I was trying really hard not to smile during the staircase scene because ALL i can think about is Homer saying "gimme the bat, gimme the bat, gimme the bbabablluurrr" - George

I'm so glad you guys loved Shelley Duvall because she took so much crap over the years for her performance, but I think she's amazing.

Danny isn't possessed, just overwhelmed by his own ability to shine. Tony is a coping strategy, to help him distance himself from the horror and danger. He disassociates for a while to survive. Danny is a powerhouse of psychic energy and the hotel wants to keep him. Hallaran only shines moderately so his experience there was much milder, but bad enough that he wasn't coming back to work there again. He didn't realize the danger to the Torrance family until it was too late.

The red bathroom scene with Philip Stone as Grady - at first a friendly, obsequious waiter, then suddenly turning into a dominant, inciting demon - is for my money the greatest horror scene in history: terrifying, without a single drop of blood. Stone deserved an Oscar.

The length of her cigarette ash when talking to the psychologist is legendary

Nicholson playing the Joker was possibly the most natural, obvious, and perfect casting ever. He's so good.

George nails it . 'Reflected in the mirror like he's trapped.'

Shelley Duvall was an amazing actress, and she did great in this movie. Not many can match Nicholson scene for scene, he has so much presence, but she was the perfect balance for him here.

Funny story about Jack Nicholson and the door scene with the fire axe. He used to be a volunteer fireman, so when he went all out on the doors, it only took 1 or 2 swings for him to get them down so they had a bunch of doors on standby to get extra takes.

Having recently seen Simone in Android Night Punch and realizing she has legs, I'm now scared of the possibility that George might also have legs

“They wanted Haley Joel Osment, but he wasn’t born yet.” One of my new favorite lines from the channel.

I do love how George caught the line about Selling his Soul, possession and evil interference is often played on one’s weaknesses, their fears or desires. They say it takes a doorway of Evil to reach that person. And with Jack along with his anger was the drink.

I love this scene 24:16 because it lets you know he wasn't slowly going crazy. He's been crazy since they got there.

So glad you watched this one! Fun fact - Although Shelley Duvall is not related to the actor Robert Duvall, her father (a lawyer) is actually named Robert Duvall.

The usual explanation is that the hotel itself has a soul that feeds on the souls of people like Jack and Delbert Grady. At the end, the hotel has absorbed Jack''s soul. which explains why he's in the photo. One way to interpret the story is as an allegory about domestic abuse. Jack is prone to alcohol-fueled rage. Wendy knows this, but forgives him for it because Jack has promised to quit drinking. Both are in denial about how he injured Danny, writing it off as an accident. Jack blames Wendy for his own failings, and he sometimes gaslights her. But, of course, Jack starts drinking again, and his rage grows and grows to the point where he attempts murder. Another theory is that Tony is Danny's future self, warning him about things that he's already lived through. The scene on the stairs is infamous. Kubrick did over 100 takes, and was so critical Shelley Duvall that she nearly broke down. It was probably deliberate on Kubrick's part, to get the terrified performance he wanted. Kubrick could be very hard on actors. Fortunately, he was kind to Danny Lloyd, who played Danny. Did you notice that Wendy does all the work of taking care of the hotel? Jack was hired to do it, but we never see him do a lick of actual caretaking. Instead, Jack spends his time typing the same sentence over and over. If Wendy hadn't been so afraid of him, she might have told him, "You yelled at me for interrupting you when you're working, you left all the caretaking work to me, and *THIS* is what you've been doing?!?!?!?" Best line of the video: "Jack Nicholson's eyebrow should have its own casting agent."

As for "Here's Johnny!", In the 70's Johnny Carson was the one and only late-night host back in the era of three channels. He was wildly popular. Every show began with Ed McMahon listing today's guests and then ending with "And now... Here's Johnny!"

"Honey I'm home." This always makes me laugh and at the same time it's terrifying. Jack is a genius.

