Shining
the shining
In "Ready Player One," Spielberg's tributes to other films are mostly brushed over.
For "The Shining", it not only took a few minutes to move three of the most terrifying shots in, but also rendered it even more terrifying.
So, what is the sacredness of the horror film "The Shining", which makes Spielberg so favored?
Known as the originator of horror, this film was written by the highly regarded master director Kubrick.
At present, douban has 138541 people evaluated and got a high score of 8.0, better than 97% horror films and 87% suspense films.
But Abu would like to remind you of the black fans.
Don't expect too much from this movie, if you watch it now, I feel like The Shining will disappoint you.
Because this film, completed in 1980, has been very different from our aesthetics.
In "Ready Player One", the classic horror scenes from three "Shining" are recreated: a large amount of blood gushes out of the door, the maze is slashed by an axe, and the beautiful young woman becomes a rotten old woman.
For the above three paragraphs, Spielberg has also changed it while borrowing, making it more in line with the aesthetics of the current audience.
In fact, in "The Shining", Abu was basically indifferent when he saw these three paragraphs.
In particular, this axe-splitting door, which countless fans have called "the most classic horror scene in history".
This shot not only made Abu feel indifferent, but even a little disappointed.
So why is "The Shining" called the originator of horror movies, and why do so many people respect this movie?
First of all, the first point is the time when it appeared.
In the 70s and 80s of the last century, horror films as a niche have always occupied a very small proportion, and most of the horror films of that era were scary in a "shocking" style.
The "Shining Spirit" is not the same as the glamorous goods outside.
It is a horror film that belongs to the "contemplative" genre.
The emergence of "The Shining" has pushed the creation of horror films since the 70s to a climax, and people hardly think that horror films can still be made in this way.
It's like opening a tunnel through horror movies.
After this, a large number of "Shining" horror movies began to appear.
Not just horror films, but many directors have paid tribute to Kubrick's "Shining" in their own films.
Star Ye also appears in "Kung Fu" as a tribute to the "Shining Spirit".
As he sneaked into the mental hospital in search of the Fire Cloud Evil God, a large amount of blood gushed out of the door at the end of a long corridor.
The significance of "Shining" is not only to be the leader of horror films, but it also leads to a new style of horror films: chamber horror.
In a snow-capped winter, the frenzied killings of the writers guarding the hotel still haunt many viewers to this day.
Abu recommends you a room escape thriller like "The Shining": "Hold Your Breath".
Those who like horror/thriller genres must take a look.
As mentioned earlier, "The Shining" belongs to the type of contemplation, that is, you need to carefully speculate about its plot and look at the expressions and actions of the characters in order to appreciate the essence of this movie.
Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is a fiction writer who has recently hit a bottleneck in his fiction writing, and he wants to find a quiet, undisturbed environment to complete his novel.
It just so happened that he got a job looking after the hotel.
The hilltop hotel, built between green trees and high mountains, is about to close.
Torrance needs to watch over the hotel here for 5 months, both with a salary and peace of mind to create, why not.
So he came to the hotel with his wife and children.
Nothing happened during the time he first checked into the hotel, but as time passed, Torrance's whole person began to change slowly.
If Abu asks you: What is the scariest part of horror movies?
Many people may say: "The moment the ghost comes out".
Wrong, in fact, the hardest and scariest thing about horror movies is the time you wait for the unknown to appear.
There are a lot of "waiting" shots in "The Shining".
For example, while Torrance's son Danny (Danny Lloyd) rides his trolley through the long winding corridors, terrifying music slowly appears, leaving the audience worried about what will suddenly appear around the next corner.
There is also a mention of Room 237 at the beginning of the film.
Kubrick released smoke bombs at the beginning, and there was a problem with room 237, so that every time room 237 appeared later in the film, the audience would hold their breath and wait.
If Abu had classified "The Shining", I would have preferred to classify it as a suspense film.
Kubrick actually lays the groundwork little by little as the plot develops.
And in many places, the director gave hints in advance, and when the head chef took Torrance's wife on a tour of the kitchen, Torrance's wife joked that "if I don't scatter bread crumbs behind me, I feel like I'll get lost".
Not long after that, she took her son Danny into the maze next to the hilltop hotel.
About Torrance.
One of the most reliable explanations is that Torrance was actually a ghost from the beginning, and he belonged here.
At the end of the film, the camera focuses on a photograph on the wall.
Standing in the middle of the photo with a smile is Torrance.
Please pay attention to the time in the photo, 1921.
It is likely that Torrance in the film came to this hotel after reincarnation, and then was slowly lured into their world by all the ghosts in the photo.
Why?
When Torrance first walked into the bar, it was empty, indicating that he was still in the world.
After the camera turned, the bartender Lloyd was already standing in front of him.
And from the conversation between the two, it can be heard that Torrance and he know each other, and the relationship between the two is very good.
By the time the film is 68 minutes old, Torrance has a nervous breakdown and is completely integrated into the world of "them."
When he walked into the bar again.
He saw all the "people" .
It was at this time that Torrance extended his claws to his wife and children.
Although "The Shining" has always used Torrance as the first point of view, the protagonist of the story is more like his son Danny.
The name "Shining" is a superpower in Danny's body.
He can see what normal people can't see, and he can foresee the dangers that are about to happen in the future.
Finally, Abu would like to remind everyone that although "The Shining" is a mountain in horror movies, he does not conform to the aesthetics of this era, and his pace is too slow.
Abu left a hand, that is, there are no horror scenes from "The Shining" in this tweet, if you really want to see it, feel free to go and see it.
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