Sunday, December 25, 2011

where is Stanley Kubrick's Overlook located?

From the dialogue we’re not able to tell in exactly what state the film’s Overlook is located. All Mr. Ullmann says is that, “the problem is the enormous cost it'd be to keep the road to Sidewinder open”. But Sidewinder is a fictitious town. Stanley Kubrick tells us, "it's a 25 mile stretch of road" but doesn’t tell us where his “Sidewinder” is located. Stephen King has Sidewinder appear in two of his novels, The Shining and Misery, and his Overlook is located, "forty miles" west of Sidewinder in the state of Colorado. Jack does say, "I made the trip in three and a half hours." at the beginning in his interview, but we don’t know where he was coming from. In the beginning of the film we see a shot of the parking lot of their apartment, but no license plates are shown on the cars so we don’t know exactly where they live. The only place Stanley Kubrick shows us for sure is The Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood in Oregon and we see this specific site several times.

In the film Denver, Colorado is mentioned several times (the “people in Denver” that hired Jack, Wendy watches a Denver TV station, and Dick listens to a Denver Radio station as he drives to The Overlook) but this does not mean Stanley Kubrick's Overlook is in Denver or even in Colorado. While Dick Hallorann sits in bed in sunny Florida newscaster Glen Rinnker of News Watch 10 Miami states, “travel in the Rockies is almost impossible. Airports are shut down stranding thousands of passengers.” Dick calls and says to his friend Larry Durkin, “I'm calling from Stapleton Airport.” and Larry replies, “what the hell are you doing [down there]? Dick flies into Stapleton Airport, Denver because it’s the closest airport that’s open, and for no other reason. Larry asks him when he will arrive and Dick says, “oh about five hours”. This puts Larry five hours [up] from Denver. We know that Dick arrives at Stapleton at 8:20AM and probably gets the Sno-cat at around 12:00 or 1:00PM at Larry's undisclosed location. When Jack is locked in the storeroom Stanley Kubrick’s black frame tells us that it’s 4PM and we know that Dick Hallorann arrives sometime in the middle of the night before sunrise. By car it takes about 18 hours to go from Denver to Mt Hood in Oregon which could put his arrival window at between 4AM and 7AM in the morning. The fact that Dick uses the Sno-Cat could even get him there faster not having to take the main roads, we just don’t know for sure.

So according to what Stanley Kubrick shows us Mt Hood, the place we see in the beginning of the film and every time we see a long shot of 'his' Overlook, is in the state of Oregon. If you think it may have taken Dick Hallorann longer to get to them, just remember he has a supernatural ability that may have helped. In the shot when we see Jack frozen solid we presume it's several hours later the next day but we really don't know how long he's been sitting there. The location of Stanley Kubrick's Overlook has, like so much else, been changed form the novel's Colorado to Mt. Hood in the state of Oregon. And there's nothing in the film that can be used to contradict this.

Also. The road we see the yellow VW traveling on in the beginning of the film, the Going to the Sun Road in Montana's Glacier National Park, is not very far (10 hours) from Mt Hood, Oregon. Coming from the east the Torrances could very well have taken this route to get to The Overlook.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Shot Count in "The Shining"

Here is a listing of the Shot Count in "The Shining" diligently compiled by Brinkley-kactus.


001 Wide angle aerial flyover island in lake, banking to the right (dissolve to…)
002 Aerial shot looking down on yellow VW as it wends it's way through forest
003 Wide angle aerial shot following VW along hillside road
004 Wide angle aerial flypast VW on cliff side road, opening title crawl commences
005 Aerial shot following VW as it passes through tunnel
006 Aerial wide shot following VW around bend in mountainside road
007 Aerial wide shot following VW along straight mountain road above snowline (titles end)
008 Aerial wide shot flypast Overlook Hotel on hilltop
009 THE INTERVIEW
010 Medium shot following Jack through Lobby and into Ullman's Office (dissolve to…)
011 Wide shot of Colorado apartment complex with slow zoom in
012 Medium shot of Wendy and Danny at dining room table
013 Medium close up of Danny #1
014 Medium close up of Wendy #1
015 Medium close up of Danny #2
016 Medium close up of Wendy #2
017 Medium close up of Danny #3
018 Medium close up of Wendy #3
019 Medium close up of Danny #4
020 Medium close up of Wendy #4 (dissolve to…)
021 Medium wide shot of Ullman's Office from behind Ullman's desk
022 Medium close up of Jack #1
023 Medium shot of Bill #1
024 Medium close up of Jack #2
025 Medium shot of Ullman #1
026 Medium close up of Jack #3
027 Medium shot of Ullman #2
028 Medium wide shot of Ullman's office from behind Jack and Bill
029 Medium shot of Ullman #3
030 Medium close up of Jack #4
031 Medium shot of Ullman #4
032 Medium close up of Jack #5
033 Medium shot of Ullman #5
034 Medium close up of Jack #6
035 Medium shot of Ullman #6
036 Medium close up of Jack #7
037 Medium shot of Ullman #7
038 Medium close up of Jack #8
039 Medium shot of Ullman #8
040 Medium close up of Jack #9
041 Medium shot of Bill #2
042 Medium shot of Ullman #9
043 Medium close up of Jack #10
044 Medium shot of Ullman #10
045 Medium close up of Jack #11
046 Medium shot of Ullman #11
047 Medium close up of Jack #12
048 Medium shot of Ullman #12
049 Medium close up of Jack #13 (dissolve to…)
050 Medium wide shot of Danny in bathroom, from doorway of Danny's room
051 Medium shot of Wendy in kitchen, following her to living room to answer phone #1
052 Medium shot of Jack in Lobby #1
053 Medium shot of Wendy #2
054 Medium shot of Jack #2
055 Medium shot, zooming into close up of Danny standing before bathroom mirror
056 Medium shot of corridor with elevator spewing blood #1
057 Medium shot of Grady girls in hallway (flash cut)
058 Medium shot of corridor with elevator spewing blood #2
059 Close up of Danny screaming inside cabinet (flash cut)
060 Medium shot of corridor with elevator spewing blood #3 (ending in black screen)
061 Medium wide shot of Danny's room from the head of Danny's bed #1
062 Close up of Danny #1
063 Medium wide shot of Danny's room #2
064 Close up of Danny #2
065 Medium wide shot of Danny's room #3
066 Close up of Danny #3
067 Medium close up of Doctor #1
068 Close up of Danny #4
069 Medium close up of Wendy
070 Medium close up of Doctor #2
071 Close up of Danny #5
072 Medium close up of Doctor #3
073 Close up of Danny #6
074 Medium close up of Doctor #4
075 Close up of Danny #7
076 Medium close up of Doctor #5
077 Close up of Danny #8
078 Medium wide shot of Danny's room #4
079 Medium wide shot of hallway following Wendy and Doctor into living room
080 Close up of Wendy #1
081 Medium shot of Doctor from over Wendy's shoulder #1
082 Medium shot of Doctor and Wendy from Doctor's side#1
083 Medium shot of Doctor #1
084 Medium shot of Wendy #1
085 Medium shot of Doctor #2
086 Close up of Wendy #2
087 Medium shot of Doctor #3
088 Medium shot of Doctor and Wendy from Doctor's side #2
089 Close up of Wendy #3
090 Medium shot of Doctor from over Wendy's shoulder #2
091 Close up of Wendy #4
092 Medium shot of Doctor from over Wendy' s shoulder #3
093 Close up of Wendy #5
094 Medium shot of Doctor #4
095 Close up of Wendy #6
096 CLOSING DAY
097 Aerial wide shot following VW along winding mountain road
098 Medium shot interior of car with Jack, Wendy and Danny (dissolve to…)
099 Aerial view following VW along winding mountain road through low cloud (dissolve to…)


