After watching this tremendous and surreal ending, I concluded that Kubrick was to film as Tesla was to electricity. As in the words of James Lipton, "pure genius."
No one could match Kubrick, he was a truly genius, he work with almost every genre (war, film noir, drama, comedy, science fiction and horror) and every movie made by him is a masterpiece.
That's former a " young " U.S president woodrow Wilson next to jack his wife and his daughter on jacks left its a fact go to collective learning . Com for more hidden secrets & messages that Kubrick put on film.
@briefjoy Kubrick used duality throughout the film: good/evil, twin girls, 42, 21, dual personalities etc. In King's book, he wrote of Jack not being able to see Jesus' face in a picture of black & white people. Kubrick decided to take a black & white photo of long past and make Jack evil, meaning: in the picture, Jack became the Master of Cerem. in hell. The pic is not of the Overlook.
Nicholson's image is transposed into this vintage photograph for the ending. Notice how his arms are? He's holding them like a baphomet (represents duality: male/female, heaven/hell, day/night). Kubrick was a genius when it came to metaphors. He used them constantly in this film.
@hung0sowell Its a reference to Horace Derwent and Roger from the novel. The former was a rich dude who humilated the latter-his homosexual lover- by making him wear a dog outfit and act like a dog.
@WalkerOfTheWastes ok wow i guess i have to read the book! ive watched the several times and that one scene always threw me off !!! i was like what the hell is that all about? but thats for clearing that up for me
Kubrick should have credited Ray Noble and His Orchestra - featuring crooner Al Bowlly - for "Midnight, the Stars and You," a hugely popular song in the 1930s. It was the least he could do, considering Mr. Bowlly died during a Luftwaffe air raid in London in 1941 at the age of 43.
Oh, but thank goodness "Leonard" got credit for the hairstyles.
@DickieAnginson "Leonard" seems like the kind of person who would go into hysterics if he were omitted. Besides, Al wouldn't have cared one way or another...
@ollebrevid Steal it and bring it to Australia!! Drop it off at my place then go and live in Mongolia (there's no extradition treaty between USA and Mongolia, you'll be safe and you would have pulled off the perfect crime).
I'VE BEEN TO THIS PLACE AND STAYED IN ROOM 418. THAT ROOM (AND ALL THE 4TH FLOOR) IS HAUNTED AS SHIT. A BOY HAUNTS THE ROOM I STAYED AT AND SURE ENOUGH I STAYED UP ALL NIGHT UNTIL 5 AM AND OUT OF NOWHERE I FELT DIZZY AND FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO THROW UP AND FELT CHILLS AS WELL. THAT TO ME WAS CRAZY AS HELL. I TOOK PICTURES WITH A GOOD NIKON CAMERA. OUT OF 100 PIX, ONE OF THEM HAD A BRIGHT ORB NEXT TO THE DOOR AND IT LOOKED TALLER THAN A BOY. THIS HOTEL AIN'T A JOKE. IT'S THE REAL THING...
WHAT DID REALLY HAPPEN IN THOSE DAYS IN THE 1910'S, 1920'S? NO LAWS, NO JURISDICTION. WOMEN GETTING RAPE AND PARTYING HARD 100 YEARS AGO. IT MAKES YOU THINK THAT THE RICH ONLY HAD ACCESS TO THE HOTEL BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY DIRECT ROADS BACK IN THE DAYS AND TO GET THERE YOU NEEDED SOME DOUGH. AND HANGING OUT THERE IN THE WINTER, YOU HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY AND WAIT UNTIL THE SNOW STOPPED FALLING. HOW MANY DEATHS DID OCCUR AT THE STANLEY? WHAT KIND OF DARK PAST DOES THIS PLACE HAVE?
@MaKiiNMoVeZ Rob Ager made an excellent interpretation on this that the whole film is an interpretation of history repeating itself. Watch all three parts:
This scene is the scariest one in the whole film!! (Best tracking-shot EVER!)
And it is made extra-ultra creepy with that song playing. Sound is all murky, as if it were coming from an ethereal place, time and entity. Perhaps.... a ghost?
