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jchgf — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:50:00 -0800

"Shown backwards it is a heroic film about human experience: A man trapped in the logic of ghosts, trapped in a grayscale 2-D flat world, a photograph inside history, frozen in spectral finity: is unfrozen, and is lured outside of a maze where both his wife and son proceed to ‘undouble’ him and assist him in his war with his self and is finally able to drive away from the Overlook, from the lunarscape of this unreal summit and into a perfect mirror, earthmade."

An excerpt of a large-scale guide to the inner workings of The Shining. Related: Rob Ager's analysis and audio-visual commentary (YT) (part 2, part 3).

What's up, doc?

shakespeherian — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:12:36 -0800

Channel 4 recreates The Shining to promote its Kubrick season. A 65-second tracking shot through a recreated Shining set, complete with look-alikes.

Scary Stuff

McLir — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:11:18 -0800

Scary Stuff: Count Floyd's Scary Little Christmas Promo, Dr Cube's Posse, A Scarier Skeleton by Jack Handey [mp3], The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra Trailer [previously], Shining, Plan 9 From Outer Space - Best Lines, Re-Enactment - Pan's Labyrinth, [previously] Scream in 30 Seconds and Re-Enacted by Bunnies, Season of the Witch, The Thing in Lego, REM & Muppets - Furry Happy Monsters. Happy Halloween everyone!

Brandon Hardesty

McLir — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:38:21 -0800

Brandon Hardesty [wiki, previously] is a comic actor who is best known for his movie re-enactments and his appearance on a Geico commercial (for which he was well compensated). He asked his thousands of YouTube fans for scene requests. He has now (despite a recent bout with mono) completed performances of the top five five winners: 5: Clerks, 4: Fight Club, 3: Full Metal Jacket, 2: Reservoir Dogs and 1: Pulp Fiction. [YouTube unless otherwise noted] Hardesty's other re-enactments include The Shining, Harvey, As Good as it Gets, Jurassic Park and Planes Trains and Automobiles. In addition, his performances include a couple original characters, strange faces, impressive piano and some fun with friends. My personal favorite remains his re-enactment of Goodfellas.

Big in a New Light

adrober — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:29:45 -0800

Remember that Shining trailer from a few weeks back? Now they've done it with Big. (embedded WMV)