100 Establishing shot of Overlook Hotel: sunny day (dissolve to...)
101 Lateral dolly wide shot of Lobby moving to Jack sitting in chair reading Playgirl (dissolve to…)
102 Lateral dolly wide shot of Colorado Lounge
103 Close up of Danny playing darts in game room with slow zoom out to medium shot and rapid zoom into close up #1
104 Wide shot of game room with Grady girls in center #1
105 Close up of Danny #2
106 Wide shot of Grady Girls (who turn and leave) #2
107 Close up of Danny #3
108 Medium dolly shot of Ullman, Wendy and Jack in corridor of Staffing Wing
109 Medium wide shot of Ullman showing Jack and Wendy their Living Quarters (dissolve to...)
110 Lateral tracking shot from hedge maze exterior to Overlook Hotel grounds
111 Lateral tracking shot following Ullman, Wendy, Jack and Bill walking through Hotel grounds (dissolve to…)
112 Medium wide shot dolly following Ullman, Jack, Bill and Wendy from corridor into Gold Room
113 Medium wide lateral dolly following Suzie and Danny across Gold Room (dissolve to…)
114 Medium shot dolly reversing ahead of Wendy, Danny and Dick's tour of the kitchen
115 Medium wide shot forward dolly of walk-in freezer
116 Medium shot dolly reversing ahead of Wendy, Danny and Dick from Freezer to the Storing Room
117 Medium wide shot lateral dolly of Storing Room interior #1
118 Medium shot with slow zoom into close up of Danny #1
119 Medium shot with slow zoom into close up of Dick
120 Close up of Danny #2
121 Medium wide shot lateral dolly of Storing Room interior #2
122 Medium shot of Dick, Danny and Wendy emerging from Storing Room as Ullman, Jack and Bill approach (dissolve to…)
123 Medium shot dolly reversing ahead of Ullman, Wendy, Jack and Bill down corridor (dissolve to…)
124 Ice Cream Scene - Close up front-on of Dick #1
125 Medium close up of Danny from over Dick's shoulder #1
126 Close up front-on of Dick #2
127 Medium close up of Danny from over Dick's shoulder #2
128 Close up front-on of Dick #3
129 Close up of Danny #1
130 Close up front-on of Dick #4
131 Close up of Danny #2
132 Close up front-on of Dick #5
133 Medium shot of Dick and Danny at table from Dick's side #1
134 Close up of Danny #3
135 Close up front-on of Dick #6
136 Close up of Danny #4
137 Close up front-on of Dick #7
138 Close up of Danny #5
139 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #1
140 Close up of Danny #6
141 Close up front-on of Dick #8
142 Medium shot of Dick and Danny at table from Dick's side #2
143 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #2
144 Close up of Danny #7
145 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #3
146 Close up of Danny #8
147 Close up front-on of Dick #9
148 Medium close up of Danny from over Dick's shoulder #3
149 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #4
150 Medium close up of Danny from over Dick's shoulder #4
151 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #5
152 Medium close up of Danny from over Dick's shoulder #5
153 Medium shot of Dick and Danny at table from opposite corner
154 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #6
155 Close up of Danny #9
156 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #7
157 Close up of Danny #10
158 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #8
159 Close up of Danny #11
160 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #9
161 Close up of Danny #12
162 Close up of Dick from Danny's side #10
163 Close up of Danny #13
164 A MONTH LATER
165 Establishing shot of Overlook Hotel: sunrise
166 Medium shot dolly reversing ahead of Wendy pushing trolley down corridor and across Lobby
167 Medium shot dolly following Danny on his tricycle on circuit of the Colorado Lounge
168 Medium shot of Wendy pushing trolley into hallway of staff quarters
169 Slow zoom out from close up of reflection of Jack asleep to medium shot of bedroom as Wendy brings him breakfast then slow zoom back into medium close up of Jack in mirror
170 Close up of Wendy
171 Medium close up of Jack
172 Slow zoom out from close up of typewriter to wide shot of Colorado Lounge
173 Medium wide shot of Jack throwing ball against wall from behind (dissolve to...)
174 Wide lateral tracking shot from Overlook Hotel to Hedge Maze entrance
175 Medium wide shot dolly reversing ahead of Wendy and Danny in maze
176 Medium wide shot dolly following Wendy and Danny in the maze from behind (dissolve to…)
177 Medium shot dolly following Jack through Lobby
178 Medium shot of Jack leaning over hedge maze model
179 Medium close up of Jack
180 Aerial wide shot of Hedge Maze slowly zooming in on Wendy and Danny at center
181 Medium wide shot dolly reversing ahead of Wendy and Danny in maze
182 TUESDAY
183 Establishing shot of the Overlook Hotel: twilight (dissolve to…)
184 Slow zoom out from medium close up of Wendy in kitchen to medium shot
185 Medium shot dolly following Danny on his tricycle riding the corridors above the Colorado Lounge
186 Low angle medium shot of door to room 237 from over Danny's shoulder #1
187 Close up of Danny
188 Low angle medium shot of door to room 237 from over Danny's shoulder #2
189 Medium shot of Danny in corridor from behind following him into medium close up as he tries the doorknob #1
190 Medium shot of Grady girls in hallway (flash cut)
191 Medium close up of Danny by door to room 237 following him back to medium shot from behind in corridor #2
192 Wide shot of Jack typing at table in Colorado Lounge from behind with slow dolly in #1
193 Medium close up of Jack typing from over carriage with slow zoom into close up
194 Wide shot of Jack typing at table from behind as Wendy enters #2
195 Medium shot of Jack at table from Wendy's side #1
196 Close up of Wendy #1
197 Medium shot of Jack at table from Wendy's side #2
198 Close up of Wendy #2
199 Medium shot of Jack at table from Wendy's side #3


