The Shining (15)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick. 1980.
Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson and Joe Turkel. 144 mins. Back in cinemas for Halloween.
Sending out The Shining again for Halloween is hardly a bold choice, but it is a safe one. Depending on the audience you watch it with it can truly unnerving or a midnight movie style riot. Few truly great movie get so thoroughly disrespected as The Shining; there's always at least one person who wants to make sure that you know that he thinks this is ridiculous.
Regrettably this is the traditional two hour version, not the longer restored version, but to make up for it Park Circus are putting it out with a 7 minute documentary to play beforehand. It's made up of a few brief insights from people who worked on the film: the Steadicam man, the co- writer, Kubrick's daughter and brother-in-law and best of all, the sisters who played the young Grady Twins. There are no great revelations in it, but it's a nice little starter.
Directed by Stanley Kubrick. 1980.
Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson and Joe Turkel. 144 mins. Back in cinemas for Halloween.
Sending out The Shining again for Halloween is hardly a bold choice, but it is a safe one. Depending on the audience you watch it with it can truly unnerving or a midnight movie style riot. Few truly great movie get so thoroughly disrespected as The Shining; there's always at least one person who wants to make sure that you know that he thinks this is ridiculous.
Regrettably this is the traditional two hour version, not the longer restored version, but to make up for it Park Circus are putting it out with a 7 minute documentary to play beforehand. It's made up of a few brief insights from people who worked on the film: the Steadicam man, the co- writer, Kubrick's daughter and brother-in-law and best of all, the sisters who played the young Grady Twins. There are no great revelations in it, but it's a nice little starter.
