"The Shining." Nicholson alone is worth the price of admission. It's really Danny and to a large extent Scatman Crothers who are the protagonists in that picture. And don't forget Shelley Duvall's eyes. And the two little girls....
"The Shining." Nicholson alone is worth the price of admission. It's really Danny and to a large extent Scatman Crothers who are the protagonists in that picture. And don't forget Shelley Duvall's eyes. And the two little girls....
My doctoral advisor used to sneak into our grad student office with a small plastic knife and start shouting, "Here's Johnny!". He was a one of a kind, not your typical academic.
If you've ever seen the magnificent Stanley Hotel in Estes Park that is where Steven King got the inspiration for The Shining after waking up from a nightmare. He and his family were staying in room 219. It was the last night the hotel was open because it was built without heat and shuts down from fall through spring. They were the only people there except for a few staff. King walked the halls for a while and then went out onto the balcony in the middle of the night where he wrote most of the novel in his head.
Room 219 at the Stanley is booked out in advance for years. Everyone wants to stay there and see if they get some inspiration.
King's novel also saved that beautiful hotel. Without The Shining the Stanley would have gone into bankruptcy (again) and would have been bulldozed. They have since installed heat and it's open year round. If you ever go there I recommend the tour. That Hotel and its founders, the Stanley brothers, have a fascinating story.
I did think of "The Shining," but to me it was not so much frightening as unsettling. King's novel, whatever may be said of its literary quality, was genuinely scary, with the supernatural element front and center. Kubrick, on the other hand, went for ambiguity. Right up to the end of his film it was never quite clear whether we were watching an alcoholic under stress, slowly going insane, or a genuine haunting.
"The Shining." Nicholson alone is worth the price of admission. It's really Danny and to a large extent Scatman Crothers who are the protagonists in that picture. And don't forget Shelley Duvall's eyes. And the two little girls....
My doctoral advisor used to sneak into our grad student office with a small plastic knife and start shouting, "Here's Johnny!". He was a one of a kind, not your typical academic.
I forgot about The Shining. I nearly forgot to pick up my mom at the airport because I couldn't stop watching, and I normally don't do horror films.
If you've ever seen the magnificent Stanley Hotel in Estes Park that is where Steven King got the inspiration for The Shining after waking up from a nightmare. He and his family were staying in room 219. It was the last night the hotel was open because it was built without heat and shuts down from fall through spring. They were the only people there except for a few staff. King walked the halls for a while and then went out onto the balcony in the middle of the night where he wrote most of the novel in his head.
Room 219 at the Stanley is booked out in advance for years. Everyone wants to stay there and see if they get some inspiration.
King's novel also saved that beautiful hotel. Without The Shining the Stanley would have gone into bankruptcy (again) and would have been bulldozed. They have since installed heat and it's open year round. If you ever go there I recommend the tour. That Hotel and its founders, the Stanley brothers, have a fascinating story.
I did think of "The Shining," but to me it was not so much frightening as unsettling. King's novel, whatever may be said of its literary quality, was genuinely scary, with the supernatural element front and center. Kubrick, on the other hand, went for ambiguity. Right up to the end of his film it was never quite clear whether we were watching an alcoholic under stress, slowly going insane, or a genuine haunting.