200 Close up of Wendy #3
201 Close up of Jack #1
202 Close up of Wendy #4
203 Close up of Jack #2
204 Close up of Wendy #5
205 Close up of Jack #3
206 Close up of Wendy #6
207 Medium shot of Jack and Wendy at table dollying back to wide shot as she leaves
208 Medium shot of Jack from corner of table
209 THURSDAY
210 Wide shot following Wendy and Danny playing snowball fight in front of Overlook Hotel
211 Medium shot with slow zoom into close up of Jack staring out Colorado Lounge window
212 SATURDAY
213 Establishing shot of the Overlook Hotel: snowstorm day
214 Wide shot of Colorado Lounge from top of staircase
215 Medium shot of Wendy at switchboard
216 Medium wide shot dolly following Wendy from Reception to Ullman's Office
217 Medium wide shot of Forrest Rangers' Office
218 Medium shot of Wendy #1
219 Medium shot of Forrest Ranger #1
220 Medium shot of Wendy #2
221 Medium shot of Forrest Ranger #2
222 Medium shot of Wendy #3
223 Medium shot of Forrest Ranger #3
224 Medium shot of Wendy #4
225 Medium shot of Forrest Ranger #4
226 Medium shot of Wendy #5
227 Wide shot dolly following Danny on tricycle down service corridor
228 Danny sees the Grady sisters in the hallway. Medium shot dolly following Danny on tricycle down Staffing Wing hallway
229 Close up of Danny #1
230 Wide shot of Grady girls in hallway from behind Danny #1
231 Close up of Danny #2
232 Wide shot of Grady girls in hallway from behind Danny #2
233 Medium shot of butchered Grady girls in hallway (flash cut) #1
234 Medium wide shot of Grady girls in hallway #1
235 Medium shot of butchered Grady girls in hallway (flash cut) #2
236 Close up of Danny #3
237 Medium wide shot of Grady girls in hallway #2
238 Medium shot of butchered Grady girls in hallway (flash cut) #3
239 Medium shot of Grady girls in hallway #1
240 Medium shot of butchered Grady girls in hallway #4
241 Close up of Danny #4
242 Medium wide shot of empty hallway
243 Close up of Danny #5
244 Wide shot of empty hallway from behind Danny
245 Tony talks to Danny. Close up of Danny #6
246 MONDAY
247 Close up of 'Summer of '42' on TV screen slowly dollying back to medium wide shot of Lobby (dissolve to...)
248 Slow zoom out from close up of doorknob turning as Danny enters, keeping him in medium close up then swish panning to medium wide shot of Jack sitting on bed
249 Medium wide shot reverse angle of Danny from Jack's side of the room
250 Medium shot of Jack from Danny's side; Danny enters and sits on his lap #1
251 Medium close up of Jack front-on with Danny on his lap #1
252 Medium shot of Jack with Danny on his lap from the side #2
253 Medium close up of Jack front-on with Danny on his lap #2
254 WEDNESDAY
255 Establishing shot of the Overlook Hotel: snowstorm day
256 High angle close up of Danny's toys on carpet zooming out to medium wide shot of Danny playing with them as ball rolls into shot
257 Medium wide shot of Danny in corridor from behind
258 Medium shot of Danny kneeling from in front following as he stands up #1
259 Medium shot of corridor from behind Danny
260 Medium shot of Danny dollying backwards as he advances #2
261 Point-of view shot of corridor dollying forward to open door of room 237 (dissolve to…)
262 Medium shot of Wendy in boiler room
263 Medium shot of Jack asleep at table in Colorado Lounge slowly zooming into close up
264 Rapid dolly following Wendy in medium wide shot running from service corridor into Colorado Lounge
265 Under table medium shot of Jack and Wendy from Wendy's side #1
266 Under table medium shot of Jack and Wendy from Jack's side #1
267 Under table medium shot of Jack and Wendy from Wendy's side #2
268 Under table shot of Jack and Wendy from jack's side #2
269 Wide shot of Colorado Lounge from behind Danny dollying in as he enters
270 Wide shot reverse angle of Wendy and Danny from behind Jack #1
271 Medium close up of Jack #1
272 Wide shot of Wendy and Danny from behind Jack #2
273 Medium close up of Wendy carrying Danny #1
274 Medium close up of Jack #2
275 Medium shot of Wendy carrying Danny and backing off into wide shot #2
276 Medium close up of Jack #3 (dissolve to...)
277 Wide shot of corridor next to Gold Room dollying back ahead of Jack as he advances into medium shot, panning to Gold Room entrance
278 Medium lateral dolly shot following Jack across Gold Room to bar
279 Medium wide shot of Jack from behind bar #1
280 Medium close up of Jack front-on #1
281 Medium shot of Lloyd dollying back to over shoulder shot from behind Jack #1
282 Close up of Jack #1
283 Close up of Lloyd #1
284 Medium shot of Jack over Lloyd's shoulder #1
285 Close up of Lloyd #2
286 Close up of Jack #2
287 Close up of Lloyd #3
288 Close up of Jack #3
289 Medium shot of Jack and Lloyd from the end of the bar #1
290 Close up of Jack #4
291 Close up of Lloyd #4
292 Medium shot of Jack over Lloyd's shoulder #2
293 Close up of Lloyd #5
294 Close up of Jack #5
295 Wide shot of corridor next to Gold Room dollying back ahead of Wendy as she runs into medium shot, panning to Gold Room entrance
296 Close up of Wendy from behind Jack #1
297 Close up of Jack #1
298 Close up of Wendy from behind Jack #2
299 Close up of Jack #2


