Comments on: Making ‘The Shining’ (1980) http://verdoux.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/making-the-shining-1980/ Passion for the Moving Image Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:18:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lluismen Català http://verdoux.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/making-the-shining-1980/#comment-198 Lluismen Català Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:57:53 +0000 http://verdoux.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/making-the-shining-1980/#comment-198 Buenas a tod@s. Acabo de ver "El resplandor" y me ha vuelto a maravillar. El guión, las actuaciones, la atmósfera, el terror, el clímax que le imprimió el Kubrick. Una joya de película. Y el Nicholson está para comérselo, a pesar de la tan nombrada "sobreactuación". En la película se ven rasgos de "2001. Una odisea en el espacio". Ese hotel tan bonito y tan tétrico. Con sus pasillitos y sus hermanitas... En fin, que en cuanto he revisto la película me he puesto a investigar por internete. Una gozada. Y ahora a ver quién es el guapo que se acuesta... Socorro. Hasta la próxima. Buenas a tod@s. Acabo de ver “El resplandor” y me ha vuelto a maravillar. El guión, las actuaciones, la atmósfera, el terror, el clímax que le imprimió el Kubrick. Una joya de película. Y el Nicholson está para comérselo, a pesar de la tan nombrada “sobreactuación”. En la película se ven rasgos de “2001. Una odisea en el espacio”. Ese hotel tan bonito y tan tétrico. Con sus pasillitos y sus hermanitas… En fin, que en cuanto he revisto la película me he puesto a investigar por internete. Una gozada. Y ahora a ver quién es el guapo que se acuesta… Socorro.

Hasta la próxima.

]]> By: Viv http://verdoux.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/making-the-shining-1980/#comment-64 Viv Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:18:02 +0000 http://verdoux.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/making-the-shining-1980/#comment-64 I wish all featurettes were at least half as good as this one... I felt sorry for Shelley Duvall watching it, I believe she took this part while halfway through a stress breakdown - she looks so much better in the scenes filmed later. Now she's remembered as this attention-seeking hypochondriac diva who needed to be battered into shape by Kubrick to get out that performace. - I don't believe she's always like that, she looks completely traumatised to start with during filming and I don't believe it's the film that's rattled her in the first place (but it sure isn't helping). - I am very impressed that she managed to make use of personal trauma and come up with such an iconic performance... I wonder if there's some guy out there who watched the Shining and thought to himself "Hey, that wasn't Kubrick who messed her up, that was ME! He's taking all the credit!" My favourite is still the shot of the steadycam rolling silently past, with all the potted plants on it, and Stanley Kubrick riding it looking so HAPPY... or am I making that up now? I wish all featurettes were at least half as good as this one…

I felt sorry for Shelley Duvall watching it, I believe she took this part while halfway through a stress breakdown – she looks so much better in the scenes filmed later.
Now she’s remembered as this attention-seeking hypochondriac diva who needed to be battered into shape by Kubrick to get out that performace. – I don’t believe she’s always like that, she looks completely traumatised to start with during filming and I don’t believe it’s the film that’s rattled her in the first place (but it sure isn’t helping). – I am very impressed that she managed to make use of personal trauma and come up with such an iconic performance… I wonder if there’s some guy out there who watched the Shining and thought to himself “Hey, that wasn’t Kubrick who messed her up, that was ME! He’s taking all the credit!”

My favourite is still the shot of the steadycam rolling silently past, with all the potted plants on it, and Stanley Kubrick riding it looking so HAPPY… or am I making that up now?

]]> By: sam991 http://verdoux.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/making-the-shining-1980/#comment-36 sam991 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:35:07 +0000 http://verdoux.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/making-the-shining-1980/#comment-36 With the Golden Globes off, i doubt you have much choice in the matter. That being said, if Jack were any more relaxed he'd be in a coma. With the Golden Globes off, i doubt you have much choice in the matter. That being said, if Jack were any more relaxed he’d be in a coma.

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