Classic Hollywood screw up.The party scene in the movie is from July 4th 1921 right? All the ghost guest are in 1920"s attire. Yet the song "midnight The stars and you " was recorded in 1932 . Stanley you goofed!!
@sterlinggreg there's an explanation that this end sequence is the inversion of the scene in the book where Jack is recounting a story where he's the only one *not* able to see the face of Jesus on the shroud. Instead, we see a picture that doesn't exist for everyone (total inversion) and instead of Jesus, Jack's hands are in the position of Baphomet.
@sterlinggreg - It's called 'artistic license,' and it is used to it's maximum potential in this scene. That's a WIN for Kubrick AND the film in my book.
@rem2267 Its called sloppy research and assuming that the public won"t notice. I noticed. Why not make the party in 1932? It would still be just as elegant. On well , no matter I agree with you the film is a classic and a Win for Kubrick.
@sterlinggreg I just sawit as a song they played at the ending... While a photo is shown.. Not that it took place during when the photo took place... altho the added banter at the end of the song could suggest that It was performed at photographed party.
@Veggiorto666 Yes but the song is also playing during the actual party flash back scene when he is talking to Loyd the bar tender and all the party guests are in 1920"s attire.
Calling the TV miniseries a "remake" is a little off.
Stephen King was never happy with Kubrick's movie adaptation, going so far as to say that he hated it. So when he had the opportunity he purchased the movie rights back and made the miniseries, which follows the novel much more closely than Kubrick's film.
The miniseries may not be as iconic, but its worth a watch as long as you understand that it is not a remake of the Kubrick film.
@comradegiant He also said it was one of the most terrifying films he had ever seen, although he wasn't happy with Kubrick's removal of a lot of the supernatural from the film. Whilst the TV version may be closer to the book and King's original vision, the film version is a vastly superior visual experience.
@powerniman he was always the caretaker of the hotel. he just doesn't remember ever being the caretaker before. the picture is of him way back in 1924
@TheHasanMurat "Hair of the dog that bit me" may refer to the bear suit in the movie (was a dog suit in the book) where the bear appears to be doing the naughty with the former male hotel owner in that one creepy scene. Did Jack molest Danny his son and this was part of his demons? Appears so. Jack was also holding a Playgirl mag in the movie too. Again, Kubrick was a genius! Lots of meanings going on. Stephen King didn't like his interpretation.
There's something about this song I find incredibly depressing and it's not because it's in a horror film. The chords are so melancholy and I think it's also because of the whole atmosphere in the 1920's ballroom scene.
Lots of people brought this up: why a 1930s song for a 1920s scene? It's not a mistake...they knew this was a 30s song, they had hired era-music specialists for this movie. Kubrick purposely chose this song for its lyrics which are believed to suit the film's underlying themes. Plus, to people in the early 80s (and to us today), it certainly sounds like it could be a 20s song.
@gmccord1970 I believe its just a gimmick, he has never been there before in the past..the dates dont match up. He couldn't have been reincarnated as the caretaker because he was alive when grady commited the act. I believe it symbolises Jack becoming part of the overlooks history, after his death in which he was frozen alive, he has now become a ghostly entity which will haunt the hotel forever. Being at the front of the photo Jack is shown as manager and probably what he would of aspired to be
@welshgandi But there are two versions of Grady. Grady the Caretaker, who killed his daughters, has a different first name from the Grady Jack meets in the Gold Room who is... I wanna say a Waiter?
@gmccord1970 the overlook hotel was kind of like a time machine. events that had happened previously could happen over and over again in some way. that explains about those dead people who were roaming around in the hotel. likewise it can explain how some version of jack torrance had been at the overlook during previous eras. in some way, jack torrance had always been the caretaker.