300 Close up of TV slowly zooming out to wide shot of Dick's bedroom #1
301 Close up of Dick slowly zooming out to wide reverse shot of bedroom #1
302 Wide shot of Dick's Bedroom #2
303 Medium shot of Dick slowly zooming into tight close up
304 Point-of view shot of doorway to room 237
305 Medium close up of Danny shining, zooming into close up #1
306 Point-of -view shot of room 237 moving from living room through bedroom to bathroom
307 Medium close up of Jack in bathroom doorway #1
308 Wide shot of bathroom as Woman in bath pulls back curtain #1
309 Medium close up of Jack #2
310 Wide shot of Woman standing up in bath #2
311 Medium close up of Jack #3
312 Wide shot of Woman stepping out of bath #3
313 Medium close up of Jack #4
314 Wide shot of Woman stepping into the middle of the bathroom #4
315 Medium close up of Jack stepping toward camera #5
316 Medium shot of Woman as Jack enters bathroom and stands before her
317 Tight close up of Jack kissing Woman from over her shoulder with a continuous Whip-pan to a medium wide shot reflection in mirror of Jack embracing rotted Hag
318 Close up of Danny shining #2
319 Danny's point-of-view medium close up of the Old Hag in the bath #1
320 Old Hag's point-of-view of Jack in medium close up backing away from her as she advances #1
321 Jack's point-of-view medium shot of the Old Hag advancing toward him as he backs away #1
322 Tight close up of Danny shining #3
323 Danny's point-of-view medium close up of the Old Hag in the bath #2
324 Old Hag's point-of-view of jack in medium shot backing away as she advances #2
325 Jack's point-of-view medium shot of the Old Hag advancing toward him as he backs away #2
326 Tight close up of Danny shining #4
327 Danny's point-of-view medium close up of the Old Hag rising up from the bath #3
328 Medium shot of Jack backing out of the doorway of room 237 and backing off down the corridor (dissolve to…)
329 Medium shot of Dick on phone in his living room #1
330 Wide shot of Wendy pacing in bedroom following her as she answers door and lets Jack in
331 Close up of Wendy #1
332 Close up of Jack #1
333 Close up of Wendy #2
334 Close up of Jack #2
335 Medium shot with slow zoom into close up of Danny in bed #1
336 Low angle medium close up of "REDRUM" on bathroom door
337 Close up of Danny in bed #2
338 Close up of Jack #3
339 Close up of Danny in bed #3
340 Medium wide shot of corridor flooded with blood
341 Close up of Jack #4
342 Medium shot of Jack standing with Wendy sitting on bed
343 Wide shot following Jack as he storms out
344 Medium shot of Wendy sitting on bed
345 Medium wide shot dollying backwards ahead of Jack as he walks through kitchen and corridor to Lobby
346 Wide shot of Lobby festooned with balloons slow dolly forward
347 Medium shot of Dick on phone in his living room #2
348 Medium shot of Forrest Ranger on phone in office #1
349 Medium shot of Dick on phone in his living room #3
350 Medium shot of Forrest Ranger on phone in office #2
351 Wide shot of Jack walking down corridor to Gold Room and lateral dolly following him to bar
352 Medium shot of Jack sitting at bar from over Lloyd's shoulder #1
353 Close up of Lloyd #1
354 Medium shot of Jack sitting at bar from over Lloyd's shoulder #2
355 Close up of Lloyd #2
356 Medium shot of Jack sitting at bar from over Lloyd's shoulder #3
357 Close up of Lloyd #3
358 Medium shot of Jack sitting at bar from over Lloyd's shoulder #4
359 Close up of Lloyd #4
360 Medium shot of Jack sitting at bar from over Lloyd's shoulder #5
361 Close up of Lloyd #5
362 Medium shot of Jack sitting at bar from over Lloyd's shoulder #6
363 Close up of Lloyd #6
364 Medium shot of Jack sitting at bar from over Lloyd's shoulder #7
365 Close up of Lloyd #7
366 Medium shot of Jack sitting at bar from over Lloyd's shoulder #8
367 Medium wide dolly shot from end of the bar following Jack as he gets up and walks off colliding with Grady and following him to the Men's Room
368 Wide shot of Men's Room interior #1
369 Reverse angle medium shot of Grady and Jack #1
370 Wide shot of Men's Room interior #2
371 Medium shot of Grady and Jack #2
372 Close up of Jack #1
373 Close up of Grady #1
374 Close up of Jack #2
375 Close up of Grady #2
376 Close up of Jack #3
377 Close up of Grady #3
378 Close up of Jack #4
379 Close up of Grady #4
380 Close up of Jack #5
381 Close up of Grady #5
382 Close up of Jack #6
383 Close up of Grady #6
384 Close up of Jack #7
385 Close up of Grady #7
386 Close up of Jack #8
387 Close up of Grady #8
388 Close up of Jack #9
389 Close up of Grady #9
390 Medium shot of Wendy pacing in bedroom
391 Medium shot of Wendy entering Danny's room and sitting on bed with him
392 Close up of Danny from over Wendy's shoulder #1
393 Close up of Wendy from over Danny's shoulder #1
394 Close up of Danny from over Wendy's shoulder #2
395 Close up of Wendy from over Danny's shoulder #2
396 Close up of Danny from over Wendy's shoulder #3
397 Close up of Wendy from over Danny's shoulder #3 (dissolve to…)
398 Wide shot lateral dolly following Jack across Lobby to Ullman's Office
399 Medium wide shot dolly following Jack into Ullman's Office


