It's no secret that Kubrick's take on The Shining deviated largely from Stephen King's novel in fact, Stephen King hates The Shining, somewhat notoriously but film scholar Rob Ager delved deep into what Kubrick may have been implying with The Shining bear man, that the novelization didn't clear up. The final outcome was, as we all are aware of, one of the finest horror movies of all time. Hasnt she ever challenged him on this? Some of the interpretations expressed in Room 237 are interesting and hold water. Dwarfed by the towering presence of the building, however, Jack soon becomes engulfed by an evil, violent presence, influencing his temper toward his wife and psychic son. Another bear reference is found in Dannys bedroom at the Overlook. So how can you break put from the pack and get your idea onto the small screen? Its more than likely that Kubrick placed this article title in the scene to communicate that the psychiatrists dismissal of Dannys health problem is mistaken. Interesting. Simply put, this The Shining analysis posits that the film is just as much about the genocide of Native Americans as it is about ghosts haunting the hotel. Danny goes back to his room to get his firetruck and sees a grim looking Jack, his face shown through the mirror again. Another connection is that both of these bear motifs are featured in relation to beds or bedrooms. King famously hated the adaptation in Kubricks film because it was such a far cry from his original story. Talking about The Overlook, the epicenter, Ullmans room is very strange. At first glance, the scene in which The Shining bear appears seems brief and, quite frankly, somewhat forgettable given all the other intense imagery in Kubrick's classic. Some believe this suggests Lloyd the bartender was never a real person, and instead just a role the Overlook assigns to one of the souls it owns. He also suggests that Kubrick dismissed the notion when King brought it up to him. In the book, the man dressed in a suit is actually Horace Derwent, the mysterious owner of the Overlook Hotel, and the man in the costume (which is a dog in the book) is Roger, a one-time lover of his. Connecting the dots, The Shining bear man and his partner could be stand-ins for Danny and Jack. First few seconds and we are already given a taste of the mise en scne. This was a controversial essay claiming that the medical professions have a tendency to mistakenly label physical health conditions as manifestations of psychological problems. We see a disoriented Danny walking towards them and spot bruises on his neck, with Wendy putting the blame on Jack, eventually reminding him of his earlier physical assault on Danny. In order to buy into The Shining conspiracy theories in this vein, you need to already be on board with the moon landing being a hoax, which, of course, it wasnt. Keen-eyed viewers have pointed out before that the issue of Playgirl magazine Jack Torrance is reading in one scene has an article titled "Incest: Why Parents Sleep With Their Children" featured on the cover. He then follows that up by complaining about his wife and son, and you can sense the contempt for Wendy in his voice through the suppressed grins that indicate madness instead of anger. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment [deleted] Like The Shining's Overlook Hotel, the Stanley Hotel also has a haunted history, even possessing a particularly haunted room (number 217) just like the Overlook's room 237. Upload images to make storyboards and slideshows. The supposed connection is that Monarch is believed to be the codename for one of the CIAs mind control experiments, though this is mere conjecture. What happens to Wendy and Danny after that is unknown (in the film, at least), although a deleted scene featured them in a hospital, recovering both physically and mentally from everything they went through. Jack embraced Danny on the bed in the fatherly love scene, from which Danny would have also been able to see his own predicament in a mirror. There are lots of parallels going on here. This is right before the fatherly love scene. Its understood for people to develop a separate identity as a result of trauma, with the identity built upon the very details of such incidents, i.e, Tony living in Dannys mouth and Dannys reluctance to talk about it. A flustered Jack heads to the empty Gold Room, where he starts talking to the bartender Lloyd and opts to drink. The main headlines of the 1978 issue involve two key sections, reading as follows: Incest: Why parents sleep with their children, and, How to avoid a dead end affair. Notice how Ullman even points his finger at the magazine as if informing us of its significance. Notice how we are shown a symmetrical window centered shot, this is because the placement of the window is impossible. This is one of the more popular and widely circulated The Shining