
As Danny backs up stepping in his own footprints to fool Jack, I had to back up ahead of him also in bis footprints! To accomplish this I had to wear special stilts with Danny-shoes nailed to the bottom so I wouldn't make the footprints any bigger!
― 乒乓, Friday, 17 May 2013 00:13 (1 month ago) Permalink
I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THAT.
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Friday, 17 May 2013 00:28 (1 month ago) Permalink
HOLY SHIT. DANNY-SHOES.
so awesome
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 May 2013 02:05 (1 month ago) Permalink
I watched that Viv Kubrick making-of documentary...I love seeing Kubrick decide to lie on his back under Nicholson for the kitchen show-down when he's shouting through the door at Duvall.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 May 2013 02:06 (1 month ago) Permalink
Garret Brown's commentary on the blu-ray is a delight. Don't know if it's on previous DVD versions, but find a way to watch it if you can.
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Friday, 17 May 2013 02:22 (1 month ago) Permalink
Somehow I went to see this in Totowa NJ 33 years ago tonight, which is the scariest thing of all.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 May 2013 01:47 (3 weeks ago) Permalink