400 Medium shot of Jack standing before CB radio
401 Close up of Jack's hands pulling transistors from circuit board (dissolve to…)
402 Medium shot of Dick on phone in his living room #4
403 Medium shot of Forrest Ranger on phone in office #3
404 Medium shot of Dick on phone in his living room #5
405 8am
406 Aerial shot of Continental plane in flight over hills
407 Tight close up of Dick slowly zooming out to medium shot in aircraft cabin (dissolve to…)
408 Wide shot of Colorado Lounge dollying in on Jack at table from behind (dissolve to…)
409 Telephoto shot of plane landing at Stapleton Airport (dissolve to…)
410 Wide shot of Durkin's Auto Supply store exterior
411 Medium wide shot of Larry entering store and answering phone
412 Medium shot of Dick on Airport phone #1
413 Medium shot of Larry#1
414 Medium shot of Dick #2
415 Medium shot of Larry#2
416 Medium shot of Dick #3
417 Medium shot of Larry #3
418 Medium shot of Dick #4
419 Medium shot of Larry #4
420 Medium shot of Dick #5
421 Medium shot of Larry #5
422 Medium shot of Dick #6
423 Medium shot of Larry #6
424 Medium shot of Dick #7
425 Medium shot of Larry #7 (dissolve to…)
426 Medium shot trucking ahead of car (dissolve to…)
427 Medium shot of Dick driving (dissolve to…)
428 View through windscreen of traffic accident scene
429 Medium shot of Wendy and Danny sitting on bed (dissolve to…)
430 Medium wide shot dolly following Wendy across Colorado Lounge
431 Close up of Wendy with baseball bat, she turns and walks off to table
432 Low angle close up of Wendy from behind typewriter #1
433 Close up of page in typewriter carriage
434 Low angle close up of Wendy from behind typewriter #2
435 Zoom in from medium shot to close up of box of typed pages on desk
436 Low angle close up of Wendy from behind box of typed pages #1
437 Close up of box of typed pages as Wendy leafs through them #1
438 Low angle close up of Wendy from behind box of typed pages #2
439 Wide shot dolly emerging from behind pillar of Wendy at the table from over Jack's shoulder
440 Medium shot of Jack dollying back with him as he advances #1
441 Medium close up shot of Wendy #1
442 Medium shot of Jack #2
443 Medium close up shot of Wendy #2
444 Medium shot of Jack #3
445 Medium close up shot of Wendy #3
446 Medium shot zooming into close up of Danny sitting on bed
447 Wide shot of corridor flooded with blood #1
448 Low angle medium close up of "REDRUM" on bathroom door
449 Wide shot of corridor flooded with blood #2
450 Medium shot of Jack #4
451 Medium shot of Wendy #4
452 Medium close up of Jack #5
453 Medium shot of Wendy #5
454 Medium close up of Jack #6
455 Medium shot of Wendy #6
456 Medium close up of Jack #7
457 Medium close up of Wendy #7
458 Medium close up of Jack #8
459 Medium close up of Wendy #8
460 Medium close up of Jack #9
461 Medium close up of Wendy #9
462 Medium close up of Jack #10
463 Medium close up of Wendy #10
464 Medium close up of Jack #11
465 Medium close up of Wendy #11
466 Medium close up of Jack #12
467 Medium close up of Wendy #12
468 Medium close up of Jack #13
469 Medium shot of Wendy #13
470 Medium close up of Jack #14
471 Medium shot of Wendy from over Jack's shoulder #14
472 Medium shot of Jack from over Wendy's shoulder #15
473 Medium shot of Wendy from over Jack's shoulder #15
474 Medium shot of Jack from over Wendy's shoulder #16
475 Medium shot of Wendy from over Jack's shoulder #16
476 Medium shot of Jack from over Wendy's shoulder #17
477 Medium shot of Wendy swinging at jack with baseball bat from behind Jack #18
478 Medium shot of Jack from over Wendy's shoulder #18
479 Medium wide shot of Jack tumbling down staircase
480 Wide shot of Jack lying at bottom of stairs from over Wendy's shoulder #19 (dissolve to…)
481 Close up shot dolly following Jack as he's dragged across the kitchen floor #1
482 Medium shot dolly following Wendy dragging Jack by the legs #1
483 Low angle medium close up of Wendy struggling with the lock to the Storage Room #1
484 Close up of Wendy #1
485 Close up shot of Jack on the floor #2
486 Close up of Wendy #2
487 Close up of Wendy's hands disengaging the pin from the lock
488 Medium shot of Wendy opening Storage Room door #2
489 Close up shot of Jack on the floor #3
490 Medium shot dolly following Wendy dragging Jack by the legs #3
491 Reverse angle medium shot dolly of Jack from over Wendy's shoulder
492 Medium shot of Jack on floor of Storage Room as Wendy runs out #4
493 Reverse angle medium wide shot of Jack struggling to get up as door is closed
494 Medium shot of Wendy locking door and backing away #1
495 Low angle medium close up looking up at Jack leaning against door #1
496 Medium close up of Wendy #2
497 Low angle medium close up looking up at Jack leaning against door #2
498 Medium close up of Wendy #3
499 Low angle medium close up looking up at Jack leaning against door #3


