Yes, a painting by Alex Colville. In a decisive confrontation, Jack tries to kill his gifted son. 57 MCU Two girls. This position of this ghost-like man in white is on the opposite side of the table to where Jack stands, and so may be conceptually tied in to the mirror image maze that Jack sees in the tabletop model. So, what is being presented isn't exactly matching up. DANNY: No. Would you like some coffee? 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. On this duplicitous and confusing note, Kubrick chooses to end "The Interview" section. One could actually instead look upon Stuart as having more than fulfilled his obligation in presenting the dangers to Jack, and instead of viewing Bill with suspicion one could instead see him as looking upon Jack with suspicion, that he doesn't get a good read off Jack and wonders why he would pursue a job that would place his family in such isolation. STUART: That's right. Ullman and Watson Interview Jack, Shots 21 through 49 Even when we know what is coming, Kubrick's presentation of the children is almost unfailingly eerie, shown just long enough, but too briefly for us to really register the ways in which the girls are dissimilar. This instance of the two pairs of union suits, one worn over the other, the second of the pair being virtually unnoticeable, to me seems must be taken as a direct, however hidden, allowance of the significance of doubling in the film, that it is intentional and certainly not casual. (15:28) (16:28) Very nice to meet you. Below is the Timberline reception desk with a picture of the lodge overhanging. One salt and pepper gray-haired man in a plaid jacket and two-toned spectator shoes is prominent, reading near the entrance, smoking what may be a cigar, a drink to his side next a camera. This is, despite the fact that his father, Jack, recently broke his arm in a drunken accident. If Danny is unconvinced that going to the Overlook is a swell idea, she is attempting to use Tony to convince him otherwise. The name of the piece observed outside Ulmann's door is "The Great Mother". 56 MS Overlook hall. 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. The red painted hall that she walks down just prior to seeing the river of blood is also a subliminal to this effect. From the first pages, before Danny even steps foot into the hotel, its clear that the building will present the family with an evil that none of them can imagine. So, the sweets girl seems to exit the film and enter reality. (13:39) The disconcerting music, its intermittent roars, continues. Each is the same in general style, the front porch, the gliders, the rest of it. In the background is a book titled Teeny Weeny Adventures. Whether it be sound, acting, visuals, and the overall foreshadowing of the story. 74 MCU Doctor. In some versions of Greek myth, the flood followed Lycaon's slaughter of a child of his and his serving the child, mixed with other sacrifice, to Zeus who had masqueraded as a mortal, which is a not infrequent motif in ancient myth, deities infiltrating the human sphere in the guise of humans, sometimes as a test to see how they will be treated and then accordingly punishing or rewarding the human host. The Torrance's apartment in Boulder is standard fare for the era. WENDY: Yeah, I know. Note that the Ahwahnee elevators have a variation of the fylfot, which would be American Indian or at least American Indian inspired. Although he associates the hotel with luxury, he is somewhat defined by his role as its "caretaker," a menial position. 86 CU Wendy. Please sit down. What's the deep infrastructure? We've the same feeling of symmetry here that will be found in the halls and the Colorado Room. Fig. The window is as artificial a source of light as the two glaring florescent lamps above. Fig. Peter Sellers tells the new owners that he has saved all these films from the old days and now the theater feels like old times. (13:44) Danny has his vision of the Overlook. Young Jethro and the Maze. 44 MCU of Stuart. (13:42) "An abrupt sound startled him. 16 - The Boulder apartment complex. 49 MCU of Jack. 24 MCU of Jack. Jacks Crisis: What Role Did Narcissistic Injury and Cultural Circumstance Play in Jacks Breakdown? He ended up having a role in a TV film two years later, but that was the extent of his acting career. Film footage displays a desert scene, the heat of the boiler is raised, everyone sweats and thirsts. SUSIE: Hello. What's the secondary teaser candy bait? We see on the end table beside her a book titled The Wish Child, and I will return to that in a moment. Does "The Great Mother" hold what Kubrick might mean to register as a club, foretelling Wendy with the bat? As the camera stays fixed on Jack, Ullman begins The 1980s horror movie The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick utilized these