11 in The Shining

[AFK]

White genocidal guilt.


I did find it amusing in Poltergiest though, that a dead Indian would spend his time moving a chair back and forth in some suburban kitchen.

Seriously, why doesn't he just pick it up and bludgeon them all to death? 

[Voodoo]

White genocidal guilt.


I did find it amusing in Poltergiest though, that a dead Indian would spend his time moving a chair back and forth in some suburban kitchen.

Seriously, why doesn't he just pick it up and bludgeon them all to death? 

Because that would have been a short film.

[Cramulus]

in case you haven't seen it,

Here's a trailer of the Shining if it was a Feel Good movie:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=e8CwuOIimYI

[hooplala]

in case you haven't seen it,

Here's a trailer the Shining if it was a Feel Good movie:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=e8CwuOIimYI

I love that clip.

[Cain]

I thought you quit?

There ARE a lot of native american artifacts in the background of the film, so there could be something to that... I would imagine Kubrick had a lot of things on his mind...

Although I am thoroughly SICK of the "indian burial ground" concept in fiction... the population of north america doesn't seem to find native americans intimidating or powerful in any way, except in the creation of a SCARY burial ground, which I think is extremely odd.

I took a break.

And yes, the use of Native iconography in the background is pretty hard to miss.  Not to mention at times his wife looks pretty Native American as well (esp. her hairstyle later in the film).  The use of the symbol of a maze, and certain other things suggest (he doesn't want his wife to see his work) suggest a level of duplicity that is reminiscint of early dealings with the Native American tribes too.

[hooplala]

I hadn't thought about that in regards to Wendy before... that's interesting.

[Voodoo]

I once printed out a stack of pages that all repeated "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and left it out for my mom to find.

[Iason Ouabache]

You are all wrong.  The Shining is obviously about over-commercialization and the horrors of fast food.

http://biggiebat.ytmnd.com/

[Doktor Howl]

Eleven is my favorite number.

It is.

The number 11 is on The Wall, on 4th Avenue in South Filth, for no apparent reason, amongst the images of ghostly musicians and equally an ghostly young lady waiting at a window for her prince that will never come.

Nigel threw a joygasm over it.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Eleven is my favorite number.

It is.

The number 11 is on The Wall, on 4th Avenue in South Filth, for no apparent reason, amongst the images of ghostly musicians and equally an ghostly young lady waiting at a window for her prince that will never come.

Nigel threw a joygasm over it.

Oh yes, yes yes yes indeed!