tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post4939398087439080893..comments2024-03-03T10:32:45.969-08:00Comments on Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur: Breaking My ConcentrationMr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-79246492925770725772007-11-21T11:55:00.000-08:002007-11-21T11:55:00.000-08:00Though I would also say it doesn't entirely seem e...Though I would also say it doesn't entirely seem earned, that unfinished feeling at the conclusion (and elsewhere). It's a choice, maybe not the perfect one. But I only use a word like "perfect" because Kubrick is searching for it. <BR/><BR/>With THE SHINING he seems close to having made the perfect modern horror movie, but it's almost as if its own sense of mystery partially gets the best of him.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678928265420533142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-90576215254132034012007-11-14T11:28:00.000-08:002007-11-14T11:28:00.000-08:00Nicholas--I like that idea. It was hard to shake t...Nicholas--<BR/><BR/>I like that idea. It was hard to shake the feeling when I watched it that I needed something more--some kind of reassurance, the chance to take a breath, whatever. Maybe that's exactly what Kubrick didn't want and that lack of catharsis just makes the movie stick around in memory longer.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-87266765833644930412007-11-13T03:29:00.000-08:002007-11-13T03:29:00.000-08:00As far as the "Simon Oakland" scene -- great obser...As far as the "Simon Oakland" scene -- great observation/question. My two cents: I wonder if in a movie with all those questions of who-perceives-what-that-is-or-is-not-supernatural, Kubrick's leaving us in the lurch at the end fits with the air of ambiguity. Plus, this is at the tail end of the great age of ambiguous American movies - the 70's. Horror is supposed to disconcert, so one way of thinking about the "just-sort-of-ends" ending to THE SHINING is we're all left out in the cold (pun intended).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678928265420533142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-48517353231210945062007-11-12T21:05:00.000-08:002007-11-12T21:05:00.000-08:00It had been a long time since I had really seen TH...It had been a long time since I had really seen THE SHINING but a lot of it had stayed with me. And now it's continuing to stay with me. I like the idea of pairing it with BARTON FINK, another film which I haven't looked at for far too long. <BR/><BR/>And yes, they are all waking dreams, a feeling the steadicam certainly helps with in THE SHINING. But I wonder who is having the dream that is THE KILLING.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-71637952670614285972007-11-07T14:24:00.000-08:002007-11-07T14:24:00.000-08:00All of Kubrick's movies are waking dreams.All of Kubrick's movies are waking dreams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-51723302411477742412007-11-07T05:14:00.000-08:002007-11-07T05:14:00.000-08:00Great post. I just finished reading (listing on CD...Great post. I just finished reading (listing on CD actually) King's book "On Writing." Half way though I realized I hadn't ever finished any of his novels - maybe I was avoiding them for some reason. So now I am picking a couple to read and The Shining is one of them, not least because of the film, which I want to revisit. I saw the film many years ago and never again since. When I think of Kubrick's other films I consider him to be a filmmaker who is fully a materialist, with maybe the exception of Space Odyssey. With that in mind I wonder if his take on The Shining is purely a psychological one. I think an interesting double feature would be this film and Barton Fink, both of which deal with writer's block and hotels.Tuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561135235230975798noreply@blogger.com