Overlooked! A detail in The Shining that you’ve never seen
Overlooked!
A visual essay by Filippo Ulivieri
There’s something odd happening in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, a detail you probably didn’t notice. But it’s there, and it’s puzzling, and most of all creepy. What does it mean?
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I've expanded the essay and explored all the theories it sparked in a chapter of my new book, "Cracking the Kube: Solving the mysteries of Stanley Kubrick through archival research." Available now: https://a.co/d/hhnNlcX
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Many thanks to Michele Pavan Deana for his unfailing feedback.
Films used in the essay:
The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Warner Bros. ©1980
Home Alone, directed by Chris Columbus, 20th Century Fox ©1990
The Great Train Robbery, directed by Edwin S. Porter, ©1903
Annie Hall, directed by Woody Allen, United Artists ©1977
House of Cards, S3E06, Netflix ©2015
Amélie, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, BiM ©2001
Funny Games, directed by Michael Haneke, Concorde / Castle Rock / Turner ©1997
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