Day 44 - The Shining


Day 44              The Shining [1980]
                          
Screenplay                    Stanley Kubrick & Diane Johnson
Based on                       ‘The Shining’ by Stephen King
Director                         Stanley Kubrick
Cinematography             John Alcott
Music                             Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind
Leads                             Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd
Production                      The Producer Circle Company, Peregrine Productions, Hawk Films

IMDb                                 8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes                87%

Is there any point in writing about this one? I mean it’s had a thousand positive reviews, just go out and read them. This film is genius. The tracking shots along the corridors are iconic cinema. The music chills you to death, as does the freezing setting. Jack Nicholson is electric and mental, and we see one of the greatest scenes in movie history as he screams ‘here’s Johnny!!” right into popular culture. Stanley Kubrick doing it again. Need I say anything else?

Acting                           4 / 4
Writing                       3.5 / 4
Cinematography            4 / 4
Music                            3 / 4

HWF rating               4 / 4