The shining is the story of jack torrance, who is employed as the caretaker of the gargantuan overlook hotel in colorado one winter. Stephen king is not okay with a shining prequel movie. The shining has an alternate ending you will never see. Artistically, kubrick is at the opposite end of the spectrum to king. Stanley kubricks the shining is widely praised as a brilliant film, but not by the man who wrote the book it was adapted from. I understand why hes reluctant to sign off on another take on his book. The book was published by doubleday in january 28, 1977. Perhaps surprisingly, the ending also has considerable bright stops and hope. Roger is a minor character in the 1977 novel the shining. Well look at both angles, and contrast the novels ending with the ending of.
The shining is one of kings most personal stories, exploring. Jack finds a croquet mallet and attacks wendy with it but she escapes again, locking herself inside the caretakers office suite. In the final shots of stanley kubricks the shining, the audience sees the corpse of jack torrance jack nicholson frozen to death in the hedge maze where he tried to kill his wife wendy. Stephen kings third novel, the shining, was conceived after a lateseason visit to the stanley. Stuck between the two of them is sweet, psychic danny. Isolated for months on end jack torrance, an abusive alcoholic writer has been. Stanley kubricks the shining is widely considered to be among the best bigscreen adaptations of a stephen king storyand with good reason.
Some say its a nod to the book, others say it points to something darker. The shining had a much darker alternate ending, and it. Masseys rotting corpse in the shining is unsettling whether youre reading the book, watching kubricks film, or checking out kings miniseries where. But what happens to jack torrance by the end of both versions of the shining is one of the. Inside, a man in a bear suit is performing fellatio on one of the overlooks guests. In the presidential suite, danny sees blood and gore on one of the walls. Stephen kings hatred for stanley kubricks the shining, explained. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. The shinings bear man is the films biggest mystery.
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