25 Things You Might Not Know About The Shining

1. DIRECTOR STANLEY KUBRICK HAD AN INTEREST IN

HORROR WELL BEFORE HE MADE THE SHINING. Kubrick is known for
his forays into different genresand
horror was a genre that piqued his interest. In the early '70s, he was in
consideration to direct The Exorcist. But he ended up not getting the
job because he only wanted to direct the film if he could also produce
it. Kubrick later told a friend that he wanted to make the worlds
scariest movie, involving a series of episodes that would play upon the
nightmare fears of the audience.
2. THE FILM WAS INSPIRED BY AN EPISODE OF OMNIBUS.
In 1952, Kubrick worked as the second unit director on one episode of
the television seriesOmnibus. But it was a different episode, about
poker players getting into a fight, that inspired parts of The Shining.
According to Kubrick, You think the point of the story is that his death
was inevitable because a paranoid poker player would ultimately get
involved in a fatal gunfight. But, in the end, you find out that the man
he accused was actually cheating him. I think The Shining uses a
similar kind of psychological misdirection to forestall the realization
that the supernatural events are actually happening.
3. KUBRICK DIDN'T EVEN READ A SCREENPLAY THAT STEPHEN KING
WROTE...

According to one of Kubricks biographers, David Hughes, King wrote

an entire draft of a screenplay for The Shining. Kubrick didnt even
deem it worth a glance, which makes sense as he once called Kings
writing weak. Instead, Kubrick worked with Diane Johnson on the
screenplay because he was a fan of her book, The Shadow Knows. The
two ended up spending eleven weeks working on the script.
4. ...BUT KUBRICK STILL HAD QUESTIONS FOR KING... This is a
legendary story that King apparently still tells at some book readings.
Stanley Kubrick called him at seven in the morning to ask, I think
stories of the supernatural are fundamentally optimistic, dont you? If
there are ghosts then that means we survive death. When King
responded with the question of how hell fit into that picture, Kubrick
simply responded, I dont believe in hell.
5. ...THEN KING DIDNT EVEN LIKE THE MOVIE.
King told Playboy in 1983, Id admired Kubrick for a long time and
had great expectations for the project, but I was deeply disappointed
in the end result. Parts of the film are chilling, charged with a
relentlessly claustrophobic terror, but others fell flat.
He didnt like the casting of Jack Nicholson either, claiming, Jack
Nicholson, though a fine actor, was all wrong for the part. His last big
role had been in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and between that
and the manic grin, the audience automatically identified him as a
loony from the first scene. But the book is about Jack Torrances
gradual descent into madness through the malign influence of the
Overlookif the guy is nuts to begin with, then the entire tragedy of

his downfall is wasted.

6. HE HIRED HIS FAMILY.
The executive producer of the film was Kubricks brother-in- law, Jan
Harlan. Christiane Kubrick and Vivian Kubrick, his wife and daughter
respectively, helped with both the design and the musicthough
Vivian might be more well-known for the on-set documentary that she
made titled, The Making Of The Shining. The 30-minute film, which
aired on the BBC, was a very rare look into Kubricks directing styles.
You can watch it above.
7. KUBRICK WASNT THERE FOR LOCATION SHOOTS.
Kubrick hated to fly and refused to leave England towards the end of
his lifeso he was not in attendance when the opening credits of The
Shining were shot. A second unit crew headed to Glacier National Park
in Montana where they filmed from a helicopter.
8. ROOM 217 WAS SWITCHED TO ROOM 237 AT THE REQUEST OF THE
TIMBERLINE LODGE.
In the book, the spooky events are set in Room 217, not Room 237.
The Timberline Lodge, which was used as the hotels exterior for some
shots, is to blame for this swap. The Lodges management asked for the
room number to be changed so that guests wouldnt avoid Room 217.
There is no Room 237 in the hotel, so that number was chosen. The
website of The Timberline Lodge notes, Curiously and somewhat
ironically, room #217 is requested more often than any other room at
Timberline.

9. ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY HAS MANY
DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS.
The iconic sentence actually changes meaning for foreign translations
of the film, at Kubricks request. In German versions, the phrase
translates to: Dont put off till tomorrow what you can do today. The
Spanish translation is: Although one will rise early, it wont dawn
sooner. In Italian: He who wakes up early meets a golden day.
10. THERES A LEGEND THAT KUBRICK ACTUALLY TYPED ALL OF THOSE
ALL WORK PAGES.
No one is quite sure whether Kubrick typed 500 pages of All work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy. Kubrick didnt go to the prop
department with this task, using his own typewriter to make the pages.
It was a typewriter that had built-in memory, so it could have turned
out the pages without an actual person. But the individual pages in the
film contain different layouts and mistakes. Some claim that it would
have been characteristic of the director to individually prepare each
page. Alas, well never knowKubrick never addressed this question
before he died.
11. THERES A HIDDEN PLAYGIRL MAGAZINE IN THE FILM.
Kubrick is famous for being a particularly detail-oriented director. So
when Jack Torrance is seen reading a Playgirl in the lobby of the
Overlook before he gets hired, its probably not meaningless. There is
an article in the issue about incest, so the most common theory is that
Kubrick was subtly implying that Danny may have experienced sexual
abuse. Another articleadvertised on the cover is Interview: The Selling

of (Starsky & Hutchs) David Soul. Perhaps Kubrick was throwing in

some extra foreshadowing. Regardless, no normal hotel leaves copies
of Playgirl lying around, so the magazine serves as an immediate red
flag in the film.
12. DAN LLOYD, WHO PLAYED DANNY IN THE FILM, HAS ONLY BEEN
IN THIS FILM.
The Shining seemed to introduce a promising child star in Dan Lloyd.
He ended up having a role in a TV film two years later, but that was the
extent of his acting career. We kept trying for several years ... until I
was in high school and I stopped at about 14 with almost no
success,"he told the New York Daily News.
13. YOUNG DAN LLOYD DIDNT KNOW HE WAS FILMING A HORROR
MOVIE.
To protect Dan, who was 5 when he made the film, Kubrick told him
that they were filming a drama. He didnt even see the actual film until
he was 16. He said later, I just personally dont find it scary because I
saw it behind the scenes. I know it might be kind of ironic, but I like
funny films and documentaries.
14. JACK NICHOLSON IMPROVISED THE LINE, HEEEERES JOHNNY.
Jack Nicholson is responsible for the only line from The Shining to
make it onto AFIs Top 100 Movie Quotes. While filming the scene in
which Jack breaks down a bathroom door with an axe, Nicholson
shouted out the famous Ed McMahon line from The Tonight Show
Starring Johnny Carson. The catch phrase worked and stayed in the
film. Some behind-the- scenes footage, which can be seen here, shows

Nicholsons method acting before filming the iconic scene.

15. JACK NICHOLSON WROTE A SCENE.
In addition to improvising one of the most famous lines of the film,
Nicholson actually wrote an entire scene. He felt a particularly deep
understanding of Jack Torrance's berating of his wife while hes trying
to write.
In an interview with the New York Times, Nicholson explained, Thats
what I was like when I got my divorce. I was under the pressure of
being a family man with a daughter and one day I accepted a job to act
in a movie in the daytime and I was writing a movie at night and Im
back in my little corner and my beloved wife Sandra, walked in on
what was unbeknownst to her, this maniacand I told Stanley about it
and we wrote it into the scene.
16. SHELLEY DUVALL AND STANLEY KUBRICK DID NOT GET ALONG.
Though he had a good relationship with Nicholson, Kubrick was
notoriously brutal on Shelley Duvall during filming. In her words,
From May until October I was really in and out of ill health because
the stress of the role was so great. Stanley pushed me and prodded me
further than Ive ever been pushed before. Its the most difficult role
Ive ever had to play. The scene in which Wendy is swinging a bat at
Jack is an example of this pushing. The scene actually made it into The
Guinness Book of Records because it took 127 takes, the most for a
scene with spoken dialogue.
17. SLIM PICKENS WAS OFFERED THE ROLE OF DICK HALLORANN.
Pickens had already worked with Kubrick before. He played Major T. J.
King Kong in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and

Love the Bomb. Regardless, he was a particularly strange pick for the
role of Dick Hallorann because the character is black in the book.
Pickens chose to not work with Kubrick again, as he did not like the
strenuous Dr. Strangelove shoots. The role then went to Scatman
Crothers. 18. THE OVERLOOK HOTEL DOESNT MAKE SENSE SPATIALLY.
Observant Shining fan Rob Ager noticed that there are many aspects to
the set of The Overlook Hotel that make no sense. For example,
Ullmans office has a window to outside, but there are rooms
surrounding the office, making that window impossible. This is the
case for many of the windows in the film they dont work in context.
There is also a hallway in the Colorado Lounge that essentially appears
out of nowhere. Ager created a video in which he maps out the
nonsensical visuals.
The executive producer of The Shining, Jan Harlan, has stated that this
was intentional. The interiors dont make sense," he said in 2012.
"Those huge corridors and ballrooms couldnt fit inside. In fact,
nothing makes sense.
19. MUCH OF THE SET BURNED DOWN.
Toward the end of shooting, a fire broke out and destroyed multiple
sets. According to the set still photographer, It was a huge fire in there
one night, massive fire, we never really discovered what caused that
fire and it burned down two soundstages and threatened a third at
Elstree Studios. It was an eleven alarm fire call, it was huge. The
rebuild of one of these soundstages cost an estimated $2.5 million.

Theres a famous picture of Kubrick laughing in front of this wreckage.

Perhaps hes laughing because he knows the novel ends with The
Overlook Hotel burning down.
20. NINE HUNDRED TONS OF SALT WERE USED TO MAKE THE FILM.
And that was just for the final scene! At the end of The Shining, Jack
chases young Danny through a snow-covered hedge maze before
finally dying. To create the elaborate, wintery maze, it took a lot of salt
and crushed Styrofoam.
21. THE FILM TOOK FIVE YEARS TO MAKE.
Kubrick is notorious for his lengthy film productions. Sources differ on
how long shooting itself lasted, but it probably went on for almost a
year. Around the time he was making the film, Kubrick said, There is a
wonderful suggestive timeliness [that the structure] of making a
movie imposes on your life. Im doing exactly the same as I was doing
when I was eighteen and making my first movie. It frees you from any
other sense of time.
22. THERE IS AN ORIGINAL, DIFFERENT ENDING.
Its not uncommon for a films ending to change in post- production,
but Kubrick changed the ending of the film after it had been playing in
theaters for a weekend. The film version is lost, but pages from the
screenplay do exist. The scene takes place after Jack dies in the snow.
Ullman visits Wendy in the hospital. He tells her, About the things you
saw at the hotel. [A lieutenant] told me theyve really gone over the
place with a fine tooth comb and they didnt find the slightest

evidence of anything at all out of the ordinary. He also encourages

Wendy and Danny to stay with him for a while. The film ends with text
over black, The Overlook Hotel would survive this tragedy, as it had so
many others. It is still open each year from May 20th to September
20th. It is closed for the winter.
Roger Ebert deemed the cut a good decision. According to him,
Kubrick was wise to remove that epilogue ... it pulled one rug too
many out from under the story.
23. IT WAS KUBRICKS NEXT FILM AFTER HIS WORST- RECEIVED
FILM,BARRY LYNDON.
Things werent looking good for Kubrick after Barry Lyndon was
released in 1975. Film reviewer Tim Robey notes, It was not the
commercial success Warner Bros had been hoping for. The film cost
$11 million to make and earned $9.5 million in the United States,
though it did have a good life in foreign box offices. According to
Hughes, the film would have had to earn $30 million to be profitable.
The Shining did a lot better financially. The film cost $19 million to
make and it went on to earn $47 million in the United States. It was
one the top ten highest-grossing films of 1980.
24. IT HAS INSPIRED MANY CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
So many film theorists have their own takes on The Shining that these
conspiracies star in their own film: the documentary Room 237. One
theory is that Kubrick helped to fake the moon landing and The
Shining is his confession. Another claims that the film is truly about the
genocide of Native Americans. Yet another theory reads the film as a
story about the Holocaust and concentration camps.
Leon Vitali, Kubricks personal assistant during filming, has since
denied these theories. Hesays of the documentary, I was falling about

laughing most of the time. There are ideas espoused in the movie that
I know to be total balderdash.
25. ITS MOST FAMOUS FAN SITE IS RUN BY TOY STORY 3 DIRECTOR,
LEE UNKRICH.
Unkrich runs The Overlook Hotel, which contains tons of pictures and
behind-the-scenes information about the film. I started the site purely
for selfish reasons," he said. "Ive been collecting stuff from The
Shining over the years, and I just wanted to have one place where they
could be organized. Unkrich was also one of the people who helped
fund the Room 237documentary.
But, undeniably the most fun part about Unkrichs Shining obsession is
finding the hidden references in Toy Story 3. Sids carpet is very similar
to a carpet in the Overlook Hotel. A garbage trucks license plate reads
RM237. And Trixie chats online with a dinosaur toy down the street
who happens to have the screen name Velocistar237.
What happened to Jack in the end of the movie?
One of the most puzzling questions in The Shining has always been;
what happened to Jack at the end of the movie?
In Stephen Kings novel he dies in a boiler explosion inside The
Overlook, but nothing that simple happens here. In another
undeniable Kubrickian reversal of the source novel at the end of the
movie we see him frozen solid outside of The Overlook. But what may
have been also included in the first directors cut, and later removed, is
that his body couldnt be found by the police. This is very important.
His body just disappears and to answer the question we should look at
something else first; was Jack ever in the hotel before?

What would lead us to believe Jacks been to The Overlook before as

he definitely wasnt there before in Stephen Kings novel? Early on he
says this to Wendy, It was as though I had been here before but this
statement doesnt really prove anything. Gradys famous line, I'm
sorry to differ with you, sir, but you are the caretaker. You have always
been the caretaker, I should know, sir. I've always been here cannot
be used as proof that Jacks returned because his visions of Grady are a
product of his own imagination, combined with his growing madness
coupled with his ability to Shine. If The Overlook is speaking to him
through Grady it cant be believed because as Danny states in Stephen
Kings novel, The house always lies.
Then we see it! Jack appears standing in The Overlook in the last
picture of the movie dated July 4th 1921. Ask anybody whos seen
"The Shining" if Jack Torrance has ever been there before and they will
all use this picture as the one irrefutable example of it.

Of course he was, Ive seen a picture of him with a date under it from
1921, Im absolutely sure of it, it has to be; Are you fing crazy? The
audience has been masterfully manipulated, this is just too easy. On
the surface the picture is just to easy to interpret and as Ill show you
Stanley Kubricks put specific suggestions in our heads throughout the
movie; Jack has never been in the hotel before, hasnt returned, and
isnt Grady reincarnated. No matter how hard you say, I believe, I
believe it just isnt so; weve been manipulated by a master.
Any serious discussion of this film must address what happens in the
last scene and cant be considered complete without it. Weve seen
throughout the movie that whenever someone Shines something
moves, changes color or disappears whether inside or outside of The
Overlook. Just about all of the props in the last shot except the ceiling

and floor have changed, and this alters everything because the
question has to be; Who did it now? The cast members have all gone.
But you must ask yourself; am I the one seeing the vision this time
with the song "Midnight, The Stars and You" playing in my ears?
The chairs are now covered maybe indicating that The Caretaker is
gone and there are more no invisible entities sitting around on them.
The Gold Room sign moves across the floor from left to right but hasnt
changed with the same 2 artists pictures on it (indicating to me that
were still in the present time frame and not in the past, or in some
recurring BS sci-fi time warp).
The 2 mirrors on the sides of the 21 pictures are gone, replaced by
Indian artwork, and the red couch, another place to sit, has now
disappeared.
Lastly, don't forget theres the most important alteration in the whole
movie (maybe of any movie ever), the 21 pictures on the wall. Theyre
entirely different from what was in this spot when weve seen it several
other times throughout the movie and the most puzzling image of all
time dead center, Overlook Hotel July 4th Ball 1921, just wasnt there
before this last shot of the movie. No one ever noticed this. How could
all the pictures be different?
Anyone who doesnt realize by now that all the cast members in this
movie have a very special ability may be hopelessly thick. They can see
visions, speak together telepathically, change the colors of possessions
and surroundings, and they can move objects without touching them.