The iconic shot of Jack Nicholson looking through the hole in the door was Jack fooling around, "Here's Johnny!" It wasn't scripted, but it was so good that the scene was included in the movie. The announcers at Stapleton Airport were actual recordings used by the airport of the time, by two local NBC station news hosts, and the clip on the radio while Scatman Curruthers was driving was from the same station's radio programming.

Yeah, Mike Flanagan's sequel, Doctor Sleep, is a really worthy successor. The cinematic genius may not be equal, but the story King wrote here -- of how the events of the Shining scarred and defined poor Danny -- is really compelling. A compassionate layered performance from Ewan McGregor. A movie that offers some catharsis.

Hi guys, the drink you were wondering about is a Dutch cocktail called Advacaat (made of eggs, sugar and brandy). It's nearly alway the last thing left in a drinks cabinet at the end of a party as it looks like a thick custard and is a bit of an acquired taste....however if you add carbonated lemonade to a glass of it (roughly half and half) it becomes a Snowball and is DELICIOUS!!! 🥰🥰🥰

The director's cut of Doctor Sleep is fantastic and needs to be watched as it explains a lot and really completes Danny's story

Danny was played by Danny Lloyd who did a fanatic job for someone so young. He went on to become Professor of biology at a community college in Elizabeth town, Kentucky. He did have a cameo in Dr Sleep. You should watch the Directors Cut of Dr Sleep it answers lots of questions and completes Dannys story. The all work an no play was typed in different languages depending on where the film was been shown. The shot of the tennis ball rolling into Danny's toys took fifty takes to get right, Kubrick was a bit of a perfectionist. If the Kubrick exhibition come to a town near you it's worth a visit.

This is my favorite movie of all time. It’s atmospheric and the soundtrack is absolutely perfect. The bathroom scene between Grady and Jack is one of my favorite horror movie scenes. “I… corrected them, sir.” Sends chills down my spine.

This movie is pretty notorious for being one of the best-regarded Stephen King adaptations, but also one King himself really dislikes. I didn't read the book until a few years ago and I totally get it; they're both very similar but at the same time wildly different adaptations of the same story. Both are valid and exceptional. In addition to hurting Danny, Jack in the book also lost his teaching job by assaulting a student. He was friends with a board member though who got him the Overlook job, and he was told if he did a good job the board would consider giving him his job back. So the Overlook is literally their last chance; even if they could get out, they'd be destitute and essentially helpless, so they have no choice but to endure the horrors of the hotel. Jack becomes obsessed with the hotel's history, which is how he starts to get possessed. His symptoms are also nearly identical to a recovering alcoholic slipping back into vice, so it's unclear to everyone, even Jack, what is really happening. The scene where Wendy accuses Jack of strangling Danny is really gut-wrenching; you feel for both, because Wendy has no choice but to assume the worst, and Jack feels dejected because he thinks he can never redeem himself in his wife's eyes after what he did. King didn't do those things specifically, but he struggled with alcoholism and wasn't a great father for a while, and the Shining was his way of working through his history. The film, while brilliant, omits a lot of that subtext in favor of a straight cabin fever/possession story. So I think King's criticism is valid; he's not just some diva writer upset that they changed his story.

Can totally tell George is thinking of Homer when Jack is saying "Wendy give me the bat"😂

Shelly Duvall's portrayal of a spouse of an abusive alcoholic is pretty spot-on. Always agreeable (at least around him), hiding or playing down her husband's abuse, etc.

Anyone notice that the TV they were watching had no power chord anywhere? Gotta love the Kubrick touches in this film!

I always think about the Treehouse of Horror episode when I watch this movie now. "No TV and no beer makes Homer something something." "Go crazy?" "Don't mind if I do!"

The funny thing, to me, having lived in Oregon for about 15 years, is that the interior of the actual hotel where the exteriors were shot - Timberline Lodge - is NOTHING like in the film, which was all on sound stages in London (and which all burned down at one point during production and had to be rebuilt). The Timberline interior is beautiful with all wood and stone, and much smaller and cozier.

