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Stephen King Stephen King (novel)

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Diane Johnson (screenplay)

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Jack Nicholson, Jack Nicholson ... Jack torrance.

Shirley Duval ... Wendy torrance.

Danny Lloyd ... Danny torrance.

Scatman Crothers ... Dick Halloran

Barry Nelson ... Stuart ullman.

Philip stone ... delbert Grady.

Joe Turkel Lloyd, overlooking the bartender.

Anne jackson ... Doctor.

Tony burton ... Larry Du Jin

Leah Beldame ... a young woman in the bath.

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Robert Flair ... Deputy Producer: Producer Circle Organization.

Jan Harlan ... Executive producer.

Mary Lee Johnson ... Deputy Producer: Producer Circle Organization.

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Martin Richards ... Deputy Producer: Producer Circle Organization.

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Jack torrance (Jack Nicholson) is a teacher and later becomes a writer. In order to get rid of the frustration at work, Jack applied to be the winter manager of Roy Hotel, which will be closed for five months when the mountain is closed by heavy snow, and will be isolated from the world during this period. The boss told Jack that he hired a guard in his last job, but he brutally killed his two daughters and his wife and committed suicide because of mental illness caused by long-term isolation. Jack said it would never happen to him, and his family would like it here.

So Jack, his wife Wendy (Shirley Duval) and his son Danny (Danny Lloyd) checked into the hotel. Danny had a bad feeling before he went to the restaurant, but Jack ignored it. Danny, like Dick Halloran, the chef in the restaurant, has the ability to predict the future and telepathize. Halloran called this ability "sharpness" (the origin of the film name). Harold warned Danny not to enter room 237 under any circumstances before leaving.

During his stay in the hotel, Danny kept having strange hallucinations and wrote the word "REDRUM" with unknown meaning at the door of his mother's room. Jack is writing in a restaurant. When his wife came to check his work, Jack looked very grumpy and wouldn't let her check it. Then Jack had a nightmare of killing his wife and children. Jack hurt Danny by drinking in his early years, and then he gave up drinking. Once Danny got a neck injury, and his wife wronged Jack. Jack started going in and out of the hotel bar. To his surprise, a bartender appeared in a bar that should be empty. Danny later admitted to Wendy that he was injured in room 237. Jack went to room 237 to check, but he saw an unexpected scene. Later, Jack witnessed a feast in the hotel lobby, which was supposed to be empty, and met Grady, the keeper who killed his family, at 1970. ...

Jack thinks that his wife's desire to leave the hotel hinders his reputation and work. All kinds of doubts, guesses and imaginations have caused a dispute between Jack and his wife, which has intensified. Wendy went to check Jack's writing results, only to see a sentence repeatedly printed on piles of paper: All work and no play makes Jack a doll (all work and no play makes Jack a doll), which shows that Jack has long lost his mind. Later, in an argument, Wendy knocked Jack unconscious and put him in the storage room. But with the sound of greed, the door was opened and Jack was released ... Jack, who was completely out of his mind, picked up an axe and hacked at his wife's door, killing his wife and son. At this tense moment, Wendy saw in the mirror the word "REDRUM" written by Danny on the door, which turned out to be "murder". Danny runs away from the window. Chef Halloran feels that Danny's hunch comes from "Shapin" earlier. He comes from Miami but is hacked to death by Jack.

Jack chased his wife and son into the maze outside the hotel, got lost and froze to death inside. The frightened wife and son left in Harold's car.

The last shot of the film is a photo of all the hotel staff on the wall of the hotel lobby, which was taken on July 4, 192 1 year (more than 50 years before the story happened). Young Jack can be seen in a prominent position in the photo.

The part that exposes the plot is over.

An analysis of the film.

White people should bring civilization to backward countries ... "-Inscription

Those who have seen the Chinese New Year blockbuster Kung Fu must be deeply impressed by the scene where the imaginary angry blood broke through the stone gate when Master Xing broke into the "Abnormal Human Research Center" at night. This is a rare bloody scene in the movie of Master Xing. People who have seen The Shining may suddenly realize that this is undoubtedly the infinite memory of the most classic thriller in history. ...

About "Sharp"

"sharping" is based on the transliteration of the English word "shinning", that is, the usual hunch or sixth sense. Tony, the imaginary good friend of Jack's son Danny in the film, can be understood as Shapin. At the same time, it can also be understood by borrowing the words that Haloan, the chef of Lookout Hotel, said to Danny: "I remember when I was a child, my grandmother and I could talk without talking at all, and my grandmother called it Shapin. For a long time, I thought that only we had' sharpening', just as you thought that only you had it and others had it, but most people didn't notice it or didn't believe it ... What happened will leave some traces, not everyone can see it, but people in ‘sharping' can see it, just as they can see the future, and sometimes they can see things long ago. " This is probably why there are images of former victims in Danny's world.

