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Tag Archives: The Shining
Chapter 1
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. … Continue reading
The Shining in 6 Frames
Riffing off of Tom Woodward’s recent exercise he posted, I experimented with using six film frames to capture the essence of the film’s narrative. It might also be a nice way to think about how the juxtaposition of images make … Continue reading
Husbands from Hell: Guy Woodhouse from Rosemary’s Baby
While up late last night with newly minted Tommaso, I couldn’t help but thinking about the character Guy Woodhouse (played brilliantly by John Cassavetes) from Polanksi’s brilliant Rosemary’s Baby (1969). Thinking about how Guy sold out Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and … Continue reading
The Shining–The Bathroom Scene
If there is a better scene in all of cinema, it probably comes from The Shining (1980) as well—the first bar scene? But pound for pound the back and forth between Jack and Grady in the unbelievably beautiful set of … Continue reading
Bigger than Life (1956)
The Media Funhouse has an excellent post that mines the YouTube archives for highlights of Nicolas Ray’s career. There are a number of his films I haven’t seen, like In a Lonely Place (1950) and Bitter Victory (1957) that I … Continue reading
Stopover in a Quiet Town
My favorite Twilight Zone episode for the last six or seven years is “Stopover in a Quiet Town.” I think the whole idea of two people waking up after a bender in an abandoned town in which they discover everything … Continue reading
I like my Cultra Rare
Update on 12/14/09: Unfortunately Cultra Rare is gone, for nothing gold can last. I have been exploring the Cultra Rare site I found by way of this post by Kliph Nesteroff over at WFMU’s Beware of the Blog (I’m finding … Continue reading
Here’s to 3 years on the bava…
…and all the irreparable harm its has caused me. (Watch the HD version here.) Exactly three years ago today the madness began, here’s to at least three more. Film Credits: Andy Rush as an impeccable “Floyd” the bartender who absolutely … Continue reading
The Shining Polka
This is an impressively insane homage to Kubrick’s The Shinging. I love how it is entertaining, freaky and downright disturbing all at once.