This is what the movie is about and its obvious someone used this
special power and Shined that picture onto the wall at the end of the
movie, but everyone in the story with the power is either dead or has
left the building; Do you know who did it this time?
Stanley Kubrick has added yet another brilliant twist to this movie
(maybe the greatest hidden twist in movie history); In the end as the
camera zooms in on the center picture we, the audience, are the only
ones there in the lobby, and we become an integral part of the movie.
Jack was never in The Overlook in 1921 but we, never realizing that its
us doing it, Shine him to the spot on the wall where we believe he
was and belongs; back into the Overlooks past. In the end he doesnt
exist anymore. Nothing more, nothing less. Weve turned him into just
a picture on a wall. Now hes where he belongs, in the Overlook, frozen
for all time, for ever and ever and ever. Throughout this entire movie
weve been guided by the art of Stanley Kubricks simple suggestions
and are unshakenly positive in our belief that Jack Torrance was in a
past life, Grady, The Overlooks caretaker. In the end, again, were
seeing a reflection of what we thought was real. Anyone who
erroneously tries to explain why this picture, the most enigmatic prop
in movie history, isnt there for 99% of the movie as a movie mistake or
continuity error is insulting Mr. Kubricks intelligence, and just doesnt
get this movie. This must have a valid and plausible explanation. No
one would go through the trouble of finding an authentic picture from
1921, as stated in his interview with Michel Ciment, and then forget to
hang it up till the end of the movie. Come on, get real. Jack was never

there before, but he sure is now, for ever and ever and ever; and you
did it.
Theres a classic episode of The Twilight Zone from 1961 that reminds
me of all this, and I bet Stephen King or Stanley Kubrick must have
seen it. In It's a Good Life, Billy Mumy plays a child who has a special
power that will look very familiar if you ever get to watch it. Hes totally
evil and is able to transform people he doesnt like into inanimate
objects at will. If you ever get to see this episode youll know why the
picture isnt there for most of the movie and what power transformed
the 21 pictures on the wall in the end. It will also become very clear
who did it.
But its so obvious; Jacks been reincarnated. Everyone believes hes
been in The Overlook before. This is the enormous power held in this
one enigmatic image. The image of Jack standing there is almost like a
religious icon. Theres a weird kind of faith people have in it, that its
telling us hes been in The Overlook before. It's unshakable. The
audience must be aware of the visual inconsistencies contained in that
picture though. They cant be explained away or ignored, and I believe
they prove that hes never been there before.
Unfortunately Stanley Kubrick will be no help whatsoever in trying to
understand whats going on in the end of The Shining. Look carefully
at what Stanley Kubrick said about this scene in his interview with
Michel Ciment. He could have told Michel exactly what the ballroom
picture means, but instead he cleverly says this; The ballroom
photograph at the very end suggests the reincarnation of Jack. What

an interesting choice of words he uses as the definition of suggests is

to cause one to think that something exists. The implication here is
obvious. He wants Michel Ciment, as well as the rest of us, to think
that something exists or else he simply wouldnt have used that word.
Everyone is positive they have the answer to the most puzzling
question in this movie because the power of this one image, and what
it says, is unbelievable. But look closely at Jack in the final picture. The
Overlook's caretaker worked in the winter. Its a total paradox. July 4th
is in the summer and Jack wouldnt have been there. He isnt the
caretaker in that picture either if you look closely hes The Manager. It
isnt even July 4th, as the only identifiable object seen there would
obviously make us think of a New Years Eve party. Unless you're
someone who uses New Years Party favors in the summer. And what
happened to all the other caretakers that had to have worked in
between and before Jack and Grady?
It can be just as powerful in a movie but we see this in life all the time;
the amazing power of a single image.
Stanley Kubrick purposely created a cinematic enigma that he knew
viewers would be trying to understand for a very long time. In a
beautifully simple way he made it as hard as possible to figure out
because the more you look, the more you notice. And the more you
notice, well.... No one can argue this fact though; he released a work
that looked exactly the way he wanted it to. It was planned out ahead
of time and what we see on the screen was placed there purposely. It is
what it is. What we see cant be changed and has to be the foundation
of any attempted explanation.

If you just want to enjoy The Shining on a basic level what Ive shown
here wont matter to you, but if your desire is to delve into a deeper
understand of this work youll need to look very carefully at this
picture. I stated before I dont believe Jacks ever been in The Overlook
before. Its the reverse of what everyone else believes but everything
needed to prove my seemingly outrageous statement is there in the
picture. It must be looked at and any examination of the last shot in
The Shining that doesnt acknowledge or attempt to explain these
three obvious facts is intentionally incomplete.
The first problem as I stated before is the definition of reincarnation;
the rebirth of a soul in a [new] body. Jack is still in the same body and
this cant be changed; by the very definition he hasnt been
reincarnated. Second, theres one glaring problem with the July 4th
picture that hardly anyone has ever realized, yet cant be ignored. If
Jack is the reincarnated caretaker from the Overlooks past, or for that
matter if he has ever been there in a previous life, than the picture had
to have been taken in The Overlook. It may say Overlook Hotel July
4th Ball 1921 but the party depicted in the picture quite simply isnt
in any room of The Overlook.
Weve seen all the big rooms in the hotel and there's absolutely no
indication of another one either in the movie or the novel. This is no
mistake. Its such a brilliant yet simple deception. Stanley Kubrick
makes us believe the photo was taken in The Overlook by whats
written on it. Anything can be written on a picture but it doesnt make
it true. Kubrick aficionados can jump up and down, throw tantrums,
spit blood, or spin their heads like Regan from the Exorcist, but it will

not change a thing. The place depicted in the picture is just not The
Overlook. Stanley Kubrick planned it this way and this picture simply
cannot be used as proof that Jack has ever been in The Overlook before
in this or any other lifetime because its obvious, the picture has been
taken somewhere else. The somewhere else Stanley Kubrick may
have had in mind might be an interesting thing to ponder though.
Again we must return to what I showed you before. The third and most
important thing about this picture that I bet you never noticed until
now is; its not there on the wall at any other time in the movie. The
most enigmatic prop in movie history just appears on the wall in the
last shot? I believe someone Shined it up there. After all Shining is
what this story is about, not reincarnation and theres not a shred of
evidence that any supernatural power other than Shining is going on
here. Something else happened to Jack Torrance at the end of this
story. We still see him in the same body; its not reincarnation as the
definition of the word is very precise. Jack's never been in The
Overlook before and the final picture wasnt there earlier in the movie
because, in the storys time line, what it depicts simply hasnt
happened yet. Its our vision of Jacks future that Stanley Kubrick made
to look like the past, and it happens at the very end of the story when
all the cast members with this power are gone. Hes been frozen again
a second time, for the rest of time. Shined onto a wall in a hotel
where he will be for ever, and ever, and ever.

Look at all the major reversals Stanley Kubrick made to Stephen Kings
story. In the novel Jack burns to death, The Overlook is destroyed and

no one remains there. In the movie The Overlook is not destroyed, Jack
is frozen and remains there on the wall forever. Its obvious, but old
perceptions die- hard and again a knee-jerk explanation for all this is
that the picture has mistakes in it. But Stanley Kubrick doesnt make
mistakes like this without a reason and anyone who thinks he does
should be prepared to prove how they know this for a fact. The
Shining was released looking exactly the way he wanted it to. Were
looking at a brilliant deception. Everyone thinks they see people
attending a party back in 1921. The picture looks like the past but we
dont even know for certain whether its past, present, or future; or
what it actually depicts. The question thats never asked is who are the
people in the picture? Maybe its a get together of previous Shiners
who visited The Overlook in the past. If you look closely all the sofas do
disappear as the movie progresses no place for their Doppelgangers
to sit. When you read the next section of my blog youll understand
why I believe the picture is not only there in the end but might actually
depict a different type of end; a future gathering in hell. Whether you
like his character or not Jack took a major wrong turn in life.
I mentioned before Stanley Kubricks obvious manipulation of time
codes in this movie. If you look closely the shot where Jack gulps down
his first drink is exactly 66 minutes and 6 seconds into the movie.
Could this have just happened by chance? Its undeniable the time
code is exact to the second from when the story starts after the :11second Warner Brothers logo is finished. If you dont believe me go
check it out for yourself.

In the last picture if Jack has become, as I believe, The Manager or the
Master of Ceremonies in hell the people with him may very well be
other Shiners who, like Jack, have passed through life and taken a
similar wrong turn. Its not The
Overlook in the picture though, thats not where theyre gathered. The
picture may have ended up on The Overlooks wall but they are
definitely somewhere else.
You may still feel Jacks been in the hotel before but think about this.
Theres something in the dialog that proves Jack in the present day
Overlook could not be a reincarnation of Charles Grady who killed his
family and himself. Listening to the bathroom conversation between
the two Charles Grady and Delbert Grady appear to be, on the surface,
the same person, but they actually arent. Stanley Kubrick gave them
two different names for a reason; theyre two different entities. One is a
vision and the other is a real person. There should be no confusion
about this; Delbert Grady is a vision inside Jacks head that looks
exactly like the real Overlook caretaker, Charles Grady. We know this
positively from the dialog Stanley Kubrick put in the movie. Jack says
this as he speaks to him in the bathroom, Mr. Grady. You were the
caretaker here. I recognize ya. I saw your picture in the newspapers.
Theres something here that movie viewers who have never read the
book are not aware of. When Jack says, I saw your picture in the
newspapers hes referring to the unexplained scrapbook that we see
open on his desk throughout the movie. The scrapbook plays a big part
in the novel as its in the basement and used by the manager to lure
Jack. It contains articles about the hotel and Jack eventually decides to

use it to work on a different project about The Overlooks past. When

he says, I saw your picture in the newspapers he already knows what
Charles Grady looks like. You dont know what Grady looks like, but
Jack does. Delbert Grady, the ghost, and Charles Grady, the
caretaker, look exactly the same and Jack knows this for sure. Hes
imagining talking to the same Charles Grady that hes seen in the
newspaper clippings who killed his family and himself in 1970. But
theres a major problem here; there cant be any reincarnation of these
two people because of what we know from the interview with Mr.
Ullmann. We know when the two little girls were killed. Jack and
Charles Grady, when he worked at the hotel, are both alive at the same
time in 1970. The party is all a vision were seeing from Jacks
imagination. Grady may say this line You are the caretaker, you have
always been the caretaker indicating all the caretakers are the same
entity; Jack. But he and Charles Grady were obviously both alive at the
same time and this cant be debated or changed no matter what your
opinion is. You cant be a reincarnation of someone who is alive at the
same time you are.
This perplexing picture is the final vision in a movie thats full of
visions. Its by someone who has the exact same ability to Shine and
see visions as The Overlooks previous guests, the Torrences and Dick
Hallorann who we know in the end are all either dead or like Elvis have
"left the building. The hotel is now empty except for us, the audience.
Just think of how brilliantly this was put across in Stanley Kubricks
script by Dick Hallorann, the only expert on Shining we know of; But
there are other folks, though mostly they don't know it, or don't

believe it. That may be you he's talking about, think about it; you are
the other folks that don't know it, or don't believe it. What an
unbelievable twist! The power of this one image. The unbelief of
realizing that it might not be what it seems. It turns out in the end
Stanley Kubrick has taken Stephen Kings story about a little boy who
possesses the power to Shine and in the end reverses that power by
giving it to the audience. Now, in this last perplexing shot as John
Lennon sang in the song that inspired the novel.... We all Shine on!

Dialectics
From Apocalypse Now, "Do you know what the man is saying? Do you?
This is dialectics. It's very simple dialectics. One through nine, no
maybes, no supposes, no fractions -- you can't travel in space, you can't
go out into space, you know, without, like, you know, with fractions -what are you going to land on, one quarter, three-eighths -- what are
you going to do when you go from here to Venus or something -- that's
dialectic physics, OK? Dialectic logic is there's only love and hate, you
either love somebody or you hate them."
In this movie it has to do with truth. Dialectic logic is there's only truth
and lies, you either believe somebody or you don't believe them."
The Gollywog
In the novel The Overlook uses racism to scare Dick Hallorann. In the
movie Stanley Kubrick hides the racism very well. If Grady is a figment
of Jack's imagination, then it's Jack and not the "ghosts" inside the
Overlook where the racism now lies. Someone else on another website
noticed this and it doesn't belong in this movie;
I would never know what this toy was as I'd never heard of or seen
aGollywog before. But you have to believe that Stanley Kubrick added
this little touch in Danny's toys to indicate that one of his parents
might be a racist, as they were the ones that probably gave it to him. It
might have something to do with Dick Hallorann's death but I don't
believe it because Stanley Kubrick is a perfectionist and the Gollywog
isn't even close to the spot where he is killed. The rabit on the tryke is
but not the Gollywog. You'll have to be the judge but it is an

interesting little visual tidbit that's been added to the film. Hidden
very subtly just like everything else I've discussed.
The Visions Seen In "The Shining"
My list of visions in "The Shining" are at the bottom of this page.
A vision is similar to a hallucination or an illusion, and a ghost is an
actual presence that becomes manifest to the living. Its very
interesting that Stanley Kubrick doesnt use either word, ghost or
vision, when he has Dick Hallorann explain Shining, and what he
might be seeing inside the hotel, to Danny. Well, you know Doc, when
something happens it can leave a trace of itself behind. Say like if
someone burns toast. Well, maybe things that happened leave other
kind of traces behind. Not things that anyone can notice, but things
that people who 'shine' can see.
Hes talking about Dannys ability to see past events that have
happened inside The Overlook, and he doesnt say a word about
ghosts or that The Overlook is haunted. Hes describing visions to
Danny here not ghosts, and he would have indicated so if he was. In
Stephen Kings novel he doesnt know about ghosts either. The
spirits are aroused because Danny is in the hotel and they want his
power. In Stanley Kubrick's Overlook its Jack that arouses the "ghosts"
after he opens the scrapbook we see sitting on his desk throughout the
film. Jack is the only cast member that knows what The Overlook's
previous guests all look like; Dick Hallorann doesn't!