The vocals are Al Bowlly, a popular British singer in the 1920s and '30s, with Ray Noble and His Orchestra. I love this song and have the recording -- but now there is such a creepy vibe about it. :)
hi me and my friends build a homemade haunted house every year and i was wondering if i should use this as one of the songs that is played while people go through what do you think
Most likely, Jack's soul is forever linked to the hotel, and every once in a while, he is reborn into the world, only to return to it, and instigate more killings. Basically, he is constantly resuming his duties as the caretaker of the spirits in the Hotel. Keep in mind Grady told Jack in the bathroom that he (Jack) has always been the caretaker...
out of every movie i has watched in the past it's this only scene that leaves me confused,once we see jack Nicholson chasing his son in the maze and then he dies in there and after you see jack in the photograph dated back in 1921.how the hell did he get there.
that's the problem with stephen king he always leaves his viewers confused.
in other words i will never know and this scene will always be shrouded in confusion.
@BRUTALSHANZ1988 Kubrick,the one who made the film wanted it that way.that's why Stephen King was unhappy,it's different than Kings book that's why theres another film shinning (1997),based 100%on kings book.,there the hotel wants Danny "shinning"power and manipulates jack to get danny .but here kubrick want people to be confused! "If 20 years later people still talk about a moovie,than it means the director did a good job" ;-)
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It's his father. That's the secret. He was molested as a child, and he molests his son. If you look closely, early on in the movie, he is reading playgirl... A dead give away.
I haven't looked through all of the comments for this video, but did anybody else find it curious that this song that was supposed to have been playing at the July 4th Ball in 1921 didn't actually come out until 1934? iTunes has it on a CD called Hits of the Thirties, as well as a CD called the HMV Sessions 1930-1934. It was played by Ray Noble & Orchestra and sung by Al Bowlly.
@242HP There's no evidence that supports the idea the song was playing at the ball, only that it's playing over this scene. It's a stylistic choice, not meant to be taken as *the song that played at that ball.
@IMPYEMU I get what you're saying, but to me, the way the camera zooms in on that photo, and then the date, it seems as if they are taking us back to that particular moment in time, and one of the songs that would have been playing at the ball. I just think they could have chosen a song that would have been out in 1921, that's all. The song that they chose does seem like it might have been out at the time of the ball, though.
@242HP Good point. But I think after seeing the scene the way it is, any alteration would feel unjust. A similiar thing happened with The Deer Hunter, too.
Beautiful song from a very strong film. One of the best. Could not even be compared with today's nonesense stupid movies like Transformers and Avatar!
I Found out that the photograph is real except jack Nicholson is obviously not in it. I think they somehow, photographed Jack Nicholson with the background of this photograph , and the resulting photographic image was Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in 1921. I remember reading that Stanley Kubrick attempted to reproduce the photograph by recreating it with male, and female actors . dressed in 1920's style clothing but found that the real photo was better.
I read the book the shining, and the Stanley Kubrick version is different from the Book, so Stephen King, helped make a TV movie called 'Stephen King's The Shining' which had Steven Webber as Jack Torrance, and Rebecca De Mornay as Wendy. I feel they are both equally as good though since Stanley Kubrick's the shining was made and released before the TV movie of the shining.
I don't know why, but I first thought the guy in the picture was a younger Grady, and the reason Jack felt like he has been to the hotel before was because he was a reincarnation of Grady. Feel free to point out any holes in my theory, as I've only seen the movie once.
As with the majority of Stanley Kubrick's films, they consisted of a series of questions rather than providing concrete answers. In my view, this is not only an admission that he did not possess all of the answers to the subjects he raised in his films but also wanted the audience to consider their own answers to the questions he raised.
i'm still shocked how many people watch this movie, review this movie, and still have no idea what the end of the film means. heck, i've read up on the ending for months and still only understand PART of it = why i LOOOOOVE kubrick. he challenges me to think OUTSIDE THE BOX
The first time I watched it, I thought Jack was the previous caretaker back in 1921, then he died, but then he was reborn and then came back to become the caretaker. I was wrong.
-the spirits start to corrupt jack once he enters the hotel (on the phone, he tells shelly "this place seems very familiar, like i've been here before". he hasn't been there before. the spirit of the previous caretaker is invading him
-the spirits give jack a task: "correct them" (kill wife/kid), and they'll let him into their ghost club (like hazing for a fraternity)
-he is in the 1921 photo b/c the ghosts let him in, and he is absorbed into the past, current and future of the hotel
@cobrien1977 I think Stanley Kubrick just said that as far as the photo goes Jack was actually a living person back then in 1921 and was reincarnated.