aspects very well. Moreover, it wants you to put a little ding in the veneer because it's hungry. Foreshadowing -Mr. Ullman tells Jack about the former caretaker of the hotel who murdered his family before committing suicide. The Shining (1977 Novel) Literary Elements by Stephen King The Shining (1977 Novel) Literary Elements These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. On the ground below the helium balloon figure we see a multi-colored striped object. Below are 15 examples of foreshadowing and irony in the James Hurst short story, "The Scarlet Ibis." FORESHADOWING. He took one of his fathers bloody hands and kissed it. One could think of Jack's axe as corresponding with the drill in the Carson City movie. This causes a period of blackness, just as is had in A Clockwork Orange just prior Alex's waking in the hospital. The Kubrick Corner has a fascinating clip extracted from a movie called Carson City which is the one that happens to be playing in the background during the scene in which Wendy answers Jack's call from the hotel. In the early '70s, he was in consideration to direct The Exorcist, but he ended up not getting the job because he only wanted to direct the film if he could also produce it. 78 MS Danny's bedroom. Directing Jack to Ullman's office, she points him to the "first door on the left". The Shining Houses By: Alice Munro New Criticism Point of View Climax Foreshadowing 3rd person limited omniscient insight view of Mary's thoughts Mary will stand up for Mrs.Fullerton when Mary is asked to sign the petition for collective benefits created a dilemma from The sound is abrupt and a little disconcerting. Slim Pickens had already worked with Kubrick before. Carson City (Sha sound 9:34) Go figure. I don't know, but Danny, surrounded in Boulder by his toys and cartoon figures, is very much in the fantasy world of the child, and his relationship to his mother may be somewhat described here in her being on par with these toys and cartoon figures, which is not to denigrate her but to point out how "real" such fictional figures can be to a child. Curtains decorated with Snoopy and friends hang on Danny's window. It was in Fear and Desire, in which the film begins as it ends with the same view of the valley. In other words, so primal nature won't take over again, which suggests a constant fight against it. Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is widely considered to be among the best big-screen adaptations of a Stephen King storyand with good reason. The bank owner who's told this is surprised by the fact, and it's explained to him that the reason there are two is that they are being drilled from opposite sides of the mountain to meet in the middle. The scene takes place after Jack dies in the snow. The two pairs of union suits seem suggestive of one Wendy overlaying another Wendy. Not only is the Overlook positioned on a kind of E/W dividing line (as described in the Opening analysis) it has also a world wheel heart powering it. Sometimes they see things that happened a long time ago., Mr Halloran, are you scared of this place?, Im gonna getcha. The furnishings and the dining room and living room are spot on. Copyright 1999 - 2023 GradeSaver LLC. "I can't remember everything." "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. 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. Notice also that there are toys scattered about the floor including, to Jack's left, a small black teddy bear with its torso clothed in red - a foresight of Halloran's death. The second Test is the sexual one, which occurs in room 237, when Jack encounters the shapeshifting woman. It's enough now to note that it has meaning, expanding in some way on the action which will later occur on this spot, action which is already being anticipated. Bele, whose skin is a mirror image of Lokai's, is in pursuit of Lokai. We have no idea yet where this maze might be, but one assumes the inspiration for the model is somewhere on the grounds, even though our previous aerial view had shown no maze to the front or rear. We'd no idea during the bathroom scene that he had brushed his teeth, at that point he was playing with a toy in the sink. The bathroom is predominately in pink tones. In the following sequence Jack goes to the Gold Room (for the first time in the 119 version, for the second in the 144 one). 77 MCU Danny. I love how the shade on the lamp between the doctor and Wendy is slightly askew. The Awakening of Jacob and those union suits. 