In the movie Dick Hallorann doesnt mention The Overlook being

haunted, or that there are ghosts there, because hes never perceived
any of this himself and if he did know of these things he would have
told Danny so (exactly like he explained his ability to Shine). What
the Torrances are perceiving in The Overlook only happens after Jack
arrives. To a screen audience a vision or a ghost would both appear the
same. But
if you look closely at the script Stanley Kubrick puts proof that
characters can project these visions into each others minds. It appears
that both Danny and Dick Hallorann experience the exact same vision
of Jack entering room 237. Danny is in his room and Dick Hallorann is
several thousand miles away yet they see the exact same thing. If it
happens once it can happen many other times like when Jack kills Dick
Hallorann, Danny sees it and screams while hiding inside the cabinet
on the other side of the hotel.
The visions that characters in the movie experience are interesting and
important to look at and Ive listed each of them. Jack is at the
Overlook during every vision that Danny Dick or Wendy have, and we
know from the dialogue the exact spot where he has the opportunity to
peer into the Overlooks scrapbook (5:26 into the movie, Id like you
to take him around the place soon as were through ... ). Visions begin
appearing to the characters right after that. Stanley Kubrick tells us in
the dialogue that these visions aren't real, Remember what Mr.
Hallorann said. It's just like pictures in a book, Danny. It isn't real., and
Dick Hallorann knows exactly what hes talking about. In the movie the
Torrance's see 21 separate visions. After Jack has the opportunity to

open the scrapbook he knows exactly what all of The Overlooks most
notorious guests look like. The ones that didnt make it onto the hotels
walls, the ones that arent, all the best people that Mr. Ullman speaks
about during their tour. The exact same guests that appear in their
visions. If The Overlook was haunted Mr. Ullman would have been
proud of it and told Jack that fact during the interview, after all he did
tell him about the murders.
Stanley Kubrick got an idea for using certain colors from Stephen
Kings novel where Dick Hallorann smelled oranges when he Shined.
Being that smell can not yet be adequately brought across to a theater
audience Stanley Kubrick made the brilliant decision to use the two
pigments a painter mixes together to make the color orange, then use
those as a visual device to indicate Shining. Heres my list of the
visions and I've indicated where the color red, yellow, or the color
produced if you mix them together (orange) is present in each. Danny
sees 9 visions (the audience only sees 8 of them) and they are in dark
red. Jack sees 8 visions and they are in dark violet. Wendy sees 4
visions and they are in dark green. With the final vision seen only by
the audience. Danny sees the bloody elevators, the women in room
237, and Redrum all twice, and he sees the Grady twins four times.
Lloyd and Grady both talk to Jack twice. And Wendys visions appear to
her only once each.
Jack arrives at the hotel and is taken on his first tour by Bill Watson
where he has an opportunity to look into the scrapbook.
1) :11 Danny has a vision of the bloody elevators (3X) and the Grady
twins for the first time (1X). The elevator doors and the blood are red.

2) :21 Danny has a vision of the Grady girls in the playroom (2X).
Danny is throwing red darts.
3) :39 Jacks vision of the Hedge Maze Map. Jack is throwing the
yellow ball and both Wendy and Danny are wearing red.
4) :42 Danny has a vision of the Grady girls again as he looks at the
door of room 237. Red shirt and red trike wheels (changed from white
in the beginning of the film).
5) :46 Jack has a vision of Danny and Wendy playing in the snow.
Wendys red coat and Dannys red boots.
6) :49 Danny has a vision of the Grady twins in the hallway (6X) all
hacked up (4X). Danny is wearing a red sweater.
X) :58 Danny is strangled by his father but has a vision of being
strangled by a woman (This is the only vision that Stanley Kubrick
doesn't let the audience see). A red room key is in the door of room
237.
7) 1:04 Jack has a vision of Lloyd for the first time. Both Lloyd and Jack
are wearing red.
The middle of the film where Jack becomes totally possessed by evil (If
you look closely at the time code, the shot where we hear Jack gulp
down his first drink is exactly 66 minutes and 6 seconds into the
movie).

8) 1:11 Dick Hallorann and Danny have the same vision of Jack
walking into room 237. Dick Hallorann's room is orange and he has a
large red picture behind his head. Danny is wearing red.
9) 1:11 Jack has a vision of the women in room 237. Jack is wearing
red.
10) 1:19 Danny in his bedroom overhearing his parents conversation
he has a vision of Redrum printed in red (1X), and the Bloody
elevators (1X). Danny and Jack are both wearing red.
11) 1:21 Jacks vision of the party balloons. The other set of red
elevators are seen.
12) 1:22 Jacks second vision of Lloyd at the party. Both Lloyd and Jack
again are wearing red.
13) 1:24 Jacks vision of Grady at the party (he only talks to Lloyd and
Grady at the party). Grady spills yellow advacot on Jack and they have a
conversation in a red bathroom.
14) 1:45 As Wendy swings the bat Danny has a vision of the Bloody
elevators (2X) and Redrum (1X). Redrum is written in red on a
yellow door.
15) 1:54 Jack has an audio hallucination and imagines talking to
Grady in the storeroom. Jack is wearing red and is surrounded by red
Calumet cans and red Golden Rey boxes; all of which mysteriously
move between shots without being touched.

The final chase after Wendy looks into another important book on
Jack's desk, "All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy", and she
begins to see visions for the first time in the film.
16) 2:08 After Jack swings the ax Danny has a vision the death of Dick
Hallorann with red blood in an orange lobby".
17) 2:09 Wendy has a vision of the 2 gentlemen in the room.
Dogmans face is yellow.
18) 2:12 Wendy has a vision of the old man who says, Great party isnt
it (2X) and has red blood on his head.
19) 2:13 Wendy has a vision of the New Years Eve Party
skeletons (4X). Wendy passes the red couch that disappears in the
last shot of the movie. The three mirrors in the shot also disappear.
20) 2:14 Wendy has a vision of the bloody elevators (2X). The hallway
and elevators are both red.
Jack is dead and everyone is gone. One last vision is seen by the
audience who also have the ability to "Shine" and see visions that are
like, "pictures in a book".
21) 2:20 The July 4th photo appears on The Overlooks wall for the first
time in the final vision of the film (other photos are in it's place when
ever else we see that spot). The conspicuous red couch under the
pictures and the mirrors have also disappeared.

Does Delbert Grady ever tell the truth in the story?

Its amazing how in The Shining Stanly Kubrick is able to manipulate
the audience into believing that lies are the truth and that the truth is a
lie. And this may be what the final picture in the movie is actually all
about. Why do we believe what we believe? What Im going to show
you now has flown right over the heads of most viewers. Its quite
incredible when you think about it though. As you viewed The
Shining have you ever thought about what Delbert Gradys character
is actually saying? Is he telling the truth? Of course he is everyone
knows that Jacks been in The Overlook before because Delbert Grady
says so; no one ever asks this question about his truthfulness because
weve been manipulated. Grady is an honest God fearing ghost. He
may have had some problems with his family in the past but he
corrected them. He even tries to convince Jack to kill his family but if
you put all these shortcomings aside he has stellar credibility. As far as
ghosts go hes the top of the heap; honest and true. But it never
dawns on us that something is tremendously wrong here. Dick
Hallorann never lies in the movie and what he says is not believed yet
Grady has no credibility at all and what he says is believed
wholeheartedly. If you actually thought about it what seems right is
where the truth ends up being; in the movie Grady lies about
everything and Dick Hallorann never lies its so obvious. But when
you finally realize this its gonna make your head spin because it will
change everything about how you perceive this movie.
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Look closely at the conversation Jack has with Delbert Grady as there is
evidence in the dialogue that everything he says to Jack is a lie. And
remember that I believe that Jack is talking to his imaginary friend (his
version of Danny's friend Tony) as he looks into the mirrors, not a
ghost:
Grady: Grady, sir. Delbert Grady.... That's right, sir.
Jack: Delbert Grady?
At first this seems to be just one more of those enigmatic things that
Stanley Kubrick placed in The Shining. Just a perplexing mystery with
no real answer. But he doesnt tell Jack his real name; its a lie as we
know from the dialogue where Mr. Ullman tells us that his real name is
Charles Grady, not Delbert Grady. In the novel there is no Delbert
Grady, just Charles Grady. The name Delbert Grady is a lie.
Jack: Ah, Mr. Grady... haven't I seen you somewhere before? Grady:
Why no, sir. I don't believe so.
This is another lie as in the dialogue Jack tells us later on that he's
seen his picture in the scrapbook we see opened on his desk and
Grady would definitely know about the scrapbook.
Jack: Eh... Mr. Grady... weren't you once the caretaker here? Grady:
Why no, sir. I don't believe so.
Another lie as Charles Grady (as we know from the dialogue where Mr.
Ullman tells us) was the caretaker of The Overlook in 1970.
Jack: Youre a married man, are you, Mr. Grady?
Grady: Yes, sir. I have a wife and eh two daughters, sir. Jack: And, ah...
where are they now?

Grady: Oh, they're somewhere around. I'm not quite sure at the
moment, sir.
Another lie as Mr. Ullman tells us in the dialogue that Grady actually
did hack them to death.
Jack: Mr. Grady, you were the caretaker here. I recognize you. I saw
your picture in the newspapers. You ah... chopped your wife and
daughters up into little bits, and ah... and you blew your brains out.
Grady: That's strange, sir. I don't have any recollection of that at all.
Another lie as Mr. Ullman tells us that all this actually happened. We
also now know that the "ghost" Jack is imagining looks exactly the
same as the real Charles Grady.
Jack: Mr. Grady, you were the caretaker here.
Grady: I'm sorry to differ with you, sir, but you are the caretaker. You
have always been the caretaker, I should know, sir. I've always been
here.
Another lie because if Delbert Grady had, always been in The
Overlook his face would be in the picture at the July 4th ball in 1921
along with Jack at the end of the movie. They were both caretakers
and he must be in that picture and must (like Jack) look exactly the
same.
Grady: Did you know, Mr. Torrance, that your son... is attempting to
bring an outside party into this situation? Did you know that?
Another lie as its Jack with his ability to Shine who alerts Dick
Hallorann that something is wrong at The Overlook. If you find this
hard to believe remember that Dick Hallorann knows something is

wrong only when Jack walks into room 237 and not when Danny is
strangled, which happened earlier. This is very important; as Jack
meets the old woman he is Shining that image of room 237 into Dick
Halloranns head. Danny never telepathically calls Dick Hallorann
when he's attacked, in fact there is no place in the dialogue or on the
screen that proves that he ever calls on him at all.
Grady: Your son has a very great talent. I don't think you are aware how
great it is, but he is attempting to use that very talent against your will.
This is an obvious lie as Danny never does anything except ride around
The Overlook, play with his toys, watch cartoons, and escape from his
crazy ax wielding father. Stanley Kubrick hides this extremely well but
we hardly ever see Danny use his special ability in the movie. If you
find this hard to believe, think about this. At the end of the movie as
he's running for his life Danny uses his wits rather than his "very great
talent" to outsmart his father.
Its an amazing example of manipulation were witnessing here and it
has obvious parallels in human society. Because of the way the
characters are presented the natural instinct after viewing The
Shining is to believe all the things that the putative ghost Delbert
Grady says and to ignore what the totally truthful Dick Hallorann says.
Its really unbelievable when you stop and think about it. Dick
Hallorann never lies yet people dont believe the obvious explanations
he gives us about whether the ghostsin the hotel are real or not,
Remember what Mr. Hallorann said. It's just like pictures in a book,
Danny. It "isn't real yet everyone believes that Jack has been in The
Overlook before because Delbert Grady says, You have always been

the caretaker, I should know, sir. I've always been here. This ends up
being a study in mass manipulation on the highest level and has
everything to do with the final picture in the movie which is also not
what it appears. Ask yourself this question; why do you believe what
you believe? he
Does Dick Hallorann Ever Lie in the story?
If you truly want to understand Stanley Kubricks Shining you have to
be able to decipher whether what the characters are telling you is the
truth or a lie.
One thing I never expected when writing this blog was that anyone
would question the truthfulness of Dick Halloranns dialogue. For me
its part of the explanation of this enigmatic movie and the meanings
that Stanley Kubrick concealed in the script (like the pictures taken
from the movie and the alterations he made to Stephen Kings novel)
cant be changed. Viewers will attempt to interpret things in their own
ways but the words Stanley Kubrick placed in his finished film can't be
altered. They are what they are. Its like when Stanley Kubrick added
this easy to miss statement in the dialogue as Dick Hallorann's
explanation of why he returns to The Overlook, Ullman phoned me
last night, and I'm supposed to go up there and find out if they have to
be replaced. Its not a mistake to take his explanation along with the
other things Dick Hallorann says in the film as the truth. I believe the
statement for two reasons. 1) Because of the quality of the person who
says it and 2) because there is a very good chance that it is actually
what happened as its the only explanation Stanley Kubrick gives us in
the dialogue of why Dick Hallorann returns to The Overlook. Whether

people like it or not; his boss ordered him back to The Overlook. It's all
about character, and Dick Hallorann has character. He's the hero of this
story.
In the novel Dick Hallorann lies several times about why he's going
back to The Overlook. He tells variations of his story about his son
being shot to the park rangers, to his boss, to the cop that pulls him
over, and to Larry Durkin at the garage. They all ask him flat out the
same question but he doesn't tell
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them the real reason for his return. He doesn't tell any of them that
Danny uses the "Shine" to call him in Florida. But in the film Stanley
Kubrick cleverly alters all this, his "Shining" is different from Stephen
King's. If you can find any spot in the dialogue of this film where
Danny calls on anyone for help please go back to my main blog and
post it. You may feel in your bones that Danny is calling for help in the
room 237 scene but he isn't. He doesn't call or ask for help when he's
being strangled, at the end of the film when he's being chased by his
father with an ax or at any other point in the story. This simply never
happens in the film. In his movie Stanley Kubrick cleverly reverses
what's happening and Dick Hallorann now only gives one reason for
his return and it's either true or false.
There's nowhere in the movie where Dick Hallorann lies, cheats,
dumbs down, exaggerates, misleads or tells any falsehood to anyone
at all. Any attempt at un-explaining this explicit statement that he
makes to his friend Larry Durkin about why hes returning to The

Overlook and who sends him there is pure speculation and a

fabrication from the mind of someone that has another agenda,
someone who doesnt want his statement to be true. But what Stanley
Kubrick has him say is very explicit and we dont have enough
information to make a wild guess that contradicts what Dick Hallorann
plainly states. In the end, as in life, we either believe what he says
because of the type of person he is or we dont. There's no other
information to go by in the film. But whats even more important is; his
statement is either true or it isnt as Stanley Kubrick gives us no other
explanation in the movie as to why he returns to the hotel. If its true,
the implications of the sentence on how we view this movie are
immense. His statement totally changes everything about what's
actually going on under the surface of this movie because the phones
are out and the only way his boss could know something is wrong at
the hotel is if he sees the exact same vision of Jack walking into room
237 as Dick and Danny see. There is no other way he could know and
the only information were given
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from Stanley Kubrick about this is contained in that sentence. This is
what totally frustrates so many of my readers who have a certain
agenda. If you don't want to believe the obvious, that Stanley Kubrick
gives the "Shine" to other characters in his film than you'll fight this
sentence of Dick Hallorann's vehemently. But you can't change it.
Its obvious that this question must be answered. In the film does Dick
Hallorann have any proclivity for lying? Some may think he was he
lying to his friend like he did in the novel. He didnt want to let Larry in

on the exact reason for his return to The Overlook. Maybe he was afraid
to tell anyone else about his supernatural ability to Shine and see
visions. Maybe he was afraid to tell Larry about the vision he saw of
Jack in room 237 because his friend would think he was completely
crazy. But these are all just guesses because Stanley Kubrick only gives
us one bit of information about this and it's different from the novel,
Ullman phoned me last night, and thats it.
A lot of what Ive written about The Shining is only valid if Dick
Hallorann is telling the truth as hes the only character that knows
anything about the Shine. We really need to know if hes truthful or
not if we ever want to truly understand this film. I was alerted to a spot
in the movie where he appears, on the surface, to tell a lie so I
investigated a little and ended up discovering one of the most
important things about this movie that no one has ever realized. Just
who and what can you believe.
Dick Hallorann: Well I think we can manage that too, Doc. Come along
now. Watch your step.
Wendy: Mr. Hallorann, howd you know we callem 'Doc'? Dick
Hallorann: Beg pardon?
Wendy: Doc. You called Danny 'Doc' twice just now. Dick Hallorann: I
did?
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Wendy: Yeah. We call him Doc sometimes, you know, like in the Bugs
Bunny cartoons. But how did you know that?

