http://www.jayweidner.com/ShiningSecrets.html
Here's an interesting article which proves that The Shining is actually a coded message from Kubrick, where he confesses he faked the Apollo moon landing.
― Tuomas, Friday, 29 October 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Must watch this movie today!
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.jayweidner.com/images/IMG_0057.jpgomg
― tylerw, Friday, 29 October 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Seven Apollo missions went to the moon, but only six landed. Six crates of 7-up.
Awesome.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.jayweidner.com/images/IMG_0053.jpg
Jack, his family, and the Overlook Hotel, are trapped in the Cold, just as America was trapped in the Cold War with Russia. The stuffed bears, seen through out the film, are the Soviet Empire's symbol.Symbolically the Bears seen through the film are also the representation of the pressure that the Russians put on the USA to get to the Moon. They had to fake the moon landings and cover up the real truth behind the flying saucer craft and machinery that the US government actually has created and employed since World War Two.
Symbolically the Bears seen through the film are also the representation of the pressure that the Russians put on the USA to get to the Moon. They had to fake the moon landings and cover up the real truth behind the flying saucer craft and machinery that the US government actually has created and employed since World War Two.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
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Danny is literally carrying a symbolic Apollo 11, on his body, via the sweater, to the Moon as he walks over to room 237. Why do I think this?Because the average distance from the Earth to the Moon is 237,000 miles.
Because the average distance from the Earth to the Moon is 237,000 miles.
LOL
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i have never seen this movie, nor will i ever. im scared shitless by it.
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
overlook hallway carpeting is so badass
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
The funniest thing is, I've read some "serious" analyses of The Shining that make equally broad conclusions based on minuscule details as the moon landing guy.
― Tuomas, Friday, 29 October 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
In high school, I was once at the house of Tim Daly (of Wings fame; his son went to my school & we were in an a cappella group together). On a shelf, surrounded by dozens of other VHS cassettes, was a hand-labeled tape titled "THE SHINNING."
I always think of that when someone mentions this movie; I wonder what THE SHINNING, as a different movie, could be like, and whether it would star Tim Daly.
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvkgKRMlp90
― omar little, Friday, 29 October 2010 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Gonna use this opportunity to repost the Physical Cosmologies analysis, which is pretty convincing and a damn wonderful read!
http://www.mstrmnd.com/log/802
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGMoBo9f40I
― Tub Girl Time Machine (Phil D.), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
xp goddamit omar
The funniest thing is, I've read some "serious" analyses of The Shining that make equally broad conclusions based on minuscule details as the moon landing guy.yeah there's one (which i think was linked to on ILX somewhere) that was fairly convincing in some respects ... but totally batshit in others.
― tylerw, Friday, 29 October 2010 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
oh xpost - that's the one i'm talking about, adam. kinda fascinating.
The funny thing about that Tim Daly story is that his Wings co-star Steven Weber went on to star in the Stephen King-approved TV miniseries version of "The Shining."
― Tub Girl Time Machine (Phil D.), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
omg i never knew that -- that might explain what was on the tape, and why it was home-recorded! lol thx phil
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Eyes Wide Shut was released on July 16 th 1999.Stanley Kubrick insisted in his contract that this be the date of the release.July 16 th 1999 is exactly 30 years to the day that Apollo 11 was launched.
Stanley Kubrick insisted in his contract that this be the date of the release.
July 16 th 1999 is exactly 30 years to the day that Apollo 11 was launched.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I present this tidbit of an interpretation to show not only that Stanley Kubrick directed the Apollo moon landings but also to ask NASA to release all of Kubrick's Apollo moon landing footage in their original, glorious 70 mm film.
would he settle for a blu ray release
― mr. mandelbrot flythrough vertigo, esq. (Edward III), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
That fits, as it scares no one shitless while they are watching it.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 30 October 2010 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I have seen the shining scare plenty of ppl oh wait it's dr morbius
― mr. mandelbrot flythrough vertigo, esq. (Edward III), Saturday, 30 October 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
thank you for this link, tuomas!
― the waning trend (latebloomer), Saturday, 30 October 2010 03:07 (thirteen years ago) link
This explains why the previous "caretaker" was so pressured and stressed that he had to kill his TWIN daughters.
Why?................Because the previous NASA missions before Apollo were named Gemini!
― Hugo Stiglitz, a rich young man in search of romance & adventure (Pillbox), Saturday, 30 October 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's another site with an incredibly complex analysis based on tiny details in the movie. For example, according to the site a commentary on the genocide of Native Americans is hidden in the food cans you can see on the background in the storage room scenes.
I'm not saying these analyses are invalid, it's perfectly possible Kubrick meant to hide those messages in the movie. If that's true though, it begs the question: if you want to make a statement on American history, why the hell hide it in cryptic background items most viewers are not even gonna notice?