500 Medium close up of Wendy #4
501 Low angle medium close up looking up at Jack leaning against door #4
502 Medium close up of Wendy #5
503 Low angle medium close up looking up at Jack leaning against door #5
504 Wide shot of Wendy running down corridor and turning into entrance way
505 Medium wide shot of Wendy pushing door open and walking outside
506 Lateral tracking wide shot following Wendy running past Overlook Hotel
507 Medium wide shot of Wendy entering Sno-cat garage dollying into close up
508 4pm
509 Establishing shot of the Overlook Hotel: snowstorm day
510 Zoom out from close up of Jack resting in Storage Room to medium wide shot following him to the door
511 Medium close up of Jack
512 Wide shot of Sno-cat approaching down snowy path (dissolve to…)
513 Medium close up of Dick driving (dissolve to…)
514 View through windscreen of snowy path
515 Close up of Danny following him as he paces about bedroom in medium shot
516 Medium shot of Danny writing "REDRUM" on bathroom door
517 Medium shot of Danny standing by bed with knife as Wendy wakes up and crash zoom into close up #1
518 Reverse angle wide shot of bathroom door reflected in mirror with crash zoom into close up of "REDRUM"
519 Close up of Wendy and Danny reacting to bang at door #2
520 Medium shot of Jack swinging at door with axe with camera following his movement #1
521 Medium shot of Wendy carrying Danny #1
522 Medium shot of Jack swinging at door with axe with camera following his movement #2
523 Medium shot of Wendy carrying Danny to into bathroom #2
524 Medium shot of Wendy and Danny inside bathroom #1
525 Medium shot of Jack swinging at door with axe with camera following his movement #3
526 Medium shot of Wendy and Danny inside bathroom #2
527 Medium shot of bathroom window being opened from outside #1
528 Close up of Danny
529 Medium shot of Jack swinging at door with axe with camera following his movement #4
530 Medium shot of bathroom window from outside with Wendy looking out #2
531 Wide shot of Hotel exterior with bathroom window and snowbank #1
532 Medium shot of Jack swinging at door with axe with camera following his movement #5
533 Medium shot of doorway with Jack appearing though hole
534 “Wendy I’m home” Close up of Jack through hole in door tilting down to his hand reaching through to unlock door
535 Medium shot of Wendy feeding Danny through bathroom window from inside #1
536 Wide shot of Hotel exterior with bathroom window and Danny sliding down snowbank #2
537 Medium shot of bathroom window from outside with Wendy struggling to climb out #2
538 Medium shot of Jack advancing into Living Quarters #1
539 Medium shot of bathroom window from outside with Wendy struggling to climb out #3
540 Medium shot of Danny standing outside
541 Medium shot following Jack through Living Quarters #2
542 Medium shot of Wendy in bathroom
543 Medium shot of bathroom window from outside with Wendy struggling to climb out #4
544 Close up of Jack outside bathroom door #1
545 Medium shot of bathroom window from outside with Wendy struggling to climb out #5
546 Wide shot of Hotel exterior with bathroom window and snowbank with Danny running to hide
547 Close up of Jack outside bathroom door #2
548 Close up shot following Wendy inside bathroom #1
549 Close up of Jack outside bathroom door #3
550 Medium shot of Jack from behind
551 Medium shot of Jack swinging at door with axe with camera following his movement #1
552 Close up of Wendy inside bathroom #2
553 Close up of axe chopping through door with jack through hole
554 Medium shot of Jack swinging at door with axe with camera following his movement #2
555 “Here’s Johnny” Tight close up of Jack's face through hole in door #1
556 Close up of Wendy
557 Close up of Jack through hole in door #2
558 Close up of Jack's hand reaching through hole to unlock door #1
559 Close up of Wendy inside bathroom slashing with knife #3
560 Close up of Jack's hand being slashed by knife and withdrawing
561 Close up of Jack through hole in door #3
562 View through Sno-cat windscreen approaching Overlook Hotel
563 Close up of Wendy inside bathroom #4
564 Close up of Jack from behind listening to approaching Sno-cat #1
565 Medium wide shot following Sno-cat as it reaches the Overlook Hotel
566 Close up of Jack listening to approaching Sno-cat #2
567 Close up of Wendy inside bathroom #5
568 Medium wide shot following Sno-cat coming to halt in front of Hotel
569 Medium wide shot dolly ahead of Danny running through service corridor to hide inside kitchen cabinet #1
570 Close up of Danny inside cabinet #1
571 Medium shot of Danny pulling cabinet door close from inside #2
572 Lateral dolly wide shot following Jack through kitchen with zoom into medium shot
573 Close up of Wendy inside bathroom #6
574 Medium shot of Dick walking up to entrance of Hotel and entering
575 Medium shot following Jack through corridors to Lobby
576 Wide shot of Dick entering Lobby and following him from behind in medium shot
577 Medium close up of Jack swinging axe from over Dick's shoulder #1
578 Close up of axe hitting Dick's chest #1
579 Close up of Danny screaming inside cabinet (flash cut) #2
580 Medium close up of Jack from over Dick's shoulder #2
581 Close up of Dick screaming #1
582 Close up of Danny screaming inside cabinet (flash cut) #3
583 Medium close up of Jack from over Dick's shoulder #3
584 Close up of Dick screaming #2
585 Close up of Danny screaming inside cabinet #4
586 Close up of Jack in Lobby entering into frame from below
587 Medium wide shot of Jack following ahead of him through Lobby to corridor
588 Wide shot reverse angle of service corridor from over Jack's shoulder with Danny climbing out of cabinet and running off and dolly following Jack from behind as he pursues
589 Medium shot of Wendy climbing Staffing Wing stairwell with camera backing up ahead of her #1
590 Point-of-view wide shot of open door to room through which Dogman and Derwent are visible with crash zoom into medium shot
591 Medium shot of Wendy running off #2
592 Medium shot following Jack from corridor to entrance area of Hotel #1
593 Point-of-view wide shot of Hotel grounds and Hedge Maze from doorway with pan
594 Medium shot of Jack in entrance area switching outdoor lights on #2
595 Medium shot of Danny hiding behind Sno-cat #1
596 Medium shot of Jack in entrance area #3
597 Medium shot of Danny hiding behind Sno-cat #2
598 Medium shot following Jack from behind as he chases after Danny
599 Medium shot of Danny running from behind Sno-cat #3