Dick Hallorann: Well I guess I probably heard you call him that.
Wendy: Well, it's possible, but I honestly don't remember calling him
that since we've been with you.
Later.... Dick Hallorann: Do you know how I knew your name was Doc?
You know what I'm talking about, don't you? I can remember when I
was a little boy; my grandmother and I could hold conversations
entirely without ever opening our mouths. She called it shining, and
for a long time I thought it was just the two of us that had the shine to
us. Just like you probably thought you was the only one. But there are
other folks, though mostly they don't know it, or don't believe it.
At first it appears he lies to Wendy by not telling her that the real
reason he knows Dannys nickname is Doc is because he has a
supernatural ability called the Shine. If hes deceptive here I cant
state that he never lies, and my belief in the sentence above,Ullman
phoned me last night... relies on his truthfulness. But again in
Kubrickland all is not what it appears to be. This quote is actually a
goldmine for proving that Dick Hallorann is not a liar at all. This is just
what I needed even though I never thought I would have to prove that
Dick Hallorann speaks the truth, being the hero of this story. It appears
that Stanley Kubrick through his dialogue was well prepared for this
conundrum and he has his characters give us the answers to our
questions from their own mouths.
The lie appears to be here; Well I guess I probably heard you call him
that. He doesnt tell Wendy that he has the ability to Shine. A lie of
omission? Thinking his explanation is false is understandable because
we know, or at least we think we know, that what he said cant be true.

Weve been watching the movie from the start and we never actually
see him hear Wendy call Danny Doc.
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But I thought about it for a while and it dawned on me; how on earth
can anyone after watching the first few minutes of this movie know
that hes lying from that statement alone? We know Dick has the ability
to Shine but when he uses his special gift this early in the story we
dont know yet how it actually works. And they do call him Doc all the
time. When he "Shines" does Dick read Wendys mind or did it actually
happen the way he said, I guess I probably heard you call him that. It
has to be one or the other. If hes able to read her mind than hes lying
but if he actually heard her call him Doc then hes not. And if he
actually heard her call him Doc then not telling her about his ability
to Shine is not a lie of omission either as he answered her question
simply yet truthfully. There was no implication in her question as to
whether or not he possesses a supernatural ability, or which of his
many supernatural abilities he might be using on that particular day.
For these characters Shining is an unusual gift but I cant think of
anywhere in the movie where one of them uses it to read someones
mind. It doesnt mean its not there I just cant think of any. It doesnt
matter anyway, its undeniable that there are several times in the film
where people use it to hear conversations that are happening
elsewhere. At 1:45 into the movie Danny, sitting in their apartment, is
able to use his ability and listen to his parents conversation before
Wendy clobbers jack with the bat. When Jack, inside the hotel, has his
vision of Danny and Wendy walking in the center of The Hedge Maze

at 00:39 he not only sees it but hes also able to hear what theyre
saying outside the hotel.
Stanly Kubrick gives us plenty of evidence that people who possess the
Shine can hear conversations that occur out of earshot so what Dick
Hallorann tells Wendy is the truth. Dick did hear her call Danny, Doc
before they met and Stanley Kubrick cleverly puts this into the
dialogue so theres absolutely no confusion as to when Dick hears her
use the
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nickname Doc. She says, I honestly don't remember calling him that
since we've been with you. His perfectionism is unbelievable as
Stanley Kubrick has all the bases covered. Wendy obviously knows she
said it earlier in the hotel before they all met.
We know Dick Hallorann can hear conversations out of earshot but do
we know for sure if hes able to know the nickname "Doc" by reading
Wendys mind? Well, rigorous logic wont work here but it seems that
Stanley Kubrick has also addressed this problem for us, and the answer
is again in the dialog he wrote. This simple line is so easy to pass up as
being unimportant. Jack says, Mr. Hallorann, I'm Jack, and this is my
wife, Winifred. In the movie (and novel) it's her real name and Jack
never uses the nickname Wendy inside The Overlook before they meet
Dick. Not only do we never actually hear the name but Stanley Kubrick
shows us that example of how she's introduced and theres no
evidence that Jack doesnt introduce her to everyone they meet in
exactly the same way. Jack says, "Hey Babe" when he calls her up after

the interview, and even Mr. Ullman never calls her Wendy as we always
hear him call her Mrs. Torrance. The nickname Wendy is simply never
heard in The Overlook until later. Knowing all this helps to explain this
seemingly meaningless fluff sentence Stanley Kubrick added to the
dialogue, Mrs. Torrance, your husband introduced you as Winifred.
Now are you a Winnie or a Freddie? - I'm a Wendy. Its obvious that
Dick Hallorann doesnt know her nickname is Wendy and theres only
one reason for this; when he Shined he simply never heard anyone
call her Wendy in the hotel. He doesnt read her mind at all. There
should be no confusion here; Stanley Kubrick alerts us to this by
bringing up the two nicknames, Doc and Wendy and Dick heard only
one, not the other; he knows Danny's nickname and doesn't know
Winifred's. "Now what kind of ice cream do you like Doc? - Chocolate. Chocolate it shall be." It's so obvious, he doesn't
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read Danny's mind or he would have known the answer to that
question.
The dialogue is clear. Were talking about Stanley Kubrick, a director
who's inhumanly precise and in his movie (unlike in real life) Dick
Hallorann never lies to anyone. Not Danny, not Wendy, not the forest
rangers and definitely not his friend Larry Durkin. In asking for the
Sno-cat he doesn't have to make up any story at all for Larry as to why
hes going up to The Overlook in a snowstorm. Not mentioning The
Shine to Larry means nothing; its not a lie. Larry's question was,
Whats the big deal about getting up there today and he answers

truthfully. Larry didnt ask about what supernatural ability Mr. Ullman
possesses.
He doesnt lie to his friend and anyone that believes he does, is
entertaining pure un-provable speculation as any proclivity for lying
cannot be found in him in this story. He's the same as Olivia de
Havilland's character in "Gone With The Wind". The purest soul in
movies. Someone that doesn't exist in real life. But in film we find
people like this. The only person who lies in the film is Jack. Anyone
who puts forth another explanation as to why Dick Hallorann would lie
by saying that his boss ordered him back to The Overlook (such as
nonsense like we never actually see him get Mr. Ullman's phone call or
he's confused or was scared to tell Larry that he Shines) are wrong.
These are just wild unsubstantiated guesses by people who have other
agendas to uphold. Like I said before, if you find a place where he lies
or exaggerates post it on my blog otherwise he doesnt and I believe
him at his word. We have a movie about people who possess a
supernatural ability enabling them to communicate with each other
over great distances. I can't imagine how anyone cannot see that in
The Shinings reality another of Dick Halloranns lines"there are other
folks" is true and Mr. Ullman is included in that very small crowd (5
main characters) inhabiting this film's reality. It appears that Mr.
Ullman knows something is very wrong at
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The Overlook. Something that could only be known if he uses the exact
same supernatural ability that enables Dick Hallorann to know the
exact same thing. There's no violation of the movie's reality in what I

believe. Mr. Ullman "Shines" and sees the exact same vision of Jack in
room 237 with the old woman as Dick and thats how he knows whats
happening in The Overlook. Don't forget the phones are all out. The
implications of this in the film are far reaching yet the dialogue Stanly
Kubrick wrote is precise and cannot be altered - it's part of the
explanation of this movie. Its hard not to take Dick Halloranns
statements as gospel truth when you cant point to a single lie that he
ever tells! Ullman phoned me last night. If he isn't lying then he's
telling the truth. If you have concrete notions and all this rocks your
perception of this movie, well thats just to bad because you cant
change it and you'll have to live with it, even though you might never
fully get it. But why doesn't Mr. Ullman, if he can "Shine", just talk
telepathically with Dick Hallorann rather than phoning him? Again
from the pen of the director who is ready for that question, "But there
are other folks though mostly they dont know it, or believe it. That's
Mr. Ullman. The answers are all in the dialogue, Stanley Kubrick left
nothing out.
Larry, just between you and me, we've got a very serious problem
with the people who are taking care of the place. They've turned out to
be completely unreliable assholes. Ullman phoned me last night, and
I'm supposed to go up there and find out if they have to be replaced.
Dick tells us exactly why hes going back to the hotel and it isn't
because Danny called - which he never does.
But, there are other folks though mostly they dont know it, or believe
it. Dick tells us that others have the same ability that he has, and some
don't know it.

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No, I'm scared of nothing here. It's just that you know some places are
like people, some shine and some don't. I guess you could say the
Overlook Hotel here has something about it that's like shining. He
isn't scared because he's lived there and knows of nothing (especially
in room 237) that can hurt Danny. If he did he would have told him so.
You're scared of Room 237, ain'tcha?
No I ain't.
Mr. Hallorann, what is in Room 237?
Nothing. there ain't nothing in Room 237. He never lies to anyone;
there is absolutely nothing that he knows of in room 237.
"Not things that anyone can notice, but things that people who shine
can see. Just like they can see things that haven't happened yet. Well,
sometimes they can see things that happened a long time ago.All of
the Torrances see the same spook show because they all possess the
same "Shine". They also have the ability to see the future and the past.
Remember what Mr. Hallorann said. It's just like pictures in a book,
Danny. It isn't real. The visions they're seeing in The Overlook arent
real. Not one vision in particular, not every other vision, not just visions
on Saturday or Thursday, but every vision they see.
Well I guess I probably heard you call him that. They can hear
conversations that occur well out of earshot.

The Overlook Hotel here has somethin' about it that's like

'shining'.""Somethin' about it that's like 'Shining' again isn't the same
thing as "Shining" - it's different. The Overlook doesn't "Shine".
Dick Hallorann is the only character in the "The Shining" that knows
anything about the special supernatural power that they
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possess. These statements are all from a board certified expert on the
subject. A person who never lies or exaggerates, and in the framework
of this movie's reality; I believe everything he says - his dialogue is not
only the explanation of the "Shine", in it is the explanation of the
entire movie itself.
Is there an explanation of the July 4th 1921 picture?
.
.
The one question everyone who views The Shining wants to know is
what does the black and white photo at the end of Stanley Kubricks
film mean?
The answer to the question of what the final July 4th, 1921 photo
represents is found in the novel. Theres only one important black and
white photo in Stephen Kings novel. Its Jesus and you can read the
excerpt from his novel if you click here.
What he did to Stephen Kings novel is quite remarkable and has to be
understood. In the film Stanley Kubrick is showing us the reverse of

the novel as if it were being viewed in a mirror. It's exactly like the
word, "Redrum". He was so bold in what he did that it starts in the very
first shot of the film and no one ever noticed. The most obvious clue is
in the colors he chose to use. Jack has an old red VW in the novel and it
becomes a new yellow VW in the film. In the novel theyre saved in a
yellow snowmobile and in the film it becomes a red Sno-cat. Danny
plays with his red ball in the novel and it becomes Jacks yellow ball in
the film. The colors being reversed is only the beginning of an
incredible hidden alteration of the source novel.Stanley Kubrick chose
to create a mirror image of Stephen Kings novel and he altered
Stephen Kings black and white photo of Jesus exactly the same way.
In the film were
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viewing the opposite of Jesus. In the July 4th, 1921 photo Stanley
Kubrick has Jack posed as the devil (click here).
The photo is a purposeful paradox; a true visual enigma on the screen
and audiences have been wondering about it for a very long time.
Without looking at Stephen Kings source novel its an enigma with no
possible correct explanation, and when you first view The Shining
you'll leave with the impression that Jack Torrance has been in The
Overlook before. But this assumption is way to simple and its also
quite wrong. The July 4th photo is the most perplexing image in the
history of cinema and everything were looking at in it is the opposite
of whats true. Not only is it the mirror image of the photo in the novel
but several things about it must be pointed out and addressed before
you realize the true extent of whats been done here. The key line that

Stanley Kubrick took from Stephen Kings novel about the photo is this,
It was a big fake....
Click on each line for a more detailed explanation.
1) Stanley Kubrick has it say Overlook Hotel but the photo obviously
is somewhere else. Its not The Overlook Hotel.
2) The picture is not a July 4th party like it says. Its a New Years Eve
party.
3) The final photo simply doesnt exist until after Jacks death. Stanley
Kubrick has it magically appearing, Shined, on the wall only in the
last shot of the movie. Its not there at any other time in the movie.
4) Jack Torrance is not the caretaker in the picture, hes the manager.
5) Jack doesnt belong in that picture.
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6) Delbert Grady must also be there with Jack in the final photo; but he
isn't.
7) Jack Torrance is not a reincarnation of the person in the photo.
8) The party in the 1921 picture can't possibly have anything to do with
the party Jack imagines in the Gold Room.

9) Jack and Charles Grady were obviously both alive at the same time
in 1970. You cant be the reincarnation of someone who is alive at the
same time you are.
10) Where are all the other caretakers?
11) Stanley Kubrick has Jack singing a special song from the year 1921
just before he dies.
12) Who are the people in the photo with Jack?
13) The photo is a vision.
Stanley Kubrick took Stephen Kings quote and has truly created, a big
fake... in that final July 4th photo. Jack isnt the caretaker and
shouldnt be there, and whats printed on the photo is totally wrong; it
isnt The Overlook were looking at, it isnt July 4th, it isnt 1921 and
Jack isn't the caretaker. The entire photo was produced as a fake and
we know this from Stanley Kubricks interview with Michel Ciment.
Jack Nicholson's face was airbrushed onto someone elses body. To
quote Danny's imaginary friend Tony again, it's like pictures in a book
, "it isn't real".
The July 4 photo is exactly the same as the most famous fake photo in
history. Lee Harvey Oswald with his face purported to be airbrushed in
by the CIA. When someone's face is airbrushed onto another body
theres only one way to describe
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the photo; it's an obvious fake and this is what Stanley Kubrick did.

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Examples of how meticulous Stanley Kubrick was in altering the
novel.

Heres a closer look at how meticulous Stanley Kubrick is as he inverts

the entire scene with Danny and the pediatrician. Its from chapter 17
The Doctors Office in Stephen Kings novel and its easy to spot how
even the smallest details are reversed.
1st off, in the novel Danny blacks out in their bathroom in The
Overlook, Stanley Kubrick reverses this and now its the bathroom at
their apartment in Boulder before they get to The Overlook.
Tony tells Danny to lock himself in the bathroom. In the movie he
doesnt.
Dannys pediatrician has a name, Doctor Bill Edmonds where in the
movie this is reversed and we have an unnamed female Doctor.
The three have to go down to Sidewinder to see Doctor Edmonds in
his office. In the movie this is reversed and the Doctor makes a house
call.
Danny is Stripped to his underpants, lying on the examination
table. In the movie Danny wears his Bugs Bunny, whats up Doc
sweatshirt.
Doctor Edmonds gives Danny a thorough examination with an EEG
and TB test. In the movie the Doctor does the reverse and just asks him
a few simple questions.
Doctor Edmonds seems to know something about Shining as he
asks Danny if he smelled, "a funny smell, maybe like oranges. In the
movie the Doctor seems to know nothing about Shining.

 Danny tells Doctor Edmonds all about Tony. In the movie this is
reversed and he will not talk about Tony to the Doctor.
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Danny Shines and reads Doctor Edmonds mind. In the movie this
doesnt happen.
Danny even tells Doctor Edmonds about Redrum. In the movie this
is reversed and he doesnt tell the Doctor or anyone else about
Redrum.
Jack discuss Danny with Doctor Edmonds. In the movie only Wendy
does.
Jack tells Doctor Edmonds the story about how Danny, spilled some
beer on a bunch of papers I was working on. In the movie its Wendy
who tells the Doctor that Danny, had scattered some of his school
papers all over the room.
Jack, broke his arm turning him around to spank him. In the movie
he doesn't break his arm he, dislocated his shoulder.
When they talk to Doctor Edmonds they both realize that Danny is
able to read their minds as they never discussed divorce in front of
him. In the movie this never happens and neither Wendy nor Jack has
the faintest clue about his ability.