In the book, you find out that Tony is Danny’s future self. His full name is Daniel Anthony Torrance. And about how Jack treats Wendy: the hotel accelerates his violence, but he’s always been a bad, abusive man. Also, a detail in the book that isn’t in the film regards Jack keeping up with the boiler room. That’s his primary job as caretaker. The reader is told all alcohol has been removed from the hotel for the winter, but every time Jack comes back from the boilers, he reeks of whiskey.

Also, Dick Halloran is mentioned in IT. He was friends with Mike Hanlon's dad, and they dealt with some shit when they were younger too.

Bonus Bonus Fun Fact: Ullman's office technically shouldn't be able to exist where it is in the building based on where the window is pointing. The office is a set unlike many other shots which adds to the cabin fever feeling even if unintended.

This was filmed at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon (and in studio). Inspiration for the book was taken from the Stanley Hotel in Colorado.

You guys have to do the Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep next. It's a sequel to this and it's actually amazing (and answers a lot of questions).

George: I think he’s a misdirect, he’s so nice. Everyone: *laughs nervously*

Bonus Bonus Bonus Bonus Bonus Fun Fact: Dick Hallorann was at The Black Spot in Derry, Maine when it burned down in 1930. His Shine helped him save many people including the father of Mike Hanlon (one of the main characters in IT).

I love the title cards in this movie, they go from months later to days to hours, adding to the intensity of time passing.

Yes!!! You guys have to follow this up with Doctor Sleep as soon as possible! Might as well watch the Director's Cut while you're at it!

Two things that always happen whenever someone reacts to this movie. 1. The "Tuesday" title card always gets them. 2. No one ever notices that Toy Story uses the exact same carpet pattern from the Overlook Hotel in Syd's house.

Everybody is saying you need to watch Doctor Sleep after this and I totally agree. I would also say that if you like Shelley Duvall, check her out in Popeye with Robin Williams. It's not the greatest movie of all time but I love it. Of course, I love cheesy 80's nostalgia sooo...yeah! Love the reaction! 💜💜💜 P.S. I forgot about Shelley Duvall in another great movie with Steve Martin, Roxanne. A "modern" take on Cireno De Bergerac (I know the spelling is wrong). An all around great movie! Give it a watch, please 😄

now you gotta see Doctor Sleep, the Director's Cut!

Yup, as many as said, Doctor Sleep. It's an excellent way to make this go full circle. There was a ton of context that Kubrick left out of the book in the name of 'Let the audience feel creeped out'. The Hotel did come to life with the many ghosts that lived there. While sometimes the Less is More approach works, in this case, while he did create a classic in terms of suspense and horror, he lost a ton of context that would have made it even better. Still a great movie. Great movies tend to stand the test of time, and are loved in spite of all their flaws.

Still my favorite horror movie of all time. Nicholson's performance is sublime. And Kubrick's direction is outstanding as always.

There’s a great chapter in the book where Danny and Halloran have a conversation about having the Shining and the Overlook. In that one single chapter they develop a sort of bond that helps them later.

They did over 100 takes of the confrontation scene between Jack and Wendy, the “put the bat down Wendy”, that whole sequence. Kubrick was a meticulous perfectionist to the point where it nearly drove Duvall crazy because she was so stressed out Also, thank you George, I’m now gonna triple check my fridge before I go on vacation to make sure there’s no pork in there…

The Shining (as with most Kubrick movies) has become so intertwined with pop culture that I guarantee you've seen the whole movie long before this first viewing. • The carpet is referenced everywhere. Most unexpectedly, in Toy Story 1 as the bedroom carpet for the twisted neighbor kid, Sid. • The music video for 30 Seconds to Mars' The Kill is a cliff's notes tribute to the movie. • Of course in the movie version of Ready Player One it was a central plot point. • The Simpsons' infamous Treehouse of Horror V. • The video for Spit it Out by Slipknot. And thousands of others. As everyone has said, Doctor Sleep is a fantastic sequel that begrudgingly is tied to this movie, and is a great ending to this story.