theories, but its also one of the sillier interpretations. Why did Kubrick break his code of on-set secrecy and why did he show this meeting in the documentary? The Shining bear is no different, and, if Rob Ager's theory is correct, could explain a much darker nature to the relationship between Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd) and his father, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson). Both Jack and Humbert are writers. When the psychiatrist asks Danny Who's Tony Wendy, stood defensively with her arms folded, quickly interjects, Tonys his imaginary friend, as if trying to gloss over the issue. Next to the bed is a mirror above a sink and in front of the sink is a stool for the child to stand on, just as he was stood on a stool when brushing his teeth. He also informs Danny about the hotels ability to shine owing to its tragic past from being built on an Indian burial site to the murders, discovered and undiscovered. Despite being strange and somewhat out of place, The Shining bear scene exists in the book as well but involves a man dressed as a dog who is performing the sex act on one of The Overlook's owners, who was bisexual. Wendy distraught over Dannys deteriorating state goes looking for Jack and finds hundreds of pages by his typewriter, all of them clustered with the sentence All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. In one of the most beautiful 5 minutes on the big screen (the heavenly use of colors and symmetry and such calm destruction of the imaginary axis), we see Grady convince Jack to correct his family and reminds him that he has always been the caretaker, which was then shown in the B/W picture at the end. In the scene, Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) is roaming through the halls of The Overlook Hotel with a knife when she approaches a door at the end of a long hallway. Back in Boulder, we meet Jacks wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and his son Danny. Were in a golden age of TV writing and development. Danny who witnesses this screams from the cupboard he was hiding in, runs towards the maze when Jack starts getting closer. Decoding this puzzling moment, superfans of The Shining have long pointed to the relevance of bears throughout the film, with several references being made throughout the movie that each build to one likely explanation. The video, which was credited to a writer named Jeff Saporito and which had since racked up over half a million views, offered a theory that the appearance of the bear suited guy in the mysterious bear scene of The Shining was a metaphor that lead character Jack Torrance had sexually abused his own son. Before he can retaliate, we hear the sounds of an engine running, marking the arrival of Halloran. Its not much of a marriage. This is one of the more straightforward and most believableThe Shiningtheories in circulation. Stanley Kubrick's iconic Stephen King adaptation is intentionally dense and even nonsensical at times. The movie doesn't expressly explain the identity of the man, but in the book, Stephen King provides the answer. Is she a lesbian? Related: The Shining Has An Alternate Ending You Will NEVER See. Her gullible belief of Dannys room 237 story is plain silly. The Overlooks construction in the early 1900s and the photograph of Jack in the 1920s both pose interesting clues. In any other film from any other director, you may discard the information as sheer coincidence, but Kubrick was famously cryptic, scattering clues and imagery throughout each and every one of his films leading to a more concealed secret. Note how the scene opens with a close-up shot of the beige typewriter and slowly zooms out. The novel provides Roger and Horace's story as an example of atrocities that have happened in the hotel; in a cruel act of domination, Horace instructed Roger to attend one of the hotel's balls in the costume and behave like a dog for the other guests. He was an auteur with an exclusive vision and wouldnt settle for anything less. But that hasnt stopped people all over the world from trying. We also see two doors on either side of Room 237 that lead nowhere. Here's the meaning of The Shining Bear Man explained. But that hasnt stopped people all over the world from trying. Jack hadnt slida single drop of liquor for the past 5 months, a vow out of guilt. The aforementioned sequel, Doctor Sleep, got a cinematic adaptation that serves as both a sequel to The Shining novel and Kubricks film, in a way. It could well be a metaphor for the immortality of evil, with Jack being the most relatable character to the audience to depict that and also to be noted is Gradys absence and the fact that the picture appears only after Jack froze to death. The maze chase grew out of the topiary animal hedges that move around in the book. All the aforementioned signs, and many more, point to the