 Doctor Edmonds points out to Wendy and Jack why Dannys

imaginary friend is named Tony (his middle name). In the movie the
Doctor doesnt do this.
Wendy knows that Danny has second sight and he demonstrates it
to Doctor Edmonds. In the movie we have a total inversion as Wendy
doesnt know much and Danny doesnt demonstrate anything to
anyone.
Doctor Edmonds says this, "Does the phrase 'the shining' mean
anything to you?" In the movie the Doctor doesn't say anything about
it as only Dick Hallorann knows about or utters that word.
In the novel Jack tells Doctor Edmonds that he hasnt had a drink in 3
months. In the movie Wendy tells the Doctor that Jack hasnt had a
drink in 5 months.
What did Stanly Kubrick do to Stephen King's novel.
..........A film is not a book. - Roger Vadim
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What important visual message was Stanley Kubrick telling us in this
shot filmed in the same mirror that Wendy later sees "Redrum" in?
The fictitious town of Stovington, Vermont is mentioned in 4 of
Stephen Kings novels, and its the only direct visual link in the movie
to his novel. Whats printed on Jacks t-shirt is meaningless to
moviegoers but its a well-known name in Stephen King circles. Whats
interesting is that for some strange reason Stanly Kubrick shows it to

us backwards, NOTGNIVOTS. Its reversed because were looking at it

in a mirror. The inverted word is a metaphor because as I will show you
were viewing Stephen Kings entire novel the same way, in a mirror;
Stanley Kubricks special mirror, his version of The Shining where
everything may turn out to be the opposite of what you think.
I cant think of any other movie where reading the source novel was so
enlightening. You cannot have a through understanding of Stanley
Kubricks Shining without looking at what he did to Stephen Kings
story. Viewers have often wondered why so much was changed from
the novel but just exactly what did he do to alter the story? After
reading it myself I discovered something else thats been cleverly
hidden in the same fashion as the numbers I spoke about in the last
section. Something Stephen King has never said anything about even
though he must have noticed right away. Stanley Kubrick, being one of
the most intense perfectionists in modern cinema, didnt just
randomly alter things from the novel as many viewers think. Hes
inverted them. Its like looking at the image of Jack in the mirror, the
image we see is the reverse of whats real. I realized this with the colors
of the two main vehicles in the story, and that's just the beginning.
Stanley Kubrick meant for these color changes from the novel to be
obvious and noticed and theyre a crucial part of the explanation of
whats
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happening in this movie. In the novel its not that easy to find the color
of their VW as it is only mentioned once but just look at the VW in the
opening credits of the movie; youll never forget that color. In the

novel theyre brought to The Overlook in a red VW and have a yellow

snowmobile at The Overlook. In the movie theyre brought to The
Overlook in a yellow VW and have a red Sno-cat at The Overlook.
They're also saved in a red Sno-cat. In the movie Jack plays with his
yellow ball and in the novel Danny plays with his red ball. The colors
Stephen King uses in the novel for these major props have been
inverted by Stanley Kubrick.
He even does it with the sets. Except that theyre in the same hotel (or
are they?) Stanley Kubrick was very meticulous in changing all the
places from the novel where the scenes in the movie occur. The
location of The Overlook has even been altered. In the novel the
Torrances are in Colorado. In the movie The Overlook is in Oregon as
we see early on when were shown The Timberline Lodge, which is
located on Mount Hood in Oregon. Dont let the Colorado State Flags
all over the Colorado Lounge fool you. What we see in the beginning
of the movie and when Dick Hallorann returns near the end is in the
state of Oregon, not Colorado. Not one major thing happens in the
movies Overlook in the same place it did in the novels Overlook
(room 237 and 217 are different in each, the VWs are different and
change from red to yellow, Jack works in the basement in the novel
and in the movie there is no basement, theres no Gold Room in the
novel and Jack meets Grady and Lloyd in the Colorado Lounge not The
Gold Room. In the end of the novel Wendy and Jack have their knock
down fight in the hallway not in the apartment. The final chase takes
place inside The Overlook in the novel, not outside like the movie.
Even Mr. Ullman's office was changed. In the novel Jack has his
interview in the Manager's office and the story starts there, in the

movie Mr. Ullman has been changed to the General Manager and the
story starts in Jack's VW.). When he didnt change the exact location,
like Larry Durkins Conoco or
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the pantry, he alters something else about it. He did a perfect job and
these inversions cant be ignored. As Ill discuss later, hes also done
this with the plot. Hes turned the novel inside out. Stanley Kubrick has
taken Stephen Kings work and held it up to a mirror, and what were
seeing in the movie is that reflection. A reflection where, in typical
Kubrick fashion, just enough obvious changes are puzzlingly
noticeable (The Hedge Maze and colors) and just enough is left alone
(names and places), not being so obvious as to give it all away; the
alterations are hidden exactly like the numbers he wants us to notice.
If you're interested in looking at more of the differences I've noticed
between the novel and the movie, and how closely they relate to each
other click here.
If you have preconceived ideas the reversals Ive noted that he made to
the novel are shocking. Especially when you think of how he was able
to hide all this in plain site. But if you go check it out what Ive writen
is quite correct. Its not only correct but it cant be debated, altered or
most importantly dismissed. It is what it is. In the novel he noted that
readers would never know what Redrum meant without looking at
the word in a mirror and he created a movie that cant be truly
explained without looking at it in a mirror. Red is yellow and yellow is
red, a true reversal of the source material and, as I show throughout

this article, these reversals are crucial to understanding many of the

mysteries this movie holds.
Perfectionism without attention to detail can be a real train wreck but
when a true perfectionist works average people look on in wonder at
the world wind of intensity they create. When you think about the
scope of the reversals here, the minute details that were altered and
the time it must have taken, its a marvel to see and should be
appreciated by all. Stanley Kubricks Shining may truly be The Eighth
Wonder of the world of cinema. Heres an interesting example of the
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inversions (and doubling) Stanley Kubrick made to the novel. The
Grady girls, the most famous twins in history, never appear in the
novel. This can't be ignored. Danny only meets up with the lonely
invisible spirit of one single child in the playground in Chapter 34
(page 197). ... Now, in spite of the snow-dazzle, he thought he could
see something there. Something moving. A hand. The waving hand of
some desperately unhappy child, waving hand, pleading hand,
drowning hand. (Save me O please save me. If you can't save me at
least come play with me... forever, and forever, and forever.) In the
movie instead of one unseen child we now see two children who
repeat the line together, twice, Come and play with us. Come and play
with us, Danny, For ever and ever, and ever. Heres another interesting
example of the inversions. In the novel Danny sees but doesnt
understand what Redrum means and he mentions it to several
people throughout the story. In the movie this is all reversed and
Danny never sees Redrum. If you look closely at the movie its Tony

that sees it, keeps repeating it, and writes it on the bathroom door.
Totally reversed; and Stephen Kings fans never noticed. The chapters
and page numbers Ive included are all from Stephen Kings 307 page
version.
Its impossible to pinpoint when Stanley Kubrick decided to alter the
source novel the way he did but Stephen Kings style of adding many
details to his work may have been part of its appeal to him. He
definitely had a brilliant source novel providing him a lot to work with.
Heres another great example indicating how Stanley Kubrick shows us
inverted mirror images of plot points from the novel. Take a look at the
entire scene with the old woman in the bathroom. In the novel its
Danny who disobeys Jack and Dick Hallorann by walking into room
217 where he sees a dead women in the bathtub. In the movie were
shown an entire reversal of this. If you look very closely Danny never
disobeys anyone, as he doesnt walk into the room. Its Jack that walks
in and sees not 1 but 2 women in the bathroom of room 237. In the
novel Jack never sees
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anyone as he enters the bathroom only to find an empty tub with no
woman in it. He only thinks he hears her after shutting the front door,
and she rattles the doorknob. He never sees her. Its obvious
everything in this scene except the names of the characters has been
inverted. Even the bathrooms are in different rooms. In the novel its
217, but in the movie theyre in 237. Its so subtle and barely
noticeable unless you stop and really think about it, and the entire
movie is like this from beginning to end. Stanly Kubrick is beyond

meticulous, even the person who pulls the shower curtain in the
bathroom is reversed, in the novel its Danny but in the movie he never
touches it, its the woman who does. The movies dialogue is also
inverted. In the novel Dick Hallorann says this, People who shine can
sometimes see things that are gonna happen, and I think sometimes
they can see things that did happen. But they're just like pictures in a
book. In the movie this line is very cleverly reversed because when
Danny, after the beating, is in his catatonic state its Tony who says,
Remember what Mr. Halloran said. It's just like pictures in a book,
Danny. It isn't real. We never hear Dick Hallorann speak this line in
The Overlooks kitchen. In the novel the place where Danny and Dick
Hallorann have this conversation is outside of The Overlook in Dicks
car, it's now been reversed to inside The Overlooks kitchen while
Danny has ice cream. It just goes on and on.
Tony is Dannys subconscious mind that protects him just like any other
normal persons subconscious does. Whats unusual in the story is that
Danny has the ability to Shine therefore his subconscious also has
that special power. Stanley Kubrick made a huge inversion here as now
Tony cant be seen, in Stephen Kings novel he can. In the novel Lloyd
the bartender and Grady never speak to Jack with a mirror present. In
the movie this is also reversed as Jack speaks directly to both while
looking directly at himself in a mirror. Stanley Kubricks attention to
detail is unbelievable.
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You still may not agree with me that the movie is an inversion of the
novel but (click here) take a look at how meticulous Stanley Kubrick is

as he inverts the entire scene with Danny and the pediatrician. Its from
chapter 17 The Doctors Office in the novel and its easy to spot how
the details are reversed.
Not only did he alter Stephen Kings novel but it appears that Stanley
Kubrick may have left a special message just for him in the middle of
the movie. Click here for one of the more interesting hidden shots
youll ever come across in a movie.
I feel this shot is a very special visual message Shined from Stanley
Kubrick to the readers of Stephen Kings novel. Hes telling you what
he did to The Shining? Just like 'Redrum' only makes sense when
seen in the reflection of Wendys mirror Stanley Kubrick created a
movie thats the same as the word Redrum. It will never truly make
sense unless viewed in the genious directors special mirror. He even
placed that reverse image of Stovington, as viewed by us, in the
opposite side of the exact same mirror where we later see "Redrum" as
the word murder. It's clear; we must also watch the movie's mirrors as
something important is hidden in their reflection.
Sometimes its shocking to see how a screenwriter changes your
favorite novel for the big screen. I remember reading To Kill A
Mockingbird and being surprised to find out that Arthur 'Boo' Radley
talked to the children. They changed this in the screenplay and I
believe not having him speak throughout the story created a mystery
that added much to the movies appeal. I can see how fans of the novel
could be a little perplexed at what Stanley Kubrick did but you must
admit he did an unbelievable job and Stephen King really couldnd say
much about the alterations.

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Heres a great clip of Stephen King talking about Stanley Kubrick on
You Tube. Again after seeing it he described Kubricks film as a big
beautiful Cadillac, with no engine. Recently a question was posed to
Stephen King in USA Weekend (March 6-8 2009); I have always heard
that you never really liked Stanley Kubricks version of The Shining.
He answered; My problem with The Shining was never the
adaptation. I certainly didnt mind the idea that it was more
psychological than supernatural. What I didnt like was that I thought it
was cold, and I always resented that. Im an emotional writer. I think
thats why Ive written so many things that people term scary or
horror. Im not that interested in what you think all the time, but I am
interested in what you feel. I feel both stories are brilliant in their own
special ways.
Does Danny actually go into room 237?
In the movie we never see Danny in room 237 and there is a reason.
You may be wondering how Im so sure that Danny didnt go into room
237 because if you listened closely to the dialog Wendy tells this to
Jack, No. It's the truth, really. I swear it. Danny told me. He went up
into one of the bedrooms, the door was open, and he saw this crazy
woman in the bathtub. She tried to strangle him. But you must think
about this for a moment. Danny Shines and sees visions throughout
the movie, how can we know for sure that what he tells Wendy wasnt a
vision of a woman in 237 while he was standing there at the doorway
or while he was somewhere else in the hotel? After all this statement is

no stretch of the movies reality because when Jack walks into room
237 and Shines the vision of what hes seeing into both Dannys and
Dick Halloranns minds, they see it as real even though theyre
nowhere near that room (click here). Danny is beat up by something
yet theres nothing in room 237 that can hurt
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anyone and the proof of this is in this statement by a person who has
spent a lot of time in The Overlook, can also Shine and knows exactly
what he's talking about;
You're scared of Room 237, ain'tcha? No I ain't.
Mr. Hallorann, what is in Room 237? Nothing. there ain't nothing in
Room 237
Stanley Kubrick is explaining everything for us in the dialogue. Dick
Halloranns statement is crystal clear and cant be changed; if there
was anything that could hurt Danny in room 237 he would have told
him so and the fact that he doesnt is very telling;
Remember what Mr. Hallorann said. It's just like pictures in a book,
Danny. It isn't real.
"It isn't real" and what "isn't real" simply can't beat you up. There isnt
anything in that room but an echo of a past event that only a person
who Shines can see. Stanley Kubrick plainly tells us this in the
dialogue.

Not things that anyone can notice, but things that people who shine
can see"
Jack obviously Shines. That's why he can also see the woman. Hes
the only person out to hurt Danny. He beats him up during his
nightmare and has the ability to make his son think it was a woman in
one of the rooms. Stanley Kubrick cleverly makes you think Danny
went into room 237 but he never does and this is another reversal of
Stephen Kings novel where he certainly does go into the room (click
here). Theres a reason we never see Danny in 237 and anyone who
really believes he does go in should go to the end of my main blog
and produce a screen shot of him in room 237 to prove it.
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Do cast members who can Shine possess a supernatural ability to
alter things in the movie?
The Shining is one of the most enigmatic movies in history and the
obvious visual images Stanley Kubrick placed in it can't be ignored.
There are hundreds of continuity errors in this movie but some of them
were placed there on purpose and need to be looked at closely.
Theres no question that Dick Hallorann has a special supernatural
ability. He Shines and talks telepathically to Danny in the storeroom
and as he does a red Calumet can appears out of nowhere right next to
his head, only to disappear in the very next shot when he stops
"Shining".

Unless you look closely you'll miss this. When Jack talks to Delbert
Grady the exact same thing happens as, now, several red Calumet cans
appear out of nowhere right next to his head. They also werent there
when Wendy dragged him in. They just appear out of thin air the same
way.
Think about the similarities in the two scenes;
Theyre both in the same place.
Theyre both talking to someone in a supernatural way.
And the same red Calumet cans appear out of nowhere on the shelves
behind their heads.
The red Calumet cans that appear out of nowhere are not some
common run of the mill movie mistake, they're important to the story.
You cant say Dick Hallorann is Shining and Jack is not when the
exact same bizarre thing happens to both of them. Stanley Kubrick has
hidden something in these movements.
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They both have the same ability and its no stretch of the movie's
reality to see that Jack also Shines in the storeroom. The increase in
the number of cans indicates how much more of this ability Jack has
over Dick Hallorann. This helps answer one of the most perplexing plot
errors of this movie. How is it that Dick Hallorann, inexplicably, doesnt
know that Jack is hiding around the corner with an ax at the end of the
movie? Jack can simply out Shine Dick Hallorann who is unable to
utilize his special ability to foresee the end his life.