The exteriors were shot at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon at the base of Mt Hood... --- The interiors were based on The Stanley Hotel in Colorado..

True story, some friends and I went to Colorado in the spring and got trapped in our cabin for 3 days in a freak April blizzard. The internet went out and there was nothing to watch but two VHS copies of The Shining.

The time stamps in this film always crack me up. Chapter 1 A month later Tuesday 8 hours later 4pm

I only recently discovered that the UK version was quite a bit shorter then US version. Amongst others, we didn’t have the scene where the doctor comes to see Danny, and we didn’t see Danny meet Scatman in the Golden Ballroom.

The exterior shots of the hotel are the Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. About an hour and a half outside Portland, OR. The interior shots are on a sound stage in England.

Only the wide exteriors are the actual Timberline lodge in Oregon - all interiors and the closer (snow) exteriors are studio sets in the UK.

As far as explanations for this film, "Doctor Sleep," goes a long way to tie it up with Stephen King's original story. That said, "The Shining," has to be seen as a Kubrick project, so any explanations you'll hear are opinions. Kubrick resisted concrete explanations of his work - he was firm in believing that viewers need to be free to draw their own interpretations. One of the hallmarks of a Kubrick film is the shot staging, camera work & cinematography, contrasted with minimal exposition & dialogue.

Fun fact: The first "grown up" book I ever read was _The Shining_ , when I was twelve. It was scary, of course, but what I found most interesting was how deep into the minds of the four main characters - Danny, Wendy, Jack, and Dick Hallorann - the narrative went. You get to really know them all, and love them all, even Jack, who starts out as a sane and loving father trying desperately not to fall back into alcoholism. Danny's "shining" is simply a powerful psychic talent, and "Tony" is the figure of an older boy he sometimes sees when he has visions. You also learn a lot about the history of the hotel and how it intertwines with American history, and I found all that really interesting stuff. The movie came out when I was fifteen, but I didn't see it. When I heard that the movie had made Tony into a talking finger, I thought that was the _stupidest_ thing I'd ever heard in my life. I mean, even at fifteen I knew that filming Danny's visions as they appeared in the book would be almost impossible...but making Tony a talking finger seemed like something a child would come up with. And years later, I found out that it WAS! Danny Lloyd, the boy playing Danny Torrance, suggested it to Kubrick, and he went with it. I also heard that Hallorann was killed (he survives in the book) and that made me furious because it was unnecessary, and seemed like a cheap way up the shock value. And I _still_ think it was exactly that. Kubrick's brilliance as a director doesn't mean he's immune from making the occasional shallow decision. There's nothing I despise more than gratuitous character deaths, and Hallorann's death is just about as gratuitous as they come. (Also, as I got older, I realized that it wasn't just killing off a character I liked, it was killing off the only _black_ character for no real reason. Way to perpetuate a stereotype, Kubrick.) Finally, Kubrick turned Wendy from a capable, determined survivor into a shivering, wet dishrag who smiles nervously as she's verbally abused and threatened. It's almost like Kubrick said "Competant woman in a horror movie? Can't have that!" I did finally see the movie decades later, and realized _kind of_ what Kubrick was doing. I can recognize that it's a brilliant movie; it's just almost a completely different story from the book. Even the horror set pieces are almost (but not quite) completely different. Kubrick basically made an "in name only" version of the story; he just did it so well that it's worth seeing for its own sake. The movie is iconic for good reason; the imagery is unforgettable, the cinematography and music create a creeping, relentless dread that I don't think any other movie has ever equalled. Jack Nicholson's performance is a joy to watch, and the visuals of the hotel create a real sense of tiny, helpless humans lost in the vast emptiness of an uncanny location. But the _story_ in the book is just more compelling. It's a much more _human_ story; the characters are real people, complex and interesting, and their decisions matter. The scares are terrifying because they're happening to people you care about. You're horrified as Jack turns from a decent but flawed man into an inhuman monster, and part of that horror is seeing Jack himself consumed and destroyed from within. Wendy makes intelligent decisions to protect herself and her family, but the evil in the hotel outmaneuvers her. Danny is a very bright but believable five year old, trying to understand a complex adult world as best as he can, struggling with a psychic talent that’s much bigger than he is, and fighting against an evil that’s old and corrupt and can even turn one of his own parents against him. At one point he thinks _I’m just five! Doesn't it make any difference that I’m just five?_ And it’s terrifying because you know it doesn’t. Dick Hallorann is a good man risking everything to save people he barely knows because he shares a rare kinship with a five-year-old boy, and that boy is terrified and in trouble. That very human story of four people against an old and hungry sort of evil will always be more interesting to me than even the most terrifying of visual images and relentlessly tense tracking shots. So I always tell people, yes, the movie is brilliant, but be sure to read the book as well. That’s where the real heart of the story is.