likelihood that Jack sexually abused Danny, making sense of the childs fragile mental state where he frequently has terrifying visions about the vast hotel. Danny and Wendy explore the maze and tired of throwing the ball around, Jack proceeds to gaze over the model of the maze, which is very complexly built compared to the actual maze and symbolizes a sense of psychological entrapment. The interaction between Tony and Danny takes place with the camera focused on a mirror in the bathroom and the shot composition is similar to the bear man shot later on in the movie. Shrouded in strange mystery, puzzling cinephiles for decades, one of the films darkest secrets is the curious meaning behind the bear who appears to Shelley Duvalls Wendy as she is desperately escaping Jacks grasp. Danny on the other hand after the physical trauma goes into a semi-conscious state, Tony taking hold of the reigns and keeps on repeating the word redrum in a very mechanical trance. When Wendy finds Danny after he enters room 237, hes in shock and physically injured, and Wendy immediately blames Jack for it as he has hurt their son before. Another tracking shot, where Danny finds Room 237 and is about to open it before changing his mind and quickly wheeling away. She clutches a knife and slowly ascends up stairs. He also extended the closing date of the hotel to October 30, to welcome the series of Halloween events. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed. Unable to pass through that same window, Wendy is trapped when Jack arrives and breaks through the door with the axe the famous Heres Johnny! scene. The Shining movie's brief moment of intimacy between the man in the bear costume and his partner has a different context behind it in King's book. In the scene, Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) is roaming through the halls of The Overlook Hotel with a knife when she approaches a door at the end of a long hallway. Add to that the fact that he reads Playgirl magazine. But it is clear that there is no Jack Torrance left, his insanity has reached its zenith. Whats the fun in a horror movie if the characters could just run through corridors swiftly and escape through the main door without any hindrance. Quite sensibly quoting Martin Scorsese Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountaintop. She also finds Hallorans body, while an injured and weak Jack is chasing Danny through the maze. Moving forward, we meet Dick Halloran (Scatman Crauthers) the head cook at the hotel who notices the telekinetic and precognitive powers Danny possesses, which he calls The Shining. The similarities are intentional. The Shining's Overlook Hotel itself also has a history of cyclical violence: it was built over an Indian burial ground, and by its existence is a testament to the violence of colonization. The second half brings out the worst in Jack, his actions replicating that of Gradys and also notice the scrapbook placed beside the typewriter. The following video is based upon chapters 16 & 17 of this analysis, though both the video and article equivalents Video unavailable This video is unavailable Watch on That strange scene with the bear costume, finally explained. A previous caretaker Charles Grady had killed his family, including his two daughters and himself after a claustrophobic breakdown. The truth is, Stanley Kubricks The Shining could in no way be called a faithful adaptation of the source material. Create robust and customizable shot lists. Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is a textbook example of a storied film. Danny has visions about the hotel right after Jack gets the job and during his time at the hotel, and has a traumatizing experience when drawn into the forbidden room 237. The core ofThe Shiningmoon landing theory posits that not only was the 1969 moon landing a hoax, but that Kubrick was the one who constructed the fake footage. Watch my new Shining analysis video \"Danny's ordeal and the bear costumed man\" here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW2GrG7Zk0UMy written Shining analysis articles and videos are at: http://www.collativelearning.com/FILMS%20reviews%20BY%20ROB%20AGER.htmlRob Ager's analysis of The Shining was plagiarized in a video posted on the Screen Prism channel and credited to Jeff Saporito. Wendy too looks in the mirror, and overlap the two scenes and you find Jack holding Danny while the mirror shows the filthiness of his atrocities. The second obvious factor is that Kubrick has omitted the entire back story associated to the dog costumed man in the book, leaving his audience at a complete loss as to the scenes meaning. But that isnt exactly true. The scene dissolves and we can feel the frustration dripping out of Jack, which is brilliantly conveyed through the thumping rebounds of the tennis ball. 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