THE SHINING (1979) analysis by Rob Ager - collativelearning.com
Part of the subliminal narrative in 2001 was an attempt by Kubrick at exposing the corrupt political agendas of the space race, but in particular the film featured a message that the Eye of Providence floating above a pyramid (featured on the US Dollar bill) is a form of false enlightenment and a symbol of pyramid structured tyrannical social ...
THE SHINING (1979) analysis by Rob Ager - collativelearning.com
The animals appear to be 1) a smiling dog wearing a red coat 2) an orange cat or lion with a yellow head that appears curiously like the sun, and 3) a grinning purple elephant. To the right we see the Goofy figure, a cartoon animal, which is wearing the same clothes as Wendy.
THE SHINING (1979) analysis by Rob Ager - Collative Learning
The popular interpretation is that the scene is a throwback to a subplot of Stephen King’s book, in which a party guest in a dog costume has a homosexual relationship with one of the hotel’s former owners. For a detailed description of this subplot follow this link. The first thing to note is that in the film the guy is dressed in a bear ...
THE SHINING (1979) analysis by Rob Ager - Collative Learning
CHAPTER THIRTEEN PART OF THE FURNITURE . Recently I stumbled across a set of articles about the Shining’s symbology by a blogger who goes by the name of Johnny53.
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THE SHINING (1979) analysis by Rob Ager - Collative Learning
Rob Ager's analysis of psychological themes in Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece The Shining
THE SHINING (1979) analysis by Rob Ager - Collative Learning
His refusal to read King’s own screenplay adaptation also supports this. “Johnson (co-writer on The Shining screenplay) and Kubrick worked together in England for three months in 1978 … Sitting at a big table in a large hall, Johnson and Kubrick first worked separately, outlining the film.
THE SHINING (1979) Ahwahnee hotel. - collativelearning.com
THE SHINING. Photos of the Ahwahnee hotel, upon which the Overlook hotel design was inspired. Special thanks to Christopher Winters, who once worked at the Ahwahnee, for providing these pictures.
THE SHINING (1979) analysis by Rob Ager - Collative Learning
CHAPTER NINETEEN MAYBE IT WAS ABOUT DANNY. In chapter eight we explored the idea that the room 237 sequence was actually a dream in which Jack Torrance symbolically represented Danny, while the laughing hag was a manifestation of Jack himself as the strangler and abuser of his son, and the woman rising out of the bath tub represented Danny awakening …
THE SHINING (1979) analysis by Rob Ager - Collative Learning
CHAPTER NINE CRAZY JACK “It’s just the story of one man’s family quietly going insane together.” – Kubrick discussing The Shining with John Hofsess, quoted from p415 Stanley Kubrick by Vincent