@lemonadegirl1: I don't think so - why would Kubrick make ambigious endings to his films and then say what they mean? I've never heard of him making a statement like that for the ambigious endings of his films. That's why he wouldn't take many interviews. If you have a link I'd love to read...thanks.
@lemonadegirl1 : By the way, what you're saying is the same as what I'm saying anyway. Once the ghosts "let him in", AT THAT TIME he became a living person in 1921 and 1980. To "get this" we have to forget about our linear time brain (which is usually more of a hinderance than a help).
@cobrien1977 I was just going off of a Q&A that was in Kubrick: The Definitive Edition by Michel Ciment where he's answering the question "And when the film has finished? What then?" and Kubrick responds with "I hope the audience has had a good fright, has believed the film while they were watching it, and retains some sense of it. The ballroom photograph at the very end suggests the reincarnation of Jack." I took it to mean he reincarnated from his 1921 life to be Jack Torrance, but who knows.
@lemonadegirl1 : ok i see where you got that. yes, you're right - kubrick may have meant reincarnation from jack's 1921 life. however, i just personally prefer to see it as (1) 1980 jack lived, (2) 1980 jack was "invaded" by spirits, (3) 1980 jack attempted to kill wife/kid, as the spirits requested, (4) because of 1980's jack efforts, the spirits granted him access to the TIMELESS spirit realm (timeless = 1980, 1921), (5) it was at THIS point that 1980 reincarnated (backwards in time) to 1921
After watching this tremendous and surreal ending, I concluded that Kubrick was to film as Tesla was to electricity. As in the words of James Lipton, "pure genius."
StillAtMyMoms 6 days ago
I call this ending (the song included) the photograph,hotel ,ect ect thee creepy of creepy ..But a good creepy .....best horror film ending ever
MrTrevdj 1 week ago
best movie ever made !!
TheSuperS0ldier 1 week ago
No one could match Kubrick, he was a truly genius, he work with almost every genre (war, film noir, drama, comedy, science fiction and horror) and every movie made by him is a masterpiece.
Gridseeker 1 week ago
@StillAtMyMoms yup
Stevezom 1 week ago
God, this song is so haunting now.
StillAtMyMoms 1 week ago
I'm from the 1930' and im annoyed all you young rapscallions only know this song as " creepy" and in a moving picture film!
Why, i remember I was having a gay old time swaying to this in my local ballroom...
I've always been there.
cooperthewolf 1 week ago
That's former a " young " U.S president woodrow Wilson next to jack his wife and his daughter on jacks left its a fact go to collective learning . Com for more hidden secrets & messages that Kubrick put on film.
canecorsomob 2 weeks ago
very similar to the start of Clockwork Orange
ACNC1 2 weeks ago
I love the ending, I first time saw this video for a week agoo, damn this end is so touching
ImperatorThe 1 month ago
It's a mistake to confuse pity with love-Stanley Kubrick
theycalmemrfarenheit 1 month ago
@theycalmemrfarenheit Beautiful Song to go with a Masterpiece of a Movie, Kubrick was and will always be the best director. R.I.P.
theycalmemrfarenheit 1 month ago
You are the caretaker, Mr. Torrance. You've always been the caretaker.
TheZippoMontefiore 1 month ago
@briefjoy Kubrick used duality throughout the film: good/evil, twin girls, 42, 21, dual personalities etc. In King's book, he wrote of Jack not being able to see Jesus' face in a picture of black & white people. Kubrick decided to take a black & white photo of long past and make Jack evil, meaning: in the picture, Jack became the Master of Cerem. in hell. The pic is not of the Overlook.
KayInMaine 1 month ago
Nicholson's image is transposed into this vintage photograph for the ending. Notice how his arms are? He's holding them like a baphomet (represents duality: male/female, heaven/hell, day/night). Kubrick was a genius when it came to metaphors. He used them constantly in this film.