600 Medium shot following Jack from the side as he chases after Danny #1
601 Medium wide shot of Danny running into Hedge Maze entrance
602 Medium shot following Jack from the side as he chases after Danny #2
603 Medium shot following Danny from behind as he runs through Maze #1
604 Close up of Jack following ahead of him through Maze #1
605 Point-of-view medium shot following Danny's footprints in the snow #1
606 Close up of Danny's feet from behind as he runs through snow
607 Wide shot of Wendy entering kitchen and following her in medium close up into corridor and Lobby
608 Close up of Wendy reacting to Dick's corpse
609 Wide shot of Lobby with crash zoom into medium shot of Dick
610 Close up of Wendy backing up then spinning around with swish pan to wide shot of Injured Guest in corridor
611 Close up of Wendy reacting to him #1
612 “Great party isn’t it?” Close up of Injured Guest toasting her
613 Close up of Wendy backing up and following her as she runs toward elevators
614 Medium shot following Danny from behind as he runs through Maze #2
615 Close up of Jack following ahead of him through Maze #2
616 Wide shot of Wendy running down corridor to Lobby dollying into Medium over-shoulder shot of cobwebbed Lobby
617 Close up of Wendy reacting to "dead" Lobby
618 Medium wide shot of skeletons in Lobby
619 Medium wide shot of more skeletons in Lobby
620 Medium wide shot of even more skeletons in Lobby
621 Medium shot following Jack from behind in Maze
622 Medium shot of Danny retracing his steps #1
623 Close up of Jack following ahead of him through Maze #3
624 Medium shot of Danny retracing his steps and hiding #2
625 Wendy running from wide shot into close up through corridor and turning corner to over shoulder wide shot of corridor with elevators
626 Medium shot of corridor with lifts spewing blood #1
627 Close up of Wendy reacting to bloody corridor
628 Medium shot of corridor with lifts spewing blood #2
629 Medium close up of Danny hiding in Hedge Maze with lateral track to medium shot of Jack following Danny's footprints
630 Point-of-view medium shot of Danny's footprints coming to an end
631 Close up of Jack reacting to the disappearance of Danny's footprints #1
632 Close up of Danny hiding
633 Close up of Jack
634 Wide shot of Jack continuing into the Maze #1
635 Medium shot of Danny coming out from hiding #1
636 Wide shot of Maze Jack now absent #2
637 Medium shot of Danny coming out from hiding and following him as he runs back the way he came #2
638 Point-of-view medium shot following footprints back through Maze
639 Medium shot following Jack from behind through Maze #1
640 Close up of Jack following ahead of him through Maze #1
641 Point-of-view medium shot of virgin snow ahead of Jack
642 Close up of Danny following ahead of him through Maze #1
643 Medium shot following Jack from behind through Maze #2
644 Medium shot following Wendy as she runs across Hotel grounds to Sno-cat #1
645 Close up of Danny following ahead of him through Maze he trips and falls #2
646 Medium shot of Wendy seeing him dropping knife and running out of frame
647 Wide shot of Danny getting up from ground at Hedge Maze entrance and zooming into close up as he runs into Wendy's arms
648 Close up of Jack following ahead of him through Maze #1
649 Lateral tracking wide shot following Wendy and Danny to the Sno-cat
650 Medium shot following Jack from behind through Maze #1
651 Wide shot of Sno-cat driving around Hotel grounds #1
652 Close up of Jack howling in Maze #1
653 Lateral tracking wide shot following Sno-cat as it drives across Hotel grounds #2
654 Close up of Jack howling in Maze #2
655 Lateral tracking wide shot following Sno-cat as it drives away from Hotel #3
656 Close up of Jack following ahead of him through Maze #2
657 Medium shot following Jack from behind through Maze #2
658 Close up of Jack frozen in snow
659 Wide shot dolly through Lobby to close up of photo on wall of 4th of July Ball (dissolve to…)
660 Medium shot of Jack in photo (dissolve to..)
661 Close up of Jack in photo tilting down to inscription: Overlook Hotel July 4th Ball 1921 (fade out)

If you add in the shots that are known to exist from the deleted hospital scene in the original director's cut it all adds up to 666.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

A17

Many mention pet things from the novel that Stanley Kubrick left out of the movie but one of the most enigmatic sections seems to have been left out and no one ever mentions, or misses it at all. The wasps were a huge part of the novel. They embodied the invisible spirits that were haunting Stephen King’s Overlook. I couldn't imagine Stanley Kubrick leaving them out but I looked high and low and couldn't find a single wasp flying around this movie. Nothing even remotely alludes to them. Then it came to me. The July 4, 1921 picture is not real yet the people in it still represent something interesting. They’re the wasps from the novel. He didn't leave them out. If you look at the picture closely every single one of people at the party are W.A.S.P.’s, and this explanation, as dull and lackluster as it is, is the only one that can claim Stephen King's source novel as a source. W.A.S.P.’s.

You don’t think I’m right, do you? Maybe we need to look at what the boss said about the people in the photo; “... they were in a photograph taken in 1921... I originally planned to use extras, but it proved impossible to make them look as good as the people in the photograph... I think the result looked perfect. Every face around Jack is an [archetype] of the period.” Do you really believe this statement, “it proved impossible to make them look as good as the people in the photograph”? (1976 Oscar, Best Costume Design - Barry Lyndon) But an archetype? This is what stands out. What an interesting word he chose to describe the people in the photo. I thought I knew what archetype meant but to my good fortune I looked it up in the dictionary anyway. An archetype is “an original model of a person, an ideal example or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated; a symbol universally recognized by all.” But there’s something else; in psychology, an archetype is “a model of a person, personality, or behavior.” Psychoanalysis - “in Jungian psychology - a primitive mental image inherited from the earliest human ancestors, and supposed to be present in the collective unconscious.” In the photo Jack is the mold that these people spring from. He sold his soul to the devil at precisly 66 minutes and 6 seconds into the film.


