OT: The Shining

[robbied69]

I was watching this last night.

Can someone tell me the significance that the picture at the end had? I know it was dated in the 1920's but what significance did it have with the rest of the film.

It's probably me being a bit slow.

 

[rool]

I was watching this last night.

Can someone tell me the significance that the picture at the end had? I know it was dated in the 1920's but what significance did it have with the rest of the film.

It's probably me being a bit slow.

I can't remember that bit, I'll have to watch it tonight now.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Jack Torrance: You WERE the caretaker here, Mr. Grady.

Delbert Grady: No sir, YOU are the caretaker. You've always been the caretaker. I ought to know: I've always been here.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Delbert Grady: Your son has a very great talent. I don't think you are aware how great it is. That he is attempting to use that very talent against your will.

Jack Torrance: He is a very willful boy.

Delbert Grady: Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance. A very willful boy. A rather naughty boy, if I may be so bold, sir.

Jack Torrance: It's his mother. She, uh, interferes.

Delbert Grady: Perhaps they need a good talking to, if you don't mind my saying so. Perhaps a bit more. My girls, sir, they didn't care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of matches, and tried to burn it down. But I "corrected" them sir. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I "corrected" her.

 

[Pevenseagull]

I was watching this last night.

Can someone tell me the significance that the picture at the end had? I know it was dated in the 1920's but what significance did it have with the rest of the film.

It's probably me being a bit slow.

Nicholson's in the picture

 

[robbied69]

Re: Re: OT: The Shining

Nicholson's in the picture

He is.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Surely a contender for one of the most overrated films of all time?

 

[John Dorian]

Thats a bold statement Cheeky Monkey. I like it.

 

[Biscuit]

It is a superb film, but I never quite got that bit. The scene with the corpse in the bath, or the twins are pure movie genious.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Surely a contender for one of the most overrated films of all time?

wouldn't have thought so

 

[Pevenseagull]

I think the picture at the end is not supposed to be resolvable it's merely there as an uncanny stimulus.

 

[Albion Dan]

Surely a contender for one of the most overrated films of all time?

Best horror film ever, bar none.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Thats a bold statement Cheeky Monkey. I like it.

Not only bold, but true JD. The last time I was that bored by celluloid I think I was watching the full length version of 'David Belotti The Wilderness Years' on Film Four.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Best horror film ever, bar none.

 

[robbied69]

someone from waccoe actually posted this in response:

This is what Kubrick said of the ending;

"I hope the audience has a good fright, has believed the film while they were watching it and retains some sense of it. The ballroom photograph at the end suggests the reincarnation of Jack"

 

[bhafc4eva]

RED RUM

 

[Silent Bob]

The book is far better.

 

[Ozymandias]

The book is far better.

I concur, mind you the film ain't bad

 

[Vlad the Impala]

The book is far better.

And hence so is the TV movie version, surprisingly, since it is much more faithful to the book.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Best, and, IMHO only, genuinely scary horror film ever made.

I think the significance of the picture at the end is that Jack Nicholson is just the latest of murderers who've been drawn to the hotel over the years.