KayInMaine 1 month ago
Wonderful. This is such a great piece of music. Thank you for posting.
whogoderetedigo52 1 month ago
how did this not win all the oscars!
gayILuigi 1 month ago
This part of the movie scared the shit out of me o_O
InvaderZimLuv101 1 month ago
the overlook takes back its evil spirits ;)) my fav horror movie
05giacomo 1 month ago
Ha Ha, yi cheeky basdad, ha ha
copper5576 1 month ago
É FANTÁSTICA, MARAVILHOSA, SENSACIONAALL!!! OBRIGADO PELA POSTAGEM!!!!
davyaquilesdemoura 1 month ago
Love Al Bowlly and this music!
14harlow1 1 month ago in playlist Midnight, the Stars and You
can anyone tell me what was up with that person in the pig outfit giving head to that dude? what was that all about?
hung0sowell 2 months ago in playlist The making of Shining (part1/4)
@hung0sowell it means jack torrence was molesting danny. its a metaphor.
markfreemon 1 month ago
@hung0sowell Its a reference to Horace Derwent and Roger from the novel. The former was a rich dude who humilated the latter-his homosexual lover- by making him wear a dog outfit and act like a dog.
WalkerOfTheWastes 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
@WalkerOfTheWastes ok wow i guess i have to read the book! ive watched the several times and that one scene always threw me off !!! i was like what the hell is that all about? but thats for clearing that up for me
hung0sowell 1 month ago
Al Bowley Midnight with the stars and your from 1934
PGMEagle 2 months ago
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me, being a hardcore fan of alternative rock and punk, i have such a soft spot for music from the 20s, 30s, 40s, i love it :)
and the shining is a fucking masterpiece
earlysunsetsover2019 2 months ago
the girl who's standing 2 places to jack's left is pretty damn cute.
5ch3nk 2 months ago
Did this song exist before the movie, or was it written for the movie?
dancinkindofguy 2 months ago
@dancinkindofguy no, it is a real song, from 1934.
earlysunsetsover2019 2 months ago
@earlysunsetsover2019 Really? Then it was written 13 years after the picture of Jack and his friends was taken.
dancinkindofguy 2 months ago
@dancinkindofguy yeah, i know. it's kind of ironic
earlysunsetsover2019 1 month ago
Greatest Movie ever made
TheLightningSniper15 2 months ago 3
it's perfect! when they zoomed in on his face, i had the snow flakes on! :) it's the frozen scene in b&w!
gwenbaby252 2 months ago
Hermosa película
jorgealbertobaron1 2 months ago
Oh, and it's funny just how awesome this song is, despite only having 9 lines.
Replican815 3 months ago
When I realized what was going on in this scene the music started sounding kind of ghostly. D:
Replican815 3 months ago
Kubrick should have credited Ray Noble and His Orchestra - featuring crooner Al Bowlly - for "Midnight, the Stars and You," a hugely popular song in the 1930s. It was the least he could do, considering Mr. Bowlly died during a Luftwaffe air raid in London in 1941 at the age of 43.
Oh, but thank goodness "Leonard" got credit for the hairstyles.
DickieAnginson 3 months ago 19
@DickieAnginson You're so right. The song was really the "signature tune" of this film at the end. Kubrick should have given proper credit.
zooeyhall 2 months ago
@DickieAnginson In His Heart He Did. -
chrisfilms84 1 month ago
@DickieAnginson "Leonard" seems like the kind of person who would go into hysterics if he were omitted. Besides, Al wouldn't have cared one way or another...
wsmith68 1 day ago
leaked from Gods ipod
Loveships9 3 months ago 4
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duqmiguel 3 months ago
i held that picture today. my uni has a shitload of stanley kubrick props. that pic is one.
ollebrevid 3 months ago 2
@ollebrevid Steal it and bring it to Australia!! Drop it off at my place then go and live in Mongolia (there's no extradition treaty between USA and Mongolia, you'll be safe and you would have pulled off the perfect crime).