Dont forget the little hints that Stanley Kubrick sprinkles around the
movie that point to Jacks ability to Shine like Wendy bringing him
breakfast in bed and we hear the obvious play on words, I made em
just the way you like em, sunny side up. and Stanly Kubrick placing a
red box from the "Golden Rey" company (pronounced ray), another
play on words, that also appears out of nowhere between shots in the
same scene next to his head.
Theres something else in this scene that lets us know that Jack has the
ability to Shine as we look at Danny obviously posed next to a
different red Golden Rey box of sliced pineapples as he "Shines". Get
out your copy of the movie and listen to the sound effect we here
during this scene (:27 into the movie).
Theres no doubt that Danny is Shining" as he talks telepathically with
Dick Hallorann in the storeroom. The weird sound effect we hear, as
well as the red box, alerts us to this and is also part of the scene like
the moving Calumet cans I just showed you. How can you say that Jack
is not doing the same thing when Stanley Kubrick lets us hear the
exact same weird sound as he visions Wendy and Danny playing
outside throwing snowballs at each other in the snow (:46 into the
movie)? When Dick Hallorann sees the vision of room 237 again we
hear a similar sound effect (1:11 into the movie).
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When Danny sees his vision of the bloody elevators we know its a
product of his ability to Shine (:11 min. into the film). This is never
disputed, then how can it be any different when Wendy has frame for

frame the exact same vision of the bloody elevators at the end of the
movie (2:14 into the film).
This is so obvious. They're seeing exactly the same vision of the bloody
elevators and you cannot say that Danny is Shining when he sees his
vision and Wendy is not Shining when she sees her vision. Its
exactly the same. Danny doesn't "Shine" it into her head either.
Stanley Kubrick goes way beyond meticulous here and you have to
observe this scene very carefully. The scuff marks on the floor in front
of the elevators show us something important. The point of view is
different each time we see the bloody elevators so even though they're
seeing the same thing frame for frame each vision is totally unique to
that character; they are seeing twin visions. The scene was shot with
two adjacent cameras (Wendys on the right and Dannys on the left)
giving each character their own unique point of view. Can you think of
any other scene in the history of moviemaking that was shot like this?
Wendy's ability becomes more apparent in direct proportion to her
state of mind, but they are still doing the exact same thing and the
pictures Stanley Kubrick placed in his finished work dont lie and cant
be changed just like the ones of Dick Hallorann and Jack in the
storeroom. They both prove the same thing.
Mr. Ullmans tie changes color right before our eyes in these two
sections of the same scene.
In the novel Dick Hallorann says this to Danny, "If there is trouble ...
you give a call. and Danny calls him several times. In the movie Dick

Hallorann never says this line and Danny never calls him. Theres
another reason why Dick returns to
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The Overlook from sunny Florida. Stanley Kubrick gives this
explanation in his dialogue in Dick Hallorann's phone call to Larry
Durkin at the gas station, They've turned out to be completely
unreliable assholes. Ullman phoned me last night, and I'm supposed
to go up there and find out if they have to be replaced. What he says
is crystal clear and must have an explanation. Dick Hallorann never lies
or exaggerates anything to anyone in the film (or the novel). How can
this statement be true? It can't be debated, he says that Mr. Ullman
ordered him to go back to The Overlook but how on earth does his boss
know whats happening at the hotel; the phones are out? Mr. Ullman
knows because he has the same ability to see visions as the others.
Theres absolutely no violation of the movies reality here. Stanley
Kubrick simply makes an alteration from the novel and has another
person viewing the same vision as Dick Hallorann, at the same time.
Its just been hidden from the audience. Like John Lennon sang in the
song, "Instant Karma", that inspired Stephen Kings novel.... We all
Shine on! Hes taken those words from the song and turned them
into the movie's reality. In Stanley Kubrick's Overlook that means Mr.
Ullman too. He Shines and sees the exact same image of Jack in
room 237 with the old woman that Dick Hallorann is seeing. In "The
Shining's " reality theres no other explanation as to how he would
know something was wrong and order Dick Hallorann back to The
Overlook. Its now Stanley Kubricks "Overlook" and he can give that

special supernatural ability to any character he wishes. Stanley Kubrick

even puts this in the dialogue so there is no confusion of this fact, But,
there are other folks though mostly they dont know it, or believe it.
But what if you believe Dick Hallorann is lying to Larry Durkin about
Mr. Ullman calling him, or lying or exaggerating about anything else
in the movie (click here if you believe this could be true)?
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How much proof is needed? Wendy, Jack and Mr. Ullman can also
"Shine".
You might not feel it in your gut (yet) but can anyone prove that they
don't have this ability? Give it some time. At first this seems shocking
as it's so cleverly hidden from the audience but you must remember
it's Stanley Kubricks "Overlook" and he can do anything he wishes to
alter the story; no matter what opinion viewers may have. He can hide
anything he wishes but the pictures dont lie. Again, he even tells us in
the dialogue what hes doing as Dick Hallorann says this to Danny
about other people with their special gift,
But, there are other folks though mostly they dont know
it, ............................ or believe it.
There are only a few characters in this movie, who do you think Stanley
Kubrick was talking about when he wrote this? In the novel The
Overlook covets Danny for his power and uses Jack to get it. What does
it covet in the movie? Think about it for a second The Overlook is trying
to kill Danny and ends up with Jack on the wall. Its obvious that in the

movie this time, if it wants anything at all, it wants Jack. Why would
The Overlook want him if he didnt have the most power to covet?
At this point you may be wondering why Dick Hallorann only seems to
pick up on Dannys special ability if these other people also have the
Shine?
Stanley Kubrick lets us know, there are other folks but why does Dick
Hallorann only seem to pick up on Dannys special ability if these other
people also have the Shine? In the novel Dick Hallorann meets
several people that have the Shine. He knows it right away and so do
they (A Shine knows a Shine, page 217 Chapter 38). Stanley Kubrick
reverses the novel
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again. In the movie a Shine doesnt know a Shine. The others dont
know that they have this ability and he plainly tells us this in the
dialogue, Though mostly they dont know it. Dick Hallorann is
obviously not able to perceive it in them, and in the film hes the only
one we know of who knows he has the Shine. Then I realized that I
had a huge problem to solve because it appears that he knows right
away that Danny possesses the Shine. How could he not know about
the others the same way? At first I thought that Dannys age has
something to do with him picking up on it. But thats not it. Then I
thought when Danny Shines in the game room seeing the twins,
maybe thats when Dick picks up on his ability. But thats not right
either. I went back to look at the scene again because I knew Stanley
Kubrick wouldnt leave out the answer. I couldnt believe what I found;

Dick Hallorann doesnt know that Danny Shines at all. This seems
crazy because its so incredibly well hidden by Stanley Kubrick in the
dialogue. Look again at the question Dick Hallorann asks Danny in the
kitchen, Do you know how I knew your name was Doc? The obvious
question should have been, do you know how I spoke to you in your
thoughts and said, How'd you like some ice cream, Doc? But he
doesnt mention the obvious elephant in the room. Because of the
directors brilliant manipulation we all just assume that Dick Hallorann
starts the thought transfer between himself and Danny. This isnt the
case at all, if you look at the film its Danny that Shines first and Dick
Hallorann is then able to pick up on the boys ability. Thats when he
knows for sure and transfers the thought into Dannys mind for the first
time. In the film this is so important; Dick Hallorann only knows
someone possesses The Shine if its directed at him. Again we know
from Stanley Kubricks dialogue that there are others. And in a story
with only five main characters it doesn't leave many for you to choose
from.
How do you think those red Calumet cans behind Jack and Dick
Halloranns heads appear right out of nowhere? And how about Mr.
Ullman's tie?
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The assumption that what I just showed you are accidental continuity
errors is nonsense. There are many explanations that could explain
individual shots but taken as a whole its pretty obvious with going on
here - it's intentional. Stanley Kubrick places them up front to be
noticed. They're part of the movie and within the framework of "The

Shining's" reality they must have an explanation. Either The Overlook

does it or they did it themselves but whatever the answer; a
supernatural power is involved. There's no other answer yet many
viewers form their own rock solid opinion's choosing to ignore the
pictures that Stanley Kubrick placed within the movie, or choosing to
ignore the dialogue he put into the movie, or not reading Stephen
Kings novel and understanding the alterations that were made to it.
Like the magically appearing Calumet cans and Mr. Ullmans tie
changing color before our eyes, a supernatural power is involved.
How can I proove that there are supernatural movements in Stanley
Kubrick's Overlook?
There were supernatural movements in Stephen King's Overlook also.
After all this is where Stanley Kubrick got the idea for the movie from
and we must look there for some answers - and not ignore what we
find.
For me the best and creepiest part of the novel was when The Overlook
animates certain objects for its guests. Its classic horror and Stanley
Kubrick wouldnt leave out such a great plot point from the novel. You
just have to look very very closely if you want to see what actually
moves.
Three items move through supernatural power in the novel. The
Overlook animates The Hedge Animals, the fire hose, and the
elevators. Theyre all possessed by the hotel and scare the crap out of
the Torrances because they obviously can move on their own. But what
Stanley Kubrick did to these three items

in the movie just cannot be denied or ignored. Hes totally inverted

Stephen Kings novel and no one can dispute that these three items,
glaringly if not hauntingly, remain totally motionless throughout the
entire movie instead of moving by themselves (click here). Stanley
Kubrick is Shining a vision right into our heads. Look at them all you
like, because, in the movie, they will not move an inch (the elevator
doors only move in the visions - not in the hotel). This is telling us
something important.
Stanley Kubrick reversed what moves by supernatural powers in the
novel and this leaves it open for anything other than these three items
to move under mysterious supernatural circumstances; and in Stanley
Kubrick's Overlook that's exactly what happens.
While he's scolding Wendy Jack pulls the sheet of paper out of the
typewriter. After he's finished he makes another sheet appear back in
the carriage again right out of thin air without touching it and without
the audience hearing a thing.
So many items move when they shouldn't how do I know that it's not
spooks inside The Overlook that are doing this?
Over ninety five percent of the movie is shot inside the hotel but there
are scenes that take place outside of the hotel and these supernatural
movements also happen in them. After Danny "Shines" and sees the
vision of the bloody elevators watch the yellow and red dwarf Dopey as

he makes it disappear from his bedroom door long before he enters

the hotel.
In sunny Florida, Dick Hallorann "Shines" when he sees room 237 and
makes the red painting above his headboard dissappear.
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There's no other explination as the exact same thing happens outside
of the hotel and well before Danny ever gets there. The characters
posses a supernatural ability that also enables them to alter their
surrondings. This is what the movie is about a supernatural ability;
"The Shining". What a brilliant way Stanley Kubrick chose to alter their
special ability from the novel. He works in the visual realm and made
these characters supernatural ability look like a common movie
mistake. Again, Stanley Kubrick tells us others have the ability to
Shine in the dialogue.
But, there are other folks though mostly they dont know
it, ............................ or believe it.
.....................And one of them is insane.
What's happening couldn't be more obvious. In the reality of the
movie this must have an explination. The definition of psychokinesis
(aka. telekinesis) is: the power to move a physical object by thinking
about it without the application of physical force. Stanley Kubrick has
made it quite obvious that when they "Shine" cast members in his
movie also possess the ability to supernaturally move or change the
color of items.

There's so much to show. As he tries to save himself from his father,

Jack "Shines" and moves the entrance of the hedge maze closer to
Danny in order to entice and trap his son in the maze. (Early on when
we see this area several times, and in the hedge maze maps, theres
only one entrance to the maze and its not on the wall facing the hotel.
Later the entrance moves from its original position to the wall 90
degrees to the left, and we now see it facing The Overlook. This can be
seen best just before they escape the hotel as Danny walks straight
into Wendys arms at the end of the movie. Shes standing right in
front of the rear entrance of The Overlook where Dick Hallorann parked
the Sno-cat. Earlier we see this same spot and theres no entrance
there.)
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Skeptics say Stanley Kubrick didnt alter the novel and give these
characters the additional ability to psychokinetically move things but
they'll have to have a good explanation for what happens in this
picture. It's so obviously playful and also very well hidden - right in
plain sight.
We see their trip up the mountain and they're the only ones on the
road heading toward The Overlook. Just like when he moves the
Calumet can, the Golden Rey box and opens the latch of the storeroom,
Jack "Shines" and uses psychokinesis to move the unnaturally large
pile of luggage on the right that couldn't fit in a VW if the engine and
passengers were removed. It just appears at the end of their journey
(without any indication of any outside help or a shred of luggage on or

in the car). A supernatural power is involved, there's no other

explanation of how the luggage got there. They had no other help.
People who Shine emit psychic energy and are able to power the TVs
in The Overlook and again outside of The Overlook, at Dick Halloranns
house, with no visible wires coming out of them.
You may have noticed as Jack gets crazier and crazier, whenever we see
the outside of The Overlook different sets of lights are on each time.
Especially in the end where no one ever flicks a light switch.
Throughout the chase scene different lights go on and off by
themselves even though no one is inside the hotel. Its a no-brainer to
say that the hotel is haunted and the spooks are causing this to
happen but if you look deeper its not the case at all. It's like I showed
in a previous section, the TV sets, Jacks lamp on his desk, the clocks on
the walls all have no wires coming out of them, these people have a
special energy around them. Jack's descent into madness combined
with his power to Shine can also cause odd things to happen like
lights turning on and off by themselves.
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Many items change color when they shouldn't. Danny didn't bring 2
trikes with him yet the wheels change color from white to red.
Jack didn't bring 2 typewriters either yet it also changes color. Their
room, same thing. They didn't repaint it durring their stay
It's been painted a different color (by Stanley Kubrick's crew) as the
back wall is also the same color.

The hallway in the final chase.

It's all a result of "Shining". That's what this movie is about.
Her state of mind is desperate and after Wendy drags Jack into the
storeroom she changes the direction that the knives are facing. How
many times does Stanley Kubrick have to make the knife reverse
position or dissapear?
Later in the bathroom, she moves the same knife again. She throws it
in the sink with the handle to the right, yet later when picking it back
up she reverses the handles position to the left without ever touching
it.
In the end when she doesn't need it anymore Wendy throws the knife
down into the packed snow and now it disappears.
The knife also reverses position between shots when Danny "Shines"
and Tony writes "Redrum" on the bathroom door.
You might be wondering about this; how could the characters not
know that something moves around them?
The answer is found in Stephen King's novel when Danny talks about
the Moving Hedge Animals and says, "It only happens
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when you're not looking. Stanley Kubrick makes this sentence come
alive in the movie. If you observe the characters closely they're never
looking directly at the object that moves. Most are directly behind their

heads and you must also remember it's a movie about a supernatural
power, stuff happens. The movements are for the audience not the
characters in the movie. Stanley Kubrick works in a visual realm, he
reverses the sentence from the novel and now in the movie, "It only
happens when [the audience is] looking. But you do have to know
where to look.
But Dick Hallorann doesnt say anything to Danny about telekinesis as
they speak about the "Shine" in the hotel's kitchen.
Hiding things must be something Stanley Kubrick enjoyed and
making it overly obvious would have spoiled his fun. It's been hidden.
Dick Hallorann simply doesnt know about it, again, "It only happens
when you're not looking. If he knew everything there would be no
movie and the fact that he doesn't means nothing. This is discussed by
Stanley Kubrick in his interview with Michel Ciment . "If Danny had
perfect ESP, there could be no story. He would anticipate everything,
warn everybody and solve every problem. So his perception of the
paranormal must be imperfect and fragmentary. This also happens to
be consistent with most of the reports of telepathic experiences."The
same applies to Dick Hallorann.
There's something else Dick Hallorann doesn't know about; he also
has an invisable friend (click here) that Stanley Kubrick didn't tell
Michel Ciment about.
The July 4th picture (the most enigmatic image in the history of
motion pictures) just appears the same way on the wall in the final
shot of The Shining. When we see that spot several times earlier in

the movie, it isnt there. It isn't hung on any other wall of The Overlook
either, it just appears out of
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nowhere exactly like the Calumet cans. There's no evidence that any
other supernatural power other than "Shining" is going on in this
movie either. This is what the story is about and it's no stretch of the
movie's reality to come to the correct assumption that someone
"Shined" it onto that wall.
Its Jack who puts the key into the lock of room 237, turns it, and opens
the door.
It's Jack who "Shines" the image of the woman into Danny, Dick
Hallorann and Mr. Ullman's minds.
Its Jack who beats up Danny during his nightmare.
And its Jack who unlocks the storeroom and he does it all by
psychokinesis.
There are so many continuity errors in "The Shining" and there are a
myriad of explanations as to why they appear here (as well as in every
other movie ever made). Stanley Kubrick goes to the next level though,
and includes some that are actually intended to be a part of the movie.
I've just shown them to you and here are some others for you to look at
and wonder about. Who beat up Danny?