Old photos and colonialism—

Two seemingly unrelated concepts constitute the most essence and memorable part of the whole movie. The last group of ambiguous and suspicious photos in the film really caused quite a controversy after the film was released. This is an intriguing trick played by screenwriter and director stanley kubrick. What stands out in the photo is a cocktail party scene. As the picture zoomed in, a familiar face suddenly appeared. The waiter in the middle is Jack torrance, but the time shown in the lower right corner of the photo is:19265438+July 4th, 0.

Recalling the beginning of the film, the hotel manager told Wendy, "The location of the hotel used to be an Indian cemetery. I believe that when they build it, they must respond to the attacks launched by Indians. " In addition, Jack fantasized about going back to 192 1 and told the bartender that there was no direction, that is, the inscription said that "white people should bring civilization to backward nations ...". In this way, it is not difficult to infer that a series of tragedies occurred in Wang Hotel, probably because Indians who grew up under the oppression of colonialism retaliated against whites in order to make people not forget this history. Ironically, the "4th of July", a day of special significance-the birthday of the United States, is a day worthy of celebration that does not belong to the indigenous people of the American continent. ...

If we look closely, we can also find a person in the photo, that is, the former manager of Lookout Hotel who once appeared in Jack's dream was greedy. He and Jack only visited the hotel twice at different times, which can also be regarded as a warning that the hotel imprisoned the souls of Indians who died in the war. It is they who drag one person after another into the hotel and commit heinous acts.

From this perspective, it is the director's careful reflection on the stain of colonialism. Colonialism and the brutal killing of Indian aborigines have not only brought shame or even shame to Americans today, but also embarrassed proud Americans. ...

Moral decay and the destruction of human nature—

If ghosts and paranormals are an indispensable part of horror movies, then The Shining is more like describing the psychological process of a middle-aged man's morbid development in the face of career setbacks and family pressure-from depression and forbearance to the final passion of generate. Maybe Indian racial revenge is just a little joke played by stanley kubrick and the audience. Its real purpose is to expose the road to the destruction of human nature. Maybe that's what he really wants to show.

Looking back at the film, we can see that this middle-aged man has been overwhelmed by the reality around him. This invisible pressure was released three years ago-he took his son Danny's arm after drinking. He also tried to escape, so he wanted to live in seclusion in the mountains and make his own creation. But in the end, he found that his original creative desire only came from the repressed resentment of life and strong guilt about his family. Coupled with his wife's casual interruption, generate's anger is bound to overwhelm. ...

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The position of film history

This is one of the greatest horror films in the film history, which has created a new era for the shooting technology and production method of horror films. The most classic part of the film is the creation of atmosphere. The whole film is bright in color and low in tone. However, it is in this silence that Kubrick leads the audience into the film and constantly gives them psychological hints. Kubrick painted a huge and complicated palace-like house for us, which gave people heavy psychological pressure when the camera wandered in the maze-like corridor. These atmospheres make it easy for the audience to collapse when the plot finally breaks out. The score is very good. Kubrick used music perfectly, that is, it served the film atmosphere perfectly without usurping the role of the host. The soundtrack of this movie has become the most classic soundtrack of horror movies.

This film has a far-reaching impact on the development of horror movies. Friends who often watch horror movies can find that claustrophobic space (mostly castles or big houses that have lost contact with the outside world) is often the place where horror stories take place and often needs an ambiguous ending, and these elements are created and unified by this film. So today, more than 20 years later, Stephen Chow on the other side of the ocean will still pay tribute to this film with Kung Fu.

Comment in one sentence

A masterpiece of modern terror

The wave of terror sweeping the United States is here.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. ...

Stanley kubrick's epic nightmare.

Terror is driving him crazy.

He came as a janitor, but this hotel has its own guardians-they have been there for a long time.

This film is not about ghosts, but about madness and how much people's spirit will be amplified in isolation.

-Chicago Sun Times

Kubrick obviously has his own opinion. He abandoned 90% of the creative things in Stephen King's novels.

-Variety shows

Many people love and hate movies.

—— Reel.com

The Shining touched on the physical features that Kubrick's other films didn't have, which made it very popular.