Vonsnrub 2 months ago 2
" . . . Indeed he is Mr. Torrance, a very Willful-boy . . A rather Naughty-boy . . If I may be so Bold, Sir . . "
Diogenes1360 3 months ago
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Diogenes1360 3 months ago
666 likes... awh
OnaHoliday 3 months ago 2
This movie makes me want to play BIOSHOCK!
mrpuzzled 3 months ago
I'm the 666th person to like this video :) HERE'S JOHNNY!
hardrockerofsoccer 3 months ago 48
@hardrockerofsoccer and 15 dizzes...
jutubaeh 6 days ago
I'VE BEEN TO THIS PLACE AND STAYED IN ROOM 418. THAT ROOM (AND ALL THE 4TH FLOOR) IS HAUNTED AS SHIT. A BOY HAUNTS THE ROOM I STAYED AT AND SURE ENOUGH I STAYED UP ALL NIGHT UNTIL 5 AM AND OUT OF NOWHERE I FELT DIZZY AND FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO THROW UP AND FELT CHILLS AS WELL. THAT TO ME WAS CRAZY AS HELL. I TOOK PICTURES WITH A GOOD NIKON CAMERA. OUT OF 100 PIX, ONE OF THEM HAD A BRIGHT ORB NEXT TO THE DOOR AND IT LOOKED TALLER THAN A BOY. THIS HOTEL AIN'T A JOKE. IT'S THE REAL THING...
SEXTEE9R 3 months ago
WHAT DID REALLY HAPPEN IN THOSE DAYS IN THE 1910'S, 1920'S? NO LAWS, NO JURISDICTION. WOMEN GETTING RAPE AND PARTYING HARD 100 YEARS AGO. IT MAKES YOU THINK THAT THE RICH ONLY HAD ACCESS TO THE HOTEL BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY DIRECT ROADS BACK IN THE DAYS AND TO GET THERE YOU NEEDED SOME DOUGH. AND HANGING OUT THERE IN THE WINTER, YOU HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY AND WAIT UNTIL THE SNOW STOPPED FALLING. HOW MANY DEATHS DID OCCUR AT THE STANLEY? WHAT KIND OF DARK PAST DOES THIS PLACE HAVE?
SEXTEE9R 3 months ago
This song. It is simply a masterpiece
vitopozzolipo 3 months ago
This scene scared me more than any other in the entire movie.
Mumblix 4 months ago
@MaKiiNMoVeZ Rob Ager made an excellent interpretation on this that the whole film is an interpretation of history repeating itself. Watch all three parts:
watch?v=lEulbcXkgjo
MinamuTV 4 months ago
No one director tops Kubrick. His level of genius and versatility was astonishing.
P.S. 15 people should have some time to think things over. But then again, they've had their whole life to think things over!
MinamuTV 4 months ago
This scene is the scariest one in the whole film!! (Best tracking-shot EVER!)
And it is made extra-ultra creepy with that song playing. Sound is all murky, as if it were coming from an ethereal place, time and entity. Perhaps.... a ghost?
Sends shivers up and down my spine EVERY time.
Teriffic upload, Cheers!
rem2267 4 months ago
@MaKiiNMoVeZ Torrance were the care taker all along.
TheSjpatrik 4 months ago
great song
beatlesopusnintendo 4 months ago
Classic Hollywood screw up.The party scene in the movie is from July 4th 1921 right? All the ghost guest are in 1920"s attire. Yet the song "midnight The stars and you " was recorded in 1932 . Stanley you goofed!!
sterlinggreg 4 months ago
@sterlinggreg there's an explanation that this end sequence is the inversion of the scene in the book where Jack is recounting a story where he's the only one *not* able to see the face of Jesus on the shroud. Instead, we see a picture that doesn't exist for everyone (total inversion) and instead of Jesus, Jack's hands are in the position of Baphomet.
CreedofHasheeshian 4 months ago
@sterlinggreg That's an interesting point, but the selection of songs from the early 20s is rather limited for technical reasons.