In the movie, Jack has the same ability as Danny and therefore both
are able to telepathically Shine images into the minds of other
people. This is exactly what Danny does to Dick Hallorann in his
bedroom in Florida when he needs his help. When Danny is beat up
Jack is having a nightmare and his power to Shine combined with
his increasing madness is what makes him able to lash out at Danny
without being physically present. It couldnt have been the old woman
in 237 because, as Dick Hallorann tells Danny over ice cream, shes
only a vision of the past and not real. Having this special ability
enables them to Shine these images into each others minds
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Why are there so many references to Native Americans and what do
they mean?
I feel these references, which are seen in just about every shot of the
movie, are only meant to throw off anyone trying to figure out the
meaning of this movie. The only important Indians here are the wellhidden Mayans and their prediction of the end of the world,
12/24/2011. The rest is a con unless someone can prove different.
Are the ghosts in the movie real?
No! Not a one and thats the beauty of Stanley Kubricks unbelievable
deception. What the audience thinks are ghosts are visions from the
Overlooks guests who all have this very special supernatural ability to
Shine that enables them to see these visions. Ive often thought that
in the movie version of this story The Overlook may have been a place

that attracted people with this special power to Shine. It appears to

be quite obvious, and it also seems that people who Shine have
invisible friends by their sides.
I believe the ghosts that everyone believes haunt The Overlook are
actually the Doppelgangers of the current residents, and theres no
solid evidence that I can find to the contrary. Everything they see are
visions, whether they be of the past, future, or of their deepest fears.
No one is there except the Torrance family. Its brilliant how Stanley
Kubrick gave each cast member powers that make it appear to the
audience that The Overlook is haunted, when it actually isnt.
Who lets Jack out of the storeroom?
In the movie Jack has the ability to Shine and therefore he's able to
supernaturally move objects. Charles Grady is a real person, who
worked in The Overlook in 1970, but the other one Delbert Grady is a
product of Jacks mind and as he speaks to him in the storeroom hes
really talking to himself.
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But its his power to Shine, thats so well hidden in the movie, which
enables him to unlock the storeroom door and get out by himself.
Does Jack also have the ability to Shine?
In this movie Stanley Kubric put the proof of who has the ability to
Shine on the screen in front of us, but one of the most baffling
questions that anyone asks after watching is; Who let Jack out of the

storeroom? A similar question that ends up having the same answer is;
who rolls the yellow ball to Danny as he plays on the carpet?
If you look closely at the movie, people who Shine have the ability to
move things and change the color of surroundings and personal items.
Stanley Kubrick masterfully hides this, along with the fact that Jack has
this very same ability. The pictures dont lie. Its quite obvious if you
look closely that Jack Shines and lets himself out of the storeroom.
He also rolls his yellow ball toward Danny, luring him to room 237.
And the proof is in the pictures. This is after all what this movie is
about, people with the special ability to Shine. Theres no law that
says Stanley Kubrick cant change, or hide from the audience, which
cast members have this special ability. Just look at the unmistakable
similarities in these two pictures.
Its obvious, they're both "Shining" and the Red Indian moves each
time. We know that Dick Hallorann has this ability and a red Calumet
can appears out of nowhere right next to his head when he
telepathically talks to Danny, and disappears in the very next shot
when he stops. When Jack Shines and unlatches the storeroom door
there are now six (even more unseen) red Calumet cans near his head,
and they werent there when Wendy dragged him in. The increase in
the number of cans may indicate how much more of this power he has
over that of Dick Hallorann. I believe Jack not only rolls the ball to
Danny luring him to room 237 but also is the cause of the other items
that move in The Overlook. The ghosts of
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Grady and Lloyd that Jack sees and talks to are from his own
imagination alone and not a product of the hotel as is commonly
believed by some. Looking at these 2 pictures (along with the others
shown) its obvious that Stanley Kubrick is purposely moving things
between shots in the movie. Please remember that the red Calumet
cans appear out of nowhere. They werent there in previous shots, and
this is very important.
Many use this quote from Stanley Kubricks interview with Michel
Ciment as proof that Grady, a ghost, let Jack out of the storeroom. But
if you read closely youll see hes talking about what happened in the
novel and not the movie.
"...What I found so particularly clever about the way the novel was
written. As the supernatural events occurred you searched for an
explanation, and the most likely one seemed to be that the strange
things that were happening would finally be explained as the products
of Jack's imagination. It's not until Grady, the ghost of the former
caretaker who axed to death his family, slides open the bolt of the
larder door, allowing Jack to escape, that you are left with no other
explanation but the supernatural."
He cleverly keeps his secret as he tells Michel Ciment exactly what
everyone expects to hear; a ghost lets Jack out of the storeroom.
The problem is that if you read the novel there is undeniable proof that
Stanley Kubrick has reversed and altered every major aspect of it
except the names of the characters and the hotel, and theres no proof
that he stopped doing it in the storeroom scene. Stanley Kubrick
simply reverses the novel here. The strange things that were

happening would finally be explained as the products of Jack's

imagination and thats exactly what he did. In the novel there is no
question that a ghost opens the door. In the movie the ghosts are all in
Jacks head. If you have preconceived ideas the reversals Ive noted
that he made to the novel are shocking. Especially when you
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think of how he was able to hide all this in plain site. But if you go
check it out what Ive noted is quite correct. Its not only correct but it
cant be debated, discussed, altered or most importantly dismissed. It
is what it is. Red is yellow and yellow is red, and its also quite obvious
that in the movie Jack Shines.
Its a very controversial statement to say that cast members in The
Shining are able to move things telepathically but not only is this
obvious to anyone that looks, the proof of this statement can be found
if you read Stephen Kings novel. As I showed you before in the movie
theres not one major aspect of the novel that has been left out. Some
things just have to be searched for then youll say I never noticed that
when theyre pointed out to you. For me one of the best parts of the
novel was when The Overlook animates certain objects for its guests.
Its absurd to think that Stanley Kubrick would leave out such a great
plot point from the novel, and if you look closely; he doesnt. Even
though its impossible to prove which movements in the movie are
deliberate and which arent, the proof that there are deliberate
movements, is in the novel itself. The three items Im referring to from
the novel were all out in the open and obvious. The Hedge Animals,
the fire hose, and the elevators all moved on their own, but what

Stanley Kubrick did to these three items in the movie just cannot be
ignored and should be explained by anyone who thinks theres no
such thing as a deliberate continuity error. Stanley Kubrick has totally
reversed what happens in Stephen Kings novel again, and no one can
dispute that these three items that were animated by The Overlook in
the novel, glaringly, remain motionless throughout the entire movie.
None of them budges an inch and not only do they not move but the
elevators dont even change floors. It appears that what The Overlook
moves in the novel doesnt move in the movie, its obvious and its
been reversed. Whats not so obvious is that reversing this leaves it
open for Stanley Kubrick
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to move any other object thats not one of the three from the novel;
and as unbelievable as this sounds, its precisely what he did. The
power that moves the objects has also been reversed and The Overlook
does none of it in the movie. Just like the numbers Stanley Kubrick
wants us to notice, the movements Im speaking about are pretty
obvious when someone points them out.
Noticed the sheet of paper that Jack pulls out of the typewriter. After
he finishes scolding Wendy he Shines and another sheet appears
right out of thin air, back in the typewriter again, without him touching
it and without the audience hearing a thing.

Look at how Stanley Kubrick hides this in the drive up to The Overlook.
Here Jack "Shines" as he constantly looks in the rear view mirror of his
yellow VW,
and an unnaturally large pile of luggage, that couldn't fit in a VW if the
engine and passengers were removed, appears at the end of the
journey (without any indication of any outside help, or luggage on the
car).
Stanley Kubrick hid this brilliantly in the film. All cast members that
have the Shine are able to move items and change the color of their
possessions. The pictures cant be denied.
As Danny "Shines" watch the yellow and red dwarf from Snow White
(Dopey) as it disappears from his bedroom door.
Dick Hallorann "Shines" and the red painting above his headboard in
Florida just disappears between shots.
Watch as Dick Halloranns pile of change at the airport payphone
moves constantly without him touching it with either hand.
Wendy also has some ability to Shine as she has four visions of her
own. When Danny had his vision of the bloody elevators
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its never questioned that hes Shining, so why should it be any
different when we watch Wendy have the exact same vision, frame for
frame, at the end of the movie? Her ability is well hidden but

nonetheless obvious when she telepathically moves the direction the

knives are facing after dragging Jack into the storeroom.
Later in the bathroom, she telepathically moves the same knife again.
She throws it in the sink with the handle to the right, yet watch as later
when picking it back up she reverses the handles position to the left
without ever touching it.
Magazines, mirrors and other items also move or disappear when shes
around. Wendys special power to Shine means she also has the
ability to see visions of things that have happened in the past in The
Overlook, just like Jack and Dannys vision of the old woman that
committed suicide in room 237. It explains what this shot is all about,
that many believe is Horace Derwent with Dog Man who are both
mentioned in the novel as people who were at The Overlook years
before.
If you look closely in the end of the movie, Danny "Shines" and
actually moves the entrance of the hedge maze closer to him before
Jack chases him into it. Early on when we see this area theres no
entrance on the wall facing the hotel, later the entrance moves from
it's original position to the wall 90 degrees to the left, now facing The
Overlook. This can be seen best just before they escape the hotel as
Danny walks straight into Wendys arms at the end of the movie. Shes
standing right in front of the rear entrance of The Overlook where Dick
Hallorann parked the Sno-cat. Earlier we see this same spot and theres
no entrance there.

We are witnessing the work of a craftsmen who is the best in the world
at what he does, but what places Stanley Kubrick apart from other
directors is the sheer magnitude of his
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deception and he must have chuckled till the day he died knowing that
no one ever noticed all this. No one ever put it together and figured
out what he was actually doing.
The Overlook may be a place that attracts people who posses this
special power. Cast members who Shine have the ability to change
what theyre wearing as Mr. Ullman and Bill Watson both have
personal articles of clothing that change between shots. If you think
these are mistakes, youre wrong. A perfectionist like Stanley Kubrick
would never let this happen by accident in a million years.
Watch as Mr. Ullmans tie changes right before our eyes.
Watch as Bill Watsons pants do the same thing changing from solid
color to plaid between shots.
Again, Jack is also able to Shine and its obvious that his ability to
supernaturally move things is what unlatches the storeroom door, and
not that of a ghost. In the novel people who Shine dont have the
ability to telekinetically move things but theres no law that says
Stanley Kubrick cant change this in his version, and this is exactly what
he did.
Pictures dont lie.

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OLD Is there an explanation of the July 4th 1921 picture?
Everyone who views this movie wants to know what the final photo in
The Shining represents. Unfortunately its a purposeful visual
enigma placed there by Stanley Kubrick and it has no simple
explanation. When you first view the movie you will leave with the
impression that Jack Torrance has been in The Overlook before, but this
is one of the most perplexing images in the history of cinema and it
must be looked at carefully before what it actually represents is fully
understood. I believe the photo depicts Jack Torrances future, not his
past, and it's been Shined onto that spot on the wall at the end of the
movie by someone else who also posses this special power.Someone
that has the ability to move things by telekinesis (click here). Shining
is precisely what Stanley Kubricks movie is about and someone uses
this special power to make that picture appear at the end of the movie.
The picture is a paradoxical enigma and there are several things that
you must look at and address before you attempt any explanation of it.
1) The most intriguing fact about the final photo is that it simply
doesnt exist until after Jacks death. Stanley Kubrick has it magically
appearing on the wall only in the last shot of the movie. You can have
any opinion you like but it must include why the photo is nowhere to
be found either on that wall, or any other in The Overlook at any other
time in the movie. Could Stanley Kubrick have just forgotten to hang
the 1921 picture up? Many viewers have missed this. Every other time
we see those 21 pictures in the movie theyre different and the July

4th 1921 picture simply isnt there. It doesnt exist until the end of the
movie.
2) In the dialogue Delbert Grady says, I'm sorry to differ with you, sir,
but you are the caretaker. You have always been the
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caretaker, I should know, sir. [I've always been here.] If hes "always
been" there why is he not in the final photo? If he is real and not a
product of Jacks imagination, he must also be there with him in the
final photo; but the fact is that he isn't there.
3) The ballroom depicted in the final picture is not The Overlooks. It
may say Overlook Hotel July 4th Ball 1921 but the party depicted in
the picture is quite simply somewhere else and this cannot be ignored.
It isnt in any room of The Overlook. We see all the big rooms in the
hotel and there's absolutely no indication of another one either in the
movie or the novel. There should be no confusion about this fact as
even Stanley Kubrick states that its not The Overlook in his interview
with Michel Ciment. In the photo Stanley Kubrick obviously has Jack
standing somewhere else, other than The Overlook.
4) In the final shot we see Jacks image in a picture that's dated 1921.
Many believe Jack Torrance, the caretaker in the movie, is a
reincarnation of the person in the photo. This cannot be for 2 very good
reasons 1) the definition of the word is very precise; reincarnation - the
rebirth of a soul in a [new] body. Jack is still the same person. 2)
Stanley Kubrick makes it obvious that its not The Overlook. The photo

is not proof that Jack has ever been there before because the place
depicted isnt The Overlook.
5) Jack Torrance is the winter caretaker and he would not be working in
the summer and the person depicted in the photo is not the caretaker,
hes the manager. We must look at the the novel to understand this
because in Chapter 48 (Page 261) we find out that Jack strives to
become the manager of The Overlook, but he obviously doesnt make
it. The way in which Stanley Kubrick altered Stephen Kings novel (click
here) becomes a tremendous help in understanding the final picture.
In the movie were seeing a mirror image, an inversion, of what
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happens in the novel and after his death Jack does become the
manager of The Overlook in the final picture. And it's, for ever, and
ever, and ever.
6) Stanley Kubrick creates an obvious visual paradox for the audience
in the picture. The date says its a summer party but the only item that
can be picked out in it indicates its a New Years Eve party; the opposite
time of year.
7) And this obvious question must be answered; what happened to all
the other caretakers that had to have worked in between and before
Jack and Grady? Who and where are they and why didnt they try to kill
their families? Have they been reincarnated also?
8) We should think about where Stanley Kubrick got the idea for the
July 4th picture? The only black and white photo in Stephen Kings

novel ends up being of tremendous importance in understanding

Stanley Kubricks ending. Its mentioned in Chapter 33 (page 191) of
the novel. It tells us exactly what that enigmatic photo depicts at the
end of his movie. Here is an excerpt from Stephen Kings novel; In
that instant, kneeling there, everything came clear to him... In those
few seconds [Jack] understood everything. There was a certain blackand- white picture he remembered seeing as a child, in catechism
class... a jumble of whites and blacks... Then one of the children in the
third row had gasped, "It's Jesus!" .... "I see Him! I see Him!" ...
Everyone had seen the face of Jesus in the jumble of blacks and whites
except Jacky... when everyone else had tumbled their way up from the
church basement and out onto the street he had lingered behind... He
hated it... It was a big fake... [But] as he turned to go he had seen the
face of Jesus from the corner of his eye... He turned back, his heart in
his throat. Everything had suddenly clicked into place and he had
stared at the picture with fearful wonder, unable to believe he had
missed it... Looking at Jack Torrance. What had only been a
meaningless sprawl had suddenly been
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transformed into a stark black-and-white etching of the face of Christ
Our Lord. Fearful wonder became terror. He had cussed in front of a
picture of Jesus. He would be damned. He would be in hell with the
sinners. The face of Christ had been in the picture all along. All along.
Unless youve read Stephen King's novel you may not have realized
what Stanley Kubrick has done to it. The picture is an exact and
purposeful reversal of the novel. The black and white photo we all see

at the end of The Shining is the mirror opposite of what only Jack
sees in the novel. In one black and white photo we have the ultimate
good that is inverted now becoming in the second black and white
photo the ultimate evil. Its the devil! Jack represents the devil! The
Manager or Master of Ceremonies in hell.
9) You may not agree with what Ive written but take one last look at
this because Jack is obviously posed in that final shot as
Who do you think Shined Jacks picture onto the wall? My
explanation of the last shot in The Shining includes all of these facts
and can be seen if you click here.
1) The final photo simply doesnt exist until after Jacks death. Stanley
Kubrick has it magically appearing on the wall only in the last shot of
the movie. Its not there at any other time in the movie.
2) Delbert Grady must also be there with Jack in the final photo; but he
isn't there.
3) In the photo Stanley Kubrick obviously has Jack standing
somewhere else. Its not The Overlook.
4) Jack Torrance is not a reincarnation of the person in the photo.
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5) The image of Jack Torrance is not the caretaker in the picture, hes
the manager.