Despite evidence to the contrary, the crew kept the truth away from Danny Lloyd that he was in a horror film. He thought he was in a family drama.

The Bobs Burgers episode where Bob hides in the wall makes soooooooo much more sense to me now

Advocaat is a brandy egg based alcohol drink similar to egg nogg. The drinks they had looked like snowballs which is a cocktail with advocaat and lime and lemonade. Common during winter events

If you love Jack and want more Jack I'd recommend As Good As It Gets with Helen Hunt, one of the best feel good movies of all time and The Withes of Eastwick with Michelle Pfieffer, Cher and Susan Sarandon.

The actor who played Grady, Phillip Stone, also played Alex's father in A Clockwork Orange.

The news anchor guy Glenn Rinker, I guess worked for a Miami news station, when I was in my teens he worked for a station in Orlando. I always thought it was cool that The Shining news guy was the guy I watched during dinner.

This movie has been more analyzed than the Zapruder film.

Kubrick's masterful adaptation of King's epic novel of horror is a genuine masterpiece in spite of the author's extreme displeasure of it on the whole. Nicholson's iconic evil performance is one for the film vault and Duvall (no relation to Robert BTW) is so underrated (sadly Kubrick was a monster to her on the set to get her reactions - he was notorious for taking dozens of takes of any given scene and he put her thru the ringer). Danny Lloyd indeed was incredible but this was his only real acting gig and he never acted again. George you nailed it in your post-reaction - Pure Dread.

A cool fact about this movie is that it plays with you mentally, for example the overlook hotel's layout makes no sense and disorientates you. The most immediate example of this is right at the start, when Jack goes in for the interview. Mr Ullman's office is located roughly in the middle of the entrance hall and yet there is a window in his office looking outdoors. I also only recently found out that the further into the film you get, the more tribal things become, like the colour changes and patterns on their clothes. It is pure genius.

The music in the beginning is called march to the scaffold by Hector Berlioz "symphonie fantastique" which is a great piece of music, and when it was premiered, it was so horrific it caused riots in the theatre!

George, way to pick up on some subtle imagery and filmmaking there! The knives over them talking in the kitchen, Jack looking like he’s trapped when framed in the mirror! Brilliant nonverbal communication that I don’t think todays films make use of. Visual storytelling!!!

21:06 Advocaat is a Dutch liqueur. Essentially, it's eggnog.

"It's like that one time I went on vacation and left some pork in the fridge" - cracked me up :D

The Shining is a film so richly layered with visual symbolism that you can watch it twenty times and still notice new things. It's craftsmanship at a super high level.

I know a lot of people say that the photo of Jack in the ballroom means that he's the reincarnation of the caretaker who went mad, but I never felt like that was it for me. There are a lot of hints that once you die in the hotel, you are trapped there forever and become part of the haunts, and that's really how it feels to me. Jack's soul has been absorbed by the hotel, and he is now one of the ghosts who will haunt the Overlook as long as the hotel stands.

