How The Shining went from box-office flop to one of cinema’s immortal horrors
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Most of Kubrick’s collaborators don’t hold much truck with the “weird” and “incredibly irrelevant” readings of The Shining aired in Room 237. “You come up against somebody like Stanley who says, yes, it’s real but it’s not interesting,” Jack Nicholson says in Vivian Kubrick’s documentary, summing up the challenge of working with such an unpredictable director. Documentary footage shows Jack Nicholson preparing to film The Shining’s 'axe scene' “He pushed me and it hurt,” Shelley Duvall said to Vivian Kubrick. Shelley Duvall transforms the warm sympathetic wife of the book into a simpering, semi-retarded hysteric,” wrote Variety, accusing Kubrick of destroying “all that was so terrifying about Stephen King’s bestseller”.
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