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. "Tony" now refers to himself in the first person. Exploring the Themes of Familicide and Insanity in The Shining, Toxic Masculinity in the Films of Stanley Kubrick, Racial Stereotypes and Cinematic Adaptation: The Shining Critical Analysis. (Jack smiles.) Ullman's assistant stepping out for coffee, begin the crossfade from the office to the apartment back in Boulder, blue skies pouring in through the florescent boxes on the ceiling so they become as skylights, the Flatiron mountains back in Boulder filling the impossible window. (13:23) Around the time he was making the film, Kubrick said, There is a wonderful suggestive timeliness [that the structure] of making a movie imposes on your life. 21 MS Stuart's office. In other words, Jack definitely misses the chance to satisfy his real need. Lloyd did, however, have a brief cameo as a spectator in Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan's 2019 sequel to The Shining. "I know it might be kind of ironic, but I like funny films and documentaries.. Regardless, no normal hotel leaves copies of Playgirl lying around, so the magazine serves as an immediate red flag in the film. 39 - Not in the film. 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. -When we first meet Wendy, she is reading "Catcher in the Rye," which shares some of the film's themes about youth and the loss of innocence. Can destiny be altered? Moreover, we will discover later that the actual adventure for Jack is not that of being the caretaker of the ordinary Overlook, but rather the caretaker of the special Overlook, which does not entail running the boiler and the like so much as killing his family. However, Kubrick didnt even deem it worth a glance, which sort of makes sense when you consider that the director once described Kings writing weak. Instead, Kubrick worked with Diane Johnson on the screenplay because he was a fan of her book, The Shadow Knows. We're all going to have a real good time. Are we to be reminded of Peter Pan and Wendy, Jim Barrie having met the Davies children at Kensington Gardens and playing with them there? It is a kind of mirroring, but things are not exactly the same. Stephen Kings use of character development throughout this novel is what makes the book so thrilling and moving. / Warner Home Video. 35 MCU of Stuart. Write with Grammarly. Ceramic tile disappeared completely about this time and where ceramic tile was once essential (such as with nicer bathtubs that had showers) the ceramic was replaced with fiberglass and plastics. The couple, to enhance refreshment sales in their theater, tries this technique. When the place was built in 1907 there was very little interest in winter sports and the site was chosen for its seclusion and scenic beauty. This wallpaper appears at no other point in the film. To the rainbow's right we have Mickey's sweetheart, Minnie Mouse. 47 MCU of Jack. I will write more about this voicing later. View Shining houses.docx from BUSINESS 530 at Moi University. 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. Jack's interview had uncomfortable information divulged him by Ullman, while Wendy's interview resulted in her relating uncomfortable information. THE DOCTOR: Now, Danny, can you remember what you were doing just before you started brushing your teeth? 10 Jack undergoes an Ordeal: all at once, he faces his wife (now an antagonist) on a pragmatic level, and his fears and flaws in psychological terms pertaining to the working contract, the writing project, and the relationship with his family. Now, in his mind, his mother deserved it just as Wendy and Danny deserve to be punished. WENDY: It was just one of those things, you know, purely an accident. 7 - Kubrick briefly revisits the group by the door though he need not have. 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. (7:52) (12:03) (5:01) The camera has cut to Wendy while Danny/Tony said "Mrs. The Lottery Foreshadowing Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes The sound occurs with a cross-fade from the ballroom to the entrance to the kitchen, audible as we see the word FIRE appearing on the screen, the big lettering on the fire doors. Then, while still inside the pantry, Jack receives the greatest Reward yet: Grady gives him another chance to do his job and releases him from the pantry. Below is the massive stone fireplace in the lobby of the Timberline. Now, I'm going to ask you to do me a favor and stay quietly in bed for the rest of the day. (12:51) STUART: Grab a chair, Bill. Danny eats a white bread sandwich, watching a television that is off screen in the yet unseen living room. JACK: Pleasure to meet you. Just as the chairs and radiant heaters are symmetrically positioned in the elevator hall, but do not perfectly mirror, the girls are not absolutely identical and not equal in dominance. Jack Nicholson is responsible for the only line from The Shining to make it onto AFIs Top 100 Movie Quotes. Gospel Mt 17:1-9 Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, . But we also got rid of that rug as quickly as we could. A truly good horror movie utilizes all key aspects of suspense. JACK: Nice to meet you, Mr. Ullman. It's positioned to be noticed, to not disappear on the counter. A 197 minute read at 130 wpm. Oh, yeah, he seems absolutely fine now but you should have seen (13:27) THE DOCTOR (laughs): I know. (13:36) A hotel employee who stands at the counter marking yellow sheets is not the same woman who had been at the counter when Jack arrived, and instead may be the individual who had been descending the rear stairway when Jack was headed into the office. This information was ostensibly available to Kubrick and if he was aware of it there's the chance it could have influenced his decision to connect the Overlook with the Ahwahnee of Yosemite for reasons other than design. 