A directorial note was that Kubric asked the actors not to blink while doing closeups and when there a few blinks that happen there is a very slight subtle twinkle sound that happens almost subliminally, you don't notice it unless you are aware of it. This is what makes this film so dramatic. I also heard that the way Danny's scenes are filmed, the child actor had no idea that anything scary was happening. The author Steven King absolutely hated this film.

4:09 “That’s odd, the blood usually gets off on the second floor”

Most of the "ghosts" or spirits of people attached to the hotel, they had separate stories in the book, explanations for why the woman was in the tub or the two dudes were canoodling in the room and one had a bear mask.

There's a documentary called Room 237 that covers the many different interpretations of the film--the genocide of the Native Americans, a portrayal of hell or purgatory, even the fake moon landing. It's worth checking out and will enhance your appreciation of the film. Great reaction, and as I've told you before, Kubrick is required viewing (and someone should make a video about the many Kubrick references in the Simpsons).

"It was like that one time I went on vacation and left pork in my fridge" Hilarious🤣

In the book and the miniseries, Tony is Danny. Danny's middle name is Anthony. Tony is adult Danny in the future psychically talking to little Danny in the past. Also, in the book and miniseries, Jack regains his sanity at the end spares his family and dies overloading the boilers and destroying the hotel. These are some of the reasons King hates Kubrick's adaptation.

A truly great film! Kubrick was the greatest film-maker of all time. Whatever the genre, Sci-Fi, Horror, War Movie, even comedy, he made the BEST example.

In spite of the horrible abuse Kubrick put Shelly Duvall through in service of "realism", he was very protective towards the actor playing Danny. It was all done through suggestion and imagination, and he had no idea he was in a horror movie. He thought he was in a family drama.

Probably the most analized movies of all time. People made hundrets of video essays and documentaries about this movie and the mystery behind it. Is it Kubricks confession that he faked the Moonlanding? Or any of the other conspiracy theories? Looking into it is super fun, even if you dont believe some of the theories. The amount of incredible details you can find in this movie is endless. One thing I always loved is that the window in Ulmans office at the beginning is an impossible window. The office is not connected to an outside wall so why does it have a window?

One of my favorite lines of this movie is when Jack says "I'm not going to hurt you, I'm just going to bash your brains in."

Shelly Duvall not related to Robert Duvall the actor…but her father was coincidentally ALSO named Robert Duvall 😅

Shelly Duvall also stared as Olive Oyl in the film, "Popeye". As a teenager, I saw that immediately after seeing "The Shining" for the first time, which helped serve as a decompression.

Advocaat is a type of creamy liqueur that is popular in the UK, but has a Dutch origin. A short measure in a tall glass topped up with lemonade and an iced cherry floating on top is how you make a Snowball. Popular at christmas, it was the only alchoholic treat us kids were allowed to have when I was growing up. Kind of traditional for British families.

Why did Danny Lloyd quit acting? Although he continued auditioning for movie roles, Lloyd couldn't catch a break. He'd tired of the process by his early teens and told his parents he was quitting acting. Saying farewell to Hollywood, Lloyd married and raised four children and is now a biology professor at a Kentucky university

I do not know if anyone has mentioned this but the movie was filmed at the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado and yes it is the same Stanley of the Stanley steam car company.

I always saw The Shining as a crazy man being stripped away for what he really is, rather than a sane man being driven to madness & the hotel, just like the bourbon Jack is drinking, as a metaphor for bringing out who you really are. Jack was always that way, he was always there and he was always the caretaker.

The movie is a whole different animal from the book. There was a miniseries version thats faithful to the book. While the movie has better cinematography and acting, I love the book so the miniseries has a special place in my heart.