In the movie Jack's evil imaginary friend Lloyd is the devil.

And he gives him his first drink we hear Jack gulp it down at exactly 66 minutes and 6 seconds after the Warner Brothers logo is finished at :11 seconds into the movie. “God, I'd give anything for a drink. My God dam soul.” This is the spot where Lloyd shows up and the devil enters him.


They’re all devils, exactly like Jack. Exactly like nature’s lowly carbon copy wasp. Stanley Kubrick’s archetype of every other W.A.S.P. They’re all devils in the photo with Jack!




























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A16

We see Tony in the novel / we don’t see Tony in the movie. “Redrum” appears inside the bathroom / outside the bathroom. Danny bolts the storeroom door / Wendy bolts the storeroom door. Dick Hallorann lives / Dick Hallorann dies. Overlook destroyed / Overlook remains. Jack burns to death inside The Overlook / Jack is frozen to death outside The Overlook. Danny sees “Redrum” in the bathroom mirror / Wendy sees “Redrum” in her dresser mirror. Pediatrician male / Pediatrician female. Danny sees one woman / Jack sees 2 women. Wendy is a smart blond / a weak dumb brunette. Wendy never looks at Jack’s play / Wendy reads Jack’s novel. Jack injures Wendy severely / Jack never touches Wendy. 1 elevator moves on it’s own / 2 elevators remain totally motionless. Hedges in the front that move by themselves / hedges in the back that never move. It’s unbelievable, and the most amazing thing I found is that scenes from the novel all happen in a different place in the movie. In the novel the end chase is in a hallway inside The Overlook / hedge maze outside The Overlook. Danny faints in The Overlook / Danny faints in their apartment. Jack attacks Wendy in the hallway / Jack attacks Wendy in their apartment. One boiler in the basement / twin boilers on the first floor. Danny lures Dick Hallorann back as he drives in his car / Jack lures Dick Hallorann back as he sits in his bedroom watching TV. Room 217 becomes Room 237. Jack works in the basement / Jack works in the Colorado lounge. Jack meets Grady in the Gold Room / Jack meets Grady in the Colorado Lounge. Dick Hallorann talks to Danny outside The Overlook in his car / Dick Hallorann talks to Danny inside The Overlook in the kitchen. It goes on and on and you can read more about it if you click here.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

A15

It’s not a Ball! The women are all dressed wrong. Mr. Ullman says these people are, “all the best people” and there’s not one woman in a formal ball gown. It’s not a July 4th Ball and these are not rich people!

They’re not standing in a Ball Room in the photo either, they’re standing in a foyer. There are no tables, no chairs and no bandstand like The Overlook’s Gold Room, which is a ball room with a foyer. They’re standing in the foyer of an old theater (a large, vast room in a theater, opera, concert hall, showroom, cinema, etc. adjacent to the auditorium.), and a foyer is also described as a lobby. It’s similar to Radio City’s Entrance Hall. The photo is taken in a lobby and we’ve seen The Overlook’s lobby and foyer and the July 4th photo is obviously not The Overlook’s lobby as it can not be found anywhere in Stanley Kubrick’s Elstree Studio’s set. It’s only The Overlook in the minds of those who wish to not believe their own eyes, and you can’t use it as proof that Jack was there in a previous life.

Stanley Kubrick does say the photo “suggests reincarnation” in his interview with Michel Ciment. but he cleverly doesn’t say where. The photo is obviously not The Overlook.

A14

One of the last things we hear Jack utter at the end of the film is so important. Stanley Kubrick has him singing "California, Here I Come" at the very end of the film (2:18:09) for a reason. It’s a song he knew was written for a “1921” Broadway musical. It’s the correct song for the correct year (July 4th, 1921) just to drive home his point. The photo does not depict any hotel found in Oregon, as a huge California palm tree is dead center in the photo of the lobby Stanley Kubrick chose to show us right after we hear Jack sing that song. The photo and the song go hand in hand. It's California, not Colorado, and that's where Jack Torrance as well as Jack Nicholson are both headed - literally and figuratively.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

The Caul – The Old Wives Tale.

The Caul – the old wives tale (click here)

Then the doctor told her quite sternly that she must PUSH, and she did, and then she felt something being taken from her. It was a clear and distinct feeling, one she would never forget-the thing taken. Then the doctor held her son up by the legs-she had seen his tiny sex and known he was a boy immediately- and as the doctor groped for the air mask, she had seen something else, something so horrible that she found the strength to scream again after she had thought all screams were used up:
He has no face!
But of course there had been a face, Danny's own sweet face, and the caul that had covered it at birth now resided in a small jar, which she had kept, almost shamefully. She did not hold with old superstition, but she had kept the caul nevertheless. She did not hold with wives' tales, but the boy had been unusual from the first. She did not believe in second sight but —

Did Daddy have an accident? I dreamed Daddy had an accident.
Something had changed him. She didn't believe it was just her getting ready to ask for a divorce that had done it. Something had happened before that morning. Something that had happened while she slept uneasily. Al Shockley said that nothing had happened, nothing at all, but he had averted his eyes when he said it, and if you believed faculty gossip, Al had also climbed aboard the fabled wagon.
Did Daddy have an accident?
Maybe a chance collision with fate, surely nothing much more concrete. She had read that day's paper and the next day's with a closer eye than usual, but she saw nothing she could connect with Jack. God help her, she had been looking for a hit-and-run accident or a barroom brawl that had resulted in serious injuries
or ... who knew? Who wanted to? But no policeman came to call, either to ask questions or with a warrant empowering him to take paint scrapings from the WV's bumpers. Nothing. Only her husband's one hundred and eighty degree change and her son's sleepy question on waking:
Did Daddy have an accident? I dreamed ...