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. The word for Jacob's pillow is mra'ashah, something like MRAShH, headpiece, coming from an idea of headship. In the far background, between them, we see an older man standing behind the model of the maze, looking over it--the same man who had entered the hall by the elevators as Jack, just after glancing toward the maze, trod upon the spot where he will later kill Dick and we heard the first "sha". 21 - The prison's governor in "A Clockwork Orange". Ullman reaches to apparently adjust a pocket of his blazer. Will the same fate be suffered in real life? 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. ), (5:14 crossfade from Boulder apartment ends. Jacks nightmare of killing his family may be compared to a Call to Adventure, since it is the first explicit sign of murderous thoughts which are going to be construed as the new desire during the adventure. JACK: I certainly can and I also understand why your people in Denver left it for you to tell me. In her words, From May until October I was really in and out of ill health because the stress of the role was so great. Whether or not there was any intention behind the use of certain numbers in the film, such as 42, is one thing. 25:25 - Wendy says, "See you later, hon" (sound occurs during this). Fig. Wendy uncomfortably laughs. The apartment in which the Torrances will stay does have radiant heat, as do a couple of the older halls. Some behind-the-scenes footage shows Nicholsons Method acting before filming the iconic scene. 19 - Crossfade from Boulder to Ullman's office. He may have even viewed the Overlook as a mirror or double of sorts. 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). (8:30) 37 - Not in the movie. Accompanied by the sound of dogs barking and children playing (though none are observed) slow zoom in on a complex of blank apartment buildings via a parking lot with a basketball post to the left, the buildings backed by mountains, recalling the initial shot of the lodge at the end of the opening sequence of the movie and striking a parallel. STUART: That's good, Jack, because uh for some people uhm solitude and isolation can Once again, Jacks and Dannys paths interweave: while the boy is in the Special World of room 237, his father has a nightmare; after Danny leaves room 237, Jack enters the Special World. In the lobby of the Overlook, as the film opens, a few people rest in armchairs reading, talking, but the lodge isn't exactly a buzzing hive of activity. 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. Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. Kubrick's showing us this vision early on in the film means that through the rest of the movie we will be waiting for the reappearance of these apparitions. 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. He approaches a clerk at the registration desk for direction. -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 doctor switches to examining Danny's left eye.) Look, I'm at the hotel and I still have an awful lot to go through. The waiter and his silver service just disappearing from sight, perhaps behind a pillar, seems to be a foreshadowing of this. The Shining Book Review: Stephen King's Horror Classic This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven." However, there is no actual problem yet, but only the potentiality of it because of (1) premonitions due to the tragedy of 1970 and to the images conveyed by Dannys shining, and (2) uncanny events such as Jack staring at the hedge maze model (followed by an ambiguous high-angle shot of the model) or in the distance with a vacant stare, his use of the words forever and ever like the ghostly Grady twins do, and his abhorrent nightmare of murdering his wife and child. This tunnel that is blasted through from two ends, meeting in the middle--is Kubrick making also reference to Hezekiah's serpentine tunnel that was dug from opposite directions to meet in the middle, channeling water from the upper spring of Gihon to the lower pool of Shiloah? 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.