The Shining
It ’s no closed book thatStephen Kingdisliked the change director Stanley Kubrick made forThe Shiningmovie , but Kubrick once outlined his reasoning . While his reputation as a partner can be a bit spotty - some loved working with him , while others hated it with a rage - there ’s no question that Kubrick is one of the most acclaimed film director in the history of the medium . A excellently exacting filmmaker , Kubrick became well - known for requiring lashings of takes , sometimes dozens , before he was satisfied with a scene .
Kubrick also loved to detail every inch of his frame , creating some of the most gorgeous imagery in picture history . While not in the league of something like2001 : A Space Odyssey , The Shiningis itself a very good look picture , even with its sometimes bland coloring material scheme . Kubrick also introduce the use of steadicam shots on the film , leading to many famous sequences in which characters are surveil , such as whenDanny Torrancerides his tricycle down the halls of the Overlook Hotel .
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That barely fret the aerofoil of why most repugnance fans screw Kubrick’sThe Shining , often take one of the good the genre has ever had to bid . The Shining ’s most striking critic has always been Stephen King himself , who call back it did a ill turn to his novel . Here ’s why Kubrick says he made the changes he did , as say to Vicente Molina Foix during a 1980 interview deal at Kubrick ’s home .
The Shining: Why Stanley Kubrick Changed Stephen King’s Story
As much asStephen Kinghas always bashedStanley Kubrick ’s adaptation ofThe radiate , it turns out the director quite liked King ’s book . Kubrick was sent the novel for consideration by a Warner Bros. executive , and found it to be " compulsive reading , " and " much more imaginative " than anything he ’d read in the horror genre up to that level . It was the first King story Kubrick had been peril to , outside of seeing the movie adaption ofCarrie . However , as much as Kubrick care the book , he conceive King ’s prose to be kind of miry , like the author had n’t taken much fourth dimension to perfect his workplace .
While King has always take outlet with Kubrick ’s change to his characters , the director felt that the script he co - wrote with Diane Johnson did in fact retain the gist of the Torrance household . Kubrick just considered their word picture too " littered , " and wanted to simplify them and make them more focussed . He also thought his version of Wendy was a more believable character , but that away , feel he did the " psychological dynamics of the storey " as written by King Department of Justice .
Kubrick think King ’s extensive delving into his fibre ’s backstories and past issues were unnecessary to impart the main tale , and believe more subtle moments involving Jack and Wendy in the picture serve up to get across the family ’s chronicle and struggles without derail the plot progression . lastly , Kubrick found King ’s stop to be a bit anti - climactic and fast , and made a power point to heavily rework the ending ofThe Shiningto where he felt it needed to be to finish the movie on a high-pitched billet .
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