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In Reply to: RE: Interesting. posted by Sondek on May 12, 2021 at 09:20:42
It sure explains a lot of the issues in the film.
I especially like the light switches - not there in her reality - there in reality - when she is imagining things there is Kool-Aid - not there in reality. Ditto the lamps and fireplace carpet. There and not there depending on whether it is imaginary or not. The non-plugged-in TV - she is watching a blank screen.
Her calling him Delbert Grady because she doesn't know his first name which is Charles Grady.
It also helps explains Jack's character and facial expressions in certain scenes and why you never really see affection by Danny towards his mother. He comes in with the bruised neck and glares at Wendy - she pulls him in for the hug but Danny is doesn't hug her - he seems terrified of her.
I enjoyed The Shining because I enjoy the horror genre but I agree this makes more sense for Kubrick than just a "guy goes nuts and tries to kill his family" story.
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I was always uneasy with that film.
Kubrick has been my favorite director ever since a couple of high school friends and I borrowed ID's showing legal age so we could get in to see Clockwork when it came out. That film changed my life.
Shining, although I did enjoy it when it came out (and since), always seemed like a lesser work of his, and maybe his weakest (except for Eyes). I've never been able to figure out what possessed Kubrick to make a goofy ghost story out of a goofy Steven King ghost story in the first place. The Wendy Theory answers that. The movie was NEVER about ghosts!
I will watch it again with this new lens. I have to say - it would seem to make the entire film a helluva lot better. It also explains Jack's performance and some of the "why does he go off the rails so fast?" - well maybe he never did. Listen to her dialog talking to the shrink and see how it matched when he is talking to the ghost in the bar.
I came back to this movie because I rather enjoyed Doctor Sleep.
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