& lt What does the ending mean?

Although Kubrick ended the film with an open shot, you do feel that this is the end of the film. Although Jack was not destroyed, he was frozen in the ice and snow. Jack appeared in the photo to show that Jack was reincarnated.

But we didn't feel his death, as if he would come back again, just like that old photo, he would always appear in this hotel, paying homage to the ghost buried under the hotel with blood and evil.

Kubrick himself said that this photo shows that Jack is a reincarnated figure, and the clues in the film show that Jack has appeared here before. For example, he is very comfortable with the ghost bartender. He seems to be calmly immersed in the life of different times in the hotel. Of course, Jack is not the only reincarnated character we have ever seen.

Sharping people said:

The Shining is a horror film produced by Warner Bros., directed by stanley kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd. The film was released on May 23rd, 1980.

The film tells the story of Jack torrance, a writer, who took his wife and children to find a job as a hotel janitor in winter for inspiration, but was driven crazy by an illusion.