PrettyLittlePetShop 4 months ago
@sterlinggreg - It's called 'artistic license,' and it is used to it's maximum potential in this scene. That's a WIN for Kubrick AND the film in my book.
rem2267 4 months ago
@rem2267 Its called sloppy research and assuming that the public won"t notice. I noticed. Why not make the party in 1932? It would still be just as elegant. On well , no matter I agree with you the film is a classic and a Win for Kubrick.
sterlinggreg 4 months ago
@sterlinggreg I just sawit as a song they played at the ending... While a photo is shown.. Not that it took place during when the photo took place... altho the added banter at the end of the song could suggest that It was performed at photographed party.
Veggiorto666 3 months ago
@Veggiorto666 Yes but the song is also playing during the actual party flash back scene when he is talking to Loyd the bar tender and all the party guests are in 1920"s attire.
sterlinggreg 3 months ago
Anyone else get the impression that Jack was part of the Donner party? It's mentioned twice in the film.
retro80s70s 4 months ago
Calling the TV miniseries a "remake" is a little off.
Stephen King was never happy with Kubrick's movie adaptation, going so far as to say that he hated it. So when he had the opportunity he purchased the movie rights back and made the miniseries, which follows the novel much more closely than Kubrick's film.
The miniseries may not be as iconic, but its worth a watch as long as you understand that it is not a remake of the Kubrick film.
comradegiant 4 months ago
@comradegiant He also said it was one of the most terrifying films he had ever seen, although he wasn't happy with Kubrick's removal of a lot of the supernatural from the film. Whilst the TV version may be closer to the book and King's original vision, the film version is a vastly superior visual experience.
TheMarlinspike 4 months ago
@TheMarlinspike Not going to disagree there, just pointing out that they should be treated separately rather than as rivals.
comradegiant 4 months ago
@comradegiant Indeed. I enjoy both in their own way.
TheMarlinspike 4 months ago
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Stanley Kubrick was the Best Movie Director, as well as Best Movie Endings. Amazing endings:
"Dr. Strangelove": "We'll Meet Again" Doomsday Machine
2001: Monolith zoom in + Star Child
Shining: "Midnight, the Stars, and You"
Some of the most memorable movies and movie endings in cinema. All from Kubrick, the best filmmaker to bless the Earth.
minamu8 4 months ago
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minamu8 4 months ago
One of the all time greatest endings!
WhiteNoise417 4 months ago
Song 1930, however movie was classic. Great Ending.
ZR600openmod 4 months ago
This scene and song is very fascinating.
slicked25 4 months ago
ｴﾝﾄﾞﾀｲﾄﾙにこの曲を使ったのは天才！
Greengrass185 4 months ago
Creepiest Ending In Movie History
flymaster 4 months ago
I don´t understand this ending-.- can soneone pls explain me that?
powerniman 4 months ago
@powerniman he was always the caretaker of the hotel. he just doesn't remember ever being the caretaker before. the picture is of him way back in 1924
TheHeyCarly 4 months ago
@TheHeyCarly but musen´t he be much older than the one from pic? i think that looks at the picture like now
powerniman 4 months ago
Guys i know hes in the picture cause he died but like was he like a different person like that was recarnated
MrKingKong1645 4 months ago 2
the remake was terrible
capnhands 4 months ago
@capnhands Wtf?? there was a remake??
demigrl21 4 months ago
@demigrl21 it was a TV series which sucked donkey balls
capnhands 4 months ago
@demigrl21 Yes,there is one but don't watch it. It's proably the worst remake of a horror movie ever.
Shyreenify 4 months ago
Quentin Tarantino should randomly end one of his films with this song.
SPRLDR 5 months ago
@SPRLDR why wth man this movie has a fuckin perfect ending why would you want quentin to rip this movie off thats gay and fuckin retarded
ValiantxViolator 4 months ago
Hi Lloyd! Been away, now i´m back!
What ´ll it be sir?
A hair of the dog that bit me....
Bourbon on the rocks then.
TheHasanMurat 5 months ago
@TheHasanMurat "Hair of the dog that bit me" may refer to the bear suit in the movie (was a dog suit in the book) where the bear appears to be doing the naughty with the former male hotel owner in that one creepy scene. Did Jack molest Danny his son and this was part of his demons? Appears so. Jack was also holding a Playgirl mag in the movie too. Again, Kubrick was a genius! Lots of meanings going on. Stephen King didn't like his interpretation.