28:10 interesting fact: Jack Nicholson was a volunteer firefighter and the first door they did the scene with, he tore down in one (or maybe two) swing(s). They had to install a reinforced door so it would look like he was struggling to break the door down

The actor who played Delbert Grady, Philip Stone, was a Kubrik favourite. He's also in A Clockwork Orange as Alex's father and in Barry Lyndon. Also pops up in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

27:03 Yes, this movie does the things. My older sister rented this and I watched it way too young. It has been burned into my memory.

If you want to watch more Jack Nicholson being super Jack Nicholson, you should watch The Witches of Eastwick. It's a power performance and he has a very amazing monologue about women in a church, that is a must see. Besides him, you also have Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher! all doing great jobs.

FYI-Mr. Ullmann in The Interview segment was played by actor Barry Nelson. Barry Nelson was THE FIRST on-screen James Bond in a tv playhouse production of Casino Royale with Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre in the late 1950s.

When Homer is locked in with all the food and he says to Moe "Cant murder now, eating." That cracks me up with all the Simpsons referencing.

Y'alls splash screens are always hilarious. Thanks for the smiles. This movie is still super intense after decades of knowing what is coming. :) And!... be sure to watch the sequel, Doctor Sleep. It's about the son, Danny, as an adult. Played by Ewan McGregor. Also starring Rebecca Ferguson. It was not a box office hit, but is tragically underrated in my opinion.

This movie suffered a lot of production problems: Shelly Duvall lost most of her hair due to the stressful takes she had to to, 127, to get the scene of her swinging the bat at Jack Nicholson. Nicholson slept on the set between scenes. Duvall and Stanley Kubrick got into arguments onset on her scenes should be filmed. A fire broke out near the set where they were filming The Empire Strikes Back. Scatman Crothers, whom played Dick Halloran, had his scenes in the kitchen filmed 88 times and broke down crying saying, "What do you want from me, Mr Kubrick!?" The hedge maze scene was the most difficult scene to film as some of the crew would get lost in the maze and would have taken them an hour to find the exit.

More examples of Kubrik’s perfectionism and intentionally unsettling details: there is the running undertones regarding the desecration and destruction of native americans, and one of the fine details is when Dick is first showing Wendy and Danny the pantry, on the backwall shelf, directly behind Dick is a can of baking powder with the profile of a native with head dress facing him; later when Jack is locked in the pantry and talking to Grady near the entrance, directly behind him is the same exact cans framed the same way with jack. Another is the scene at the typewriter when Jack first yells at Wendy; right behind him is a blank wall. The camera cuts to Wendy then quickly back to Jack and now there is a chair and small side table behind him.

What the waiter spills on Jacks jacket was an Advocaat. It's a traditional dutch drink, basically an eggnog with egg yolk, sugar and brandy

I think Jack Torrance could shine. I just think he didn't realize his ability, he misunderstood the hotels ability to amplify the shine as his losing his break on reality and then it ACTUALLY drove him mad once the Overlook sank its teeth in him, and alcoholism had always been Jack's way of self medicating what he did not realize was actually a super power. I think he had the same ability Danny and Hallorann had, but the hotel was able to corrupt him because he was corruptible. In fact, I think Danny INHERITED the ability to shine from Jack, the same way Hallorann inherited his ability to shine from his grandmother. It also explains for me why Jack said he felt like he knew what was going to be around every corner, why he got so attached to the hotel, why Grady told Jack he was "always the caretaker" and why up until the end, Wendy was the only one who was unable to see any supernatural manifestations in the hotel until things reached fever peak. I think its why the Overlook wanted the Torrances so badly because Danny and his father were a two for one deal.

This is Jack Nicholson's 2nd best movie. His best is One Flew Over the Chukoo's Nest.

Loved the fact that Rocko's Modern Life referenced that first scene with Lloyd, with Heffer in Nicholson's place. Advocaat is an egg yolk-based liqueur, but can be made from scratch and is sometimes called Dutch eggnog.

This isn't the first movie that had it, but one of the first ones that used steadicam, and the inventor of steadicam was the operator here, nowadays the tracking shoots like with Danny and the tricycle are common place but back then you hadn't seen them often if at all.