-The New York Times

Kubrick and Jack Nicholson both reached their best in this film.

Classic horror movie

Behind the scenes production

Directed by stanley kubrick and adapted from Stephen King's best-selling horror novel, this film is recognized as the most artistic horror film. The joint efforts of these two masters alone are enough to make it go down in history. The film continues Kubrick's outstanding spatial creativity. Although the whole film is bright in color, the whole hotel, whether it is a whole or a local scene, such as hall, corridor, bathroom and maze, is filled with a gloomy atmosphere, which makes people shudder. Kubrick's directing technique has a unique personal style, and the gradual emergence of horror atmosphere and technical achievements far exceed the level of ordinary similar films: the excellent use of flowing low-angle follow-up lens, the exquisite montage technique in several scenes of chasing and fleeing, the flood of blood pouring out of stairs, and the appearance and disappearance of girls all show outstanding dramatic tension. Watching this movie is like a bumpy and bizarre trip into the novelist's crazy inner world. The film does not win with bloody scenes, but digs deep horror. The heavy and grotesque silence around the hotel makes people feel quite claustrophobic. The killing spree of sven writers is still shocking to this day. The fast motion of the camera and multi-angle shooting describe the strange and gloomy atmosphere in the hotel from Danny's point of view, and the scenery itself constitutes a sense of oppression. At the same time, the psychic phenomenon that Danny inserts from time to time adds a confusing and thrilling effect. At first, some people commented that this film is not only depicting a crazy Jack, but the whole hotel and all the descriptions are just satirizing the American social system. Kubrick didn't place any hopes on the film, but it was an unexpected success. No wonder, after all, the collapse of thoughts and families is the most thrilling thing in the world. The film won Saturn's best supporting actor and five nominations, including best director.

Wonderful tidbits

Stanley kubrick has many books in front of him, and he wants to find suitable works for the film project from these books. A few hours passed, and the secretary could hear him grab a book, read it for about a minute, and then suddenly throw it at the wall. The secretary went over and found him reading Stephen King's novel The Shining. Jin said it was a strange thing, because his novel started slowly and had little to do with the whole story later.

During the film production stage, Kubrick would call Kim at three o'clock at night and ask him, "Do you believe in God?"

In the book written by Jack, there is a sentence that he repeats again and again: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Kubrick has a separate page in each edition. For example, in the Italian version of the film, Kubrick used the following sentence: Il mattino ha l' oro of Boca (he got up early and saw a golden day). In the German version, it says: was du Heute Kannst Besorgen, das verschiebenicht auf morgen (never put off till tomorrow what you can do today). The Spanish version also wrote: no por mucho madrugar amanice má s temprano (although the sun rises early, the dawn will not come so soon). In the French version, it says: un' tiens' vautmieux quedeux' tu l' auras' (a bird in the hand is worth two birds in the jungle).

Before the film was released, the Motion Picture Association of America (Motion Picture Association of America) thought that there was a bloody scene in the trailer, so it was not suitable for all audiences. In order to overcome this, Kubrick persuaded the association to prove that the "blood water" gushing from the elevator was actually only rusty water.

Because Danny Lloyd is too young, this is his first film. Stanley kubrick loves children, too. Under the brilliant and creative guidance of the director, Danny didn't know he was involved in a horror movie until the last movie was released.

Stephen King originally wanted Jack Palance to play the role of Jack torrance.

In Entertainment Weekly's list of the scariest movies in film history, the film ranks ninth.

In the film, Jack and Wendy talk for the first time in a red bathroom, which is modeled after a hotel in Arizona built by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Because there is no air conditioning on the shooting scene, it means that it is often boring. When shooting the maze chase, the maze made of tree fences is suffocating, so after each shot, the actors and crew will try their best to take off their thick clothes as soon as possible.

Kubrick hesitated between Stephen King's The Shining and Diane Johnson's Shadow Know. In the end, he chose the former, because the hero in Johnson's novel has a defect in personality. Kubrick was deeply moved by Johnson's works, so after rejecting the movie outline written by Stephen King, he gave Johnson three months to write the script.

Because of Kubrick's strict standards, a scene is always shot over and over again, and actors often stay on the set all day. After an exhausting day of shooting, Jack Nicholson always goes straight to the bed, collapses on the bed and falls asleep immediately.

In the movie, Jack breaks bathroom door, and the prop team specially prepares a door that can be easily broken. But because Jack Nicholson was trained in automatic fire fighting, he could easily break down the door. The prop team must build a stronger door.