KayInMaine 1 month ago
@KayInMaine : A hair of the dog that bit me" refers only into a hangover.
previously Jack had his first glass of bourbon after a long, sober season.
TheHasanMurat 1 month ago
I wanna dance to this with my man one day. I am def watching this movie on Halloween.
kayjo101 5 months ago
MERVEILLEUSE SCENE THANKS YOU VERY MUCH FRIENDSHIP RAYMOND ! COME VISIT MY CHANEL THANKS !!
raymond13008 5 months ago
There's something about this song I find incredibly depressing and it's not because it's in a horror film. The chords are so melancholy and I think it's also because of the whole atmosphere in the 1920's ballroom scene.
MegaSpliffster2 5 months ago
Creeeepy!
zooeyhall 5 months ago
In my mind this movie and the song "Hotel California" are tied together, remember "you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave"...
btw this is an amazing song! love it =D
elmo007millie 5 months ago
Lots of people brought this up: why a 1930s song for a 1920s scene? It's not a mistake...they knew this was a 30s song, they had hired era-music specialists for this movie. Kubrick purposely chose this song for its lyrics which are believed to suit the film's underlying themes. Plus, to people in the early 80s (and to us today), it certainly sounds like it could be a 20s song.
skyduster4 5 months ago
that fucking smiling face, creeps the fuck outta me
alanmullery 5 months ago
"No sir, YOU are the caretaker. You've always been the caretaker."
monteyrosbeth 5 months ago 2
Love the music and the film. Stanley Kubrick a genius. Jack Nicholson Amazing..
metfordgeorge 6 months ago 2
I don't get it. Why was Jack Torrance placed in the picture?
gmccord1970 6 months ago
@gmccord1970 I believe its just a gimmick, he has never been there before in the past..the dates dont match up. He couldn't have been reincarnated as the caretaker because he was alive when grady commited the act. I believe it symbolises Jack becoming part of the overlooks history, after his death in which he was frozen alive, he has now become a ghostly entity which will haunt the hotel forever. Being at the front of the photo Jack is shown as manager and probably what he would of aspired to be
welshgandi 5 months ago 15
@welshgandi I believe you are right. I was just about to ask what the hell happened, but it makes sense the way you put it.
shadowpsfp 5 months ago
@welshgandi But there are two versions of Grady. Grady the Caretaker, who killed his daughters, has a different first name from the Grady Jack meets in the Gold Room who is... I wanna say a Waiter?
JackGodot 3 months ago
@gmccord1970 the overlook hotel was kind of like a time machine. events that had happened previously could happen over and over again in some way. that explains about those dead people who were roaming around in the hotel. likewise it can explain how some version of jack torrance had been at the overlook during previous eras. in some way, jack torrance had always been the caretaker.
coventrygardens 5 months ago
The vocals are Al Bowlly, a popular British singer in the 1920s and '30s, with Ray Noble and His Orchestra. I love this song and have the recording -- but now there is such a creepy vibe about it. :)
DickieAnginson 6 months ago
@DickieAnginson Midnight with the stars and You came out in the 1930s i think 1935 or 36.
johnny10301968 6 months ago
@johnny10301968 1934
Marcusx1980 5 months ago
looks like HImmler to the left of Mr. Torrance, probably is given the date.
Niftyeye 6 months ago
My all time favorite scary movie!
hvnhands 6 months ago
@TheSamAndrewEvans so wait...hes been reborn to kill again and again?
popgoesthewesel13 6 months ago
15 people need to be...corrected.
contaminatedfilth 6 months ago 52
@contaminatedfilth - Excellent! ... and true...
rem2267 4 months ago
@contaminatedfilth I "Corrected" them mr. torrance
kaileighsdad86 3 months ago
Hair of the dog that bit me
Raimi34 6 months ago
Thanks for the upload, but why not allow embedding?
humbleradio 6 months ago
I still dont believe there IