|
The Shining
(1980),
Director: Stanley Kubrick, rated R for language,
violence, disturbing images
A Masterpiece
of Modern Horror
  Starring:
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers,
Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Trukel, Anne Jackson, Tony
Burton
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect
"I'm not gonna hurt ya.
You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt
ya.
I'm just going to bash your brains in!" -
Jack Torrance
Why watch this? The setting at the
empty grand hotel,
the gigantic snow-covered maze, all creates one hell of an eerie atmosphere.
Plot Summary:
Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic,
takes a job as the winter caretaker of the isolated Overlook
Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. He moves in with his wife, Wendy,
and son, Danny, who possesses psychic abilities known as "the
shining". As a winter storm leaves the family snowbound, the
hotel's sinister presence begins to influence Jack, threatening
the safety of his family.
Dad's Preview:
It took me a while to figure this one out. Jack, a writer,
agrees to stay a deserted hotel in Colorado for the winter. He
takes along his wife and son. What I
realized is that the film, like Jack's sanity, becomes more and
more deranged with each passing minute. The visions and apparitions are real in
Jack's (and the audience's) mind. The bigger question: is there
something manipulating him... something evil. Is he crazy or possessed?
Finding out is the point.
The Producer
Circle Co., Peregrine Prod., Hawk Films; Warner Bros. |