6) The picture is not a July 4th party. Its a New Years Eve party.
^7) Where are all the other caretakers?
8) The black and white photo in Stephen Kings novel must be looked
at.
9) Jack is posed in the final picture and it is an obvious clue as to what
it represents.
Who is Tony?
In Stephen Kings novel Tony is Danny's subconscious mind protecting
him just like any other person's subconscious mind would do. Danny's
difference, from most of us on this site, is in his ability to "Shine".
In the novel Tony is also Dannys imaginary friend and he can talk to
him face to face, but Stanley Kubrick reverses this in the movie and we
dont see him because hes invisable. We just hear him talking through
Danny in a strange voice. Another thing Stanley Kubrick changed in the
movie is that other people can Shine and they also have invisible
imaginary friends.
Who are the women in room 237?
This is not explained in the movie. In Stephen Kings novel, the
woman's name is Mrs. Massey and she committed suicide in the
bathtub of room 217. Cast members who Shine can see visions of
what happened there in the past and are able to see her in that
bathroom. Stanley Kubrick doubled much from the

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novel and we now see 2 woman in the bathroom of a different room,
237.
What do the Numbers Mean?
Why does Stanley Kubrick have so many of the same numbers (12, 21,
24, and 42) showing up throughout The Shining on Dannys sweaters,
room numbers, movie titles, dates, times, etc. etc.?
He wants the audience to notice them and theyre key to explaining
the date in the last shot of the movie. They are quite obvious; Room
237 adds up to 12, the 21 pictures on the wall in the final shots, the
numbers of the date 7/4/1921 added together equal 24, and Danny
wearing the number 42 on his sweatshirt in their bathroom.
What's the significance of the four shots filmed entirely in the
reflection of a mirror, and why does Stanley Kubrick have Danny wear
an Apollo sweater with the number 11 on it?
Mirrors or so important in Stanley Kubricks Shining. If you read the
novel its obvious hes holding Stephen Kings novel up to a mirror and
in the movie we are seeing that reflection. The time codes of the four
unique shots where a cast member is filmed entirely in the reflection
of a mirror are part of a code that Stanley Kubrick wants us to notice
throughout the movie. Just as we would never know Redrum is
murder if we didnt see it in the reflection of a mirror, we would never
know of the number 11s significance (a mirror image of itself) if we
didnt look at the time codes of the four mirror shots. Mirrors are the

key clue that leads to the explanation of what the puzzling date at the
end of the movie, July 4th 1921, actually means.
Dannys reflection as he talks to Tony in the bathroom mirror (the
duration is :24 seconds exactly and the time code is :11 minutes).
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Jacks reflection in the bedroom mirror as Wendy gives him breakfast
(the duration is 1:21 minutes exactly and the time code is :35 minutes,
:24+:11).
Jacks reflection in the bedroom mirror as Danny comes in for his truck
(the duration is :24 seconds exactly and the time code is :53 minutes, :
42+:11).
Wendys reflection as she sees Redrum reflected in the bedroom mirror
(the duration is :04 seconds exactly and the time code is 2 hours and :
01 minute, 1:10+:11).
Why does Stanley Kubrick have an enigmatic date on the screen in the
final shot instead of what you see there in thousands of classic movies,
The End?
The date on the screen, 7/4/1921, is meaningless unless you add up its
component numbers. Its put at the very end of the movie as a clue to
another date he has in mind, an ancient Mayan Indian prediction of
the end of the world just a few years from now. Stanly Kubrick wanted
us to wonder about this fictitious date while giving us numerical clues
throughout the movie to the real date he believes to be a prediction of

the Apocalypse. The end of this movie is a metaphor for The End of
everything and he even gives us the date positioned in the most
perfect spot; the end.
To get the month, take the mirror image of 21 (the number of pictures
on the wall in the last shots).
To get the day, add up 7/4/1921.
To get the year, count the 20 people in the second to last close-up
picture of the movie.
... and add that to the number 11 on Dannys Apollo sweater (or 2, 1s
(twins) from the last two digits of the year 1921).
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The hidden date is 12/24/2011.
By now youve probably already made up your mind about how wrong
I am about the Mayan Indians. After all theyre never mentioned in the
movie so how could this be right. The Mayan Indians never being
mentioned in the movie doesnt mean anything. Theyre there, just
look at how subtly he included them. For almost 30 years viewers have
looked at this shot and not seen what it actually is.
Theres a perfect depiction of an ancient Mayan pyramid (top, sides and
stairs) in Jacks dream of the hedge maze and its proof positive that
Im correct about the Mayan date 12/24/2011. The many American
Indian references throughout the movie are obvious and hold no
mystery at all. The real mystery here is the date in the last shot of the

movie. The inclusion of a hidden depiction of an ancient Mayan

pyramid in Jacks dream of the hedge maze (in conjunction with the
mysterious numbers) has no explanation other than that it has
something to do with Mayan Indians and not American Indians as is a
popular belief held by some.
If this isn't enough maybe seeing the actual numbers of the date
12/24/2011 hidden in the picture will be. Theyre all there and quite
obvious if you know where to look.
12 is represented by adding up the three 4s formed by the center
shadows.
24 is represented by multiplying the number 12 from the center
shadows by the 2 Mayan Temples that are shown in the picture.
20 is represented by adding the four 5s on the left and right of the
number 12 in the center ( the bottom 2 are inverted).
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Adding the Roman Numerals X and I also hidden in the picture
represents the number 11.
12/24/2011, its unbelievable how much was hidden in plain sight in
this one picture.
What do Delbert Grady and Tony have in common?

Something very odd moves around in "The Shining" when it shouldnt.

It was one of the first things I ever noticed and I just knew it was the
most common of continuity errors seen hundreds of times in other
movies. Than I read Stephen King's novel and everything changed.
Tony is Danny's imaginary friend and can be seen by him in the novel.I
believe in this movie Stanley Kubrick is showing us an inverted image
of Stephen King's novel (click here), and now in the movie Tony's
invisible; but he is still there if you know where to look. In the movie
Tony is not only a voice inside Danny, but he's an actual invisible
entity. In fact anyone else who "Shines" in this movie also has an
invisible entity around them. This may be a little hard to comprehend
but the proof of what I'm saying is in the pictures. Every time one of
these invisible entities makes an appearance in the movie they do the
exact same thing. I'll show you the pictures first and see if you can find
where they are in each one.
Did you notice a chair moving between shots in each scene? This isn't a
mistake. No cast member went near them and they shouldnt have
moved. Its deliberate and it happens at least five times in the movie.
The invisible entities are present and are sitting in a chair making
themselves comfortable while hanging around their host. In the
Merriam-Websters dictionary the definition of the word Doppelganger
is; a ghostly counterpart of a living person, and I believe there's proof
here in these pictures that each major character in The Shining has a
Doppelganger associated with them. Even though the
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modern Internet definition indicates an evil presence Stanley Kubrick

is working from the older definition here, as only Jacks Doppelganger
is evil.
There should be no confusion as to whether The Overlook itself is
causing this because it happens three times in the hotel and twice
outside of it. Therefore the moving chairs are happening as a result of
Shining and not any other popular phenomena, like ghosts.
As Ive already stated its pretty obvious that all these people have the
same ability. Ive shown this many times in pictures throughout my
blog (click here).
Now just look at the 6 chairs to the right of Mr. Ullman that move
between shots in this scene. 6 people who arguably have the Shine
are present and not one of them went near any of these 6 chairs. Their
invisible Doppelgangers are sitting right there with them.
I'm sure that these invisible entities are the power in the movie behind
what's causing everything to move around, disappear, and change
colors and the person who "Shines" or their invisible entity is present
in the scene when they do. The actual characters have no idea what's
going on. It's their subconscious that is doing it and Danny is the only
one who may have the slightest clue.
It's obvious that Dick Hallorann and Wendy have imaginary friends;
but what about Jack, his are a little different because we can actually
see them (Stanly Kubrick is letting us see the results of Jacks
imagination on the screen). We know that Charles Grady was an actual
person who worked in The Overlook, murdered his family then killed

himself. The other one, Delbert Grady, never actually exists and is
Jack's subconscious version of Danny's imaginary friend Tony. That's
why he's able to let him out of the storeroom without Jack's conscious
mind (or the audience's) knowing it. Grady and Tony probably
communicate without Jack or Danny ever knowing it.
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I'm sure this is how Danny was beat up during Jack's nightmare. There
never was and old woman in room 237 while they were The Overlook,
just a vision of one who was there in the past. It's true that Jack is
talking to himself when he speaks to Grady with the mirror in front of
him. Don't forget about Lloyd the bartender he's part of Jack's
subconscious also as he speaks to himself again with a mirror in front
of him. As the movie progresses the madder Jack gets the more stuff
happens, it's his subconscious that's doing everything. It's amazing
how much mystery there is in this movie and all the answers are right
there in front of us if you know where to look.
Someone else also had an invisible friend sitting next to him when he
did his dirty work.
First of all the ax is the same one that Jack uses later in the movie, but
dont let that confuse you the important thing is the overturned chair.
The chairs we see throughout The Overlook are not the same style as
this one but I knew that if I looked through the movie I would find this
particular chair somewhere in there. We see it a total of four times but
the thing that's really important is that every time we see it it's upside
down. It's right outside of Wendy and Jacks apartment.

Charles Grady was also able to Shine and his invisible entity was
sitting in that very chair before he killed his family and himself. The
reason the chair is now overturned is because he killed himself and
there's nothing sitting there any more.
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Why does Stanley Kubrick have so many important objects colored
either red or yellow?
Even though he never stated this, Stanley Kubrick (just like Stephen
King) may be using color to indicate when certain characters are
Shining as surroundings and possessions which are entirely yellow
or red are numerous as well as obvious. In the novel oranges are what
Dick Hallorann smelled as he Shined and being that smell cant be
adequately brought across to theater audiences, Stanley Kubrick just
happens to makes a brilliant decision (or maybe this just appears by
accident) to use the two pigments that painters add together to make
orange. Red and yellow equals orange, Shining. Its also interesting
to note that important red items in the novel are yellow in the movie,
and important yellow items are red.
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Does The Overlook Shine?
At first I thought that the hotel was behind everything out of the
ordinary that happened in the movie, and thats what were supposed
to think, until you look deeper.
In the movie were seeing a mirror image (reversal) of many major plot

points from the novel. Just like the obvious color reversal Stanley
Kubrick chose for the VW and Sno-Cat, whats red is yellow and whats
yellow is red. But in typical Kubrick fashion he doesnt make this
obvious. In the novel Jacks possessed by The Overlook, and in the
movie were led to believe, that its possessing him again. Whats
actually happening may be a complete reversal of this. I believe the
cast members who Shine are controlling everything that happens in
the movie. The visions and ghosts are all in their own minds (at least
up to the last scene)! Jacks ability to Shine coupled with his decent
into insanity is whats causing many of the spooky goings on in the
movie and not The Overlook itself. In fact I believe Stanley Kubrick put
an almost unbelievable twist to his version of The Shining; Hes totally
reversed what was in Stephen Kings novel and The Overlook isnt
possessed or even haunted, and doesnt have the special ability to
Shine like its visitors. I cant think of one other director that could (or
would even try to) pull something like this off, and the proof is this. If
The Overlook were able to Shine Dick Hallorann would have
immediately picked it up when he was working there, just like he
immediately picked up Dannys ability when they first met and he
warned him not to go into room 237. If you find this a little hard to
believe just think about this; everything were told about Shining
comes from one source, the lips of Dick Hallorann. Whether were
reading the novel or looking at the movie,
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hes the only one that knows anything or says anything about it. Hes a
board certified expert on the subject, and when he says the Overlook

Hotel here has somethin' almost like 'shining'." we have to take this as
coming from someone that knows exactly what theyre talking about.
Somethin' almost like 'shining is not the same thing as Shining, its
almost like it. If you look at what he and Danny are talking about over
ice cream youll see hes trying to convince him not to go into room
237. The reason is not that hell find anyone in there or that its even
dangerous (which he would have told him if it was) but because
Danny, with his very special ability, will see the echo of something that
was there in the past, exactly like what he knew the maid in the novel
saw, a suicide. All these years everyones thought that The Overlook
was in control, because its that way in the novel. And now it may be
that the exact opposite is true.
Again the proof is in the treatment he gave to Stephen King's novel.
The inversions Ive pointed out from the source novel cannot be
ignored; where do they stop? Does anyone think a perfectionist like
Stanley Kubrick would stop right at the end in his alteration of the
source material? If you think about it there's not one shred of evidence
anyone can point to that the movie Overlook, as evil as it may be, has
done anything to, or affected its inhabitants in any way. Theres just as
much evidence that they did it all to themselves, and thats the beauty
of it; the ambiguity. What Im saying is very controversial but why
would he make this point so ambiguous if The Overlook were actually
(as everyone believes) haunted?
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Is Grady real or just in Jacks imagination?

.
This is a difficult question to answer. Either hes a real spirit haunting
The Overlook with the power to open a storeroom door or hes a
figment of the Jack Torrances own imagination. There is no inbetween. I believe he's a vision produced in Jack's irrational mind but
Its hard to definitively prove this. Stanley Kubrick hides the answer to
this question very well. But if you think about these seven points that
he put into the movie it will help you to come to your own conclusion
and you'll see why I believe Delbert Grady is a figment of Jacks
imagination. Click on each point for an explanation.
1) Its well hidden but if you look at the dialogue Stanley Kubrick and
Diane Johnson put the answer to this question right in the script and it
cant be changed.
2) Every time Jack sees a ghost hes looking at himself in a mirror.
3) Who let Jack out of the storeroom if Grady is not real? 4) Why didnt
Grady correct Danny and Wendy himself? 5) Grady is not in the final
photo.
6) How did Stanley Kubrick alter Stephen Kings novel? 7) We see him
and hear him speaking to Jack.
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