― Tuomas, Monday, 1 November 2010 10:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Because Kubrick had OCD resulting in an extreme attention to detail in his movies?
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Monday, 1 November 2010 10:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Kubrick's daughter's documentary :
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4745727919325920852
― calstars, Friday, 12 August 2011 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
Here's another page with some more links to interpretation essays:
http://theshining.20m.com/
― calstars, Sunday, 5 February 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/01/documentary-room-237-sundance/
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Sunday, 5 February 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
My favorite detail is how the carpeting changes after the ball is rolled toward Danny while he plays with his toys down the hall from Room 237:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2567539/shining_danny1.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2567539/shining_danny2.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2567539/shining_danny3.jpg
― calstars, Sunday, 5 February 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
a MOMENTARY LOSS of MUSSSSSSSCULAR COORDINATION! a few extra foot-pounds of energy per second per SECOND!
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
Something must be in the air!
http://io9.com/5882985/watch-this-insane-breakdown-of-stanley-kubricks-hidden-narrative-in-the-shining
Using unpublished info from the Stanley Kubrick Archives as a key source, Kubrick's Gold Story is a film analysis that uncovers economic themes encoded in The Shining with regard to gold vs fiat monetary systems.
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
Strange, I remember 1980 audience laughing at most of the stuff the guy is surprised about here.
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/i-saw-the-last-showing-of-the-warner-bros-35mm-print-of-the-shining/
And though I've never come around to liking this film, it's a shame there are going to be even more "last 35mm screenings."
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
guess many of the Shining lovers here have never seen it in 35mm
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2012 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
O HAI
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4530/shinning.jpg
<3 this movie so much
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
Every time I see that screencap I mistake the guy on the right for George Bush Sr.
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
35mm or no, I would love a chance just to see this on the big screen at all - same goes for pretty much all Kubrick, I suppose, but esp. this & 2001. The only one I was around to catch in its original theatrical run was Eyes Wide Shut (which I actually rather like, but still..)
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
that would go a long ways in understanding why Dubya turned out the way he did ...
morbz will sneer but the only Kubrick i've seen on the big screen is barry lyndon (it was worth it of course).
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
just remembered that I caught a screening of Dr. Strangelove back in lolcollege. My first time seeing it!
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
I saw it in 35mm but was 12 years old and don't really remember much about the screening itself due to having been terrified. Have seen it a dozen times on DVD and Blu-Ray since. I've seen 2001 in 70mm at the AFI, Lolita in 35mm at the Cleveland Cinematheque, and Eyes Wide Shut in its theatrical run.
― Flagpost Sitta (Phil D.), Friday, 2 March 2012 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
The DVD/Blu-Ray of the shining still only contains the theatrical print, rather than the longer television version, which i don't think has ever been made available to purchase - just as the original, longer theatrical cut of 2001 remains MIA.
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 2 March 2012 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
The DVD/Blu-Ray of the shining still only contains the theatrical print, rather than the longer television version
No, this "longer television version" was the original theatrical release! Save for the penultimate scene of Barry Nelson visiting Shelley Duvall in the hospital, which I saw on opening night but was cut by Kubrick after a few days and has never been seen again. THEN he further cut it AGAIN from 144 minutes to 113 after MONTHS. I saw this version once and it's total hash from my POV.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/alternateversions
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2012 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
OK, rereading Ward's post I don't know what the difference is, if any between "the longer television version" and "the original, longer theatrical cut" is. I don't think it was SK's practice to re-edit for TV (aside from the violence/nudity in The Shining for broadcast censorship).
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2012 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
ahh, looking at the IMDB entry, it seems that the "longer television version" i know (from watching it on britishes tv) is, in fact, the original long theatrical cut (minus that final scene.) i'm p sure, tho, that it's the shorter 'European version' that's on the DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK, thoguh again, it appears the american dvd/blu ray is the longer version.
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 2 March 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
so i guess i have to buy the region 1 dvd to get the longer cut
btw, did anything ever come of atom egoyan's plan to make an opera based on the film of the shining?
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 2 March 2012 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
ah shit, i had no idea that was the last ever showing of the 35mm print. i was planning on going too!
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
barry lyndon in 35mm is some kind of wonderful. gorgeous!
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
I can only imagine!
Seeing 2001 in 70mm was like one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me. Awe-inspiring in the most literal sense of the phrase.
― Flagpost Sitta (Phil D.), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
So is WB going to pull ALL celluloid prints of Kubrick's films from theaters now? The Film Forum here in NY is showing Digital Cinema Package editions of 2001, Strangelove and The Shining this week as a way to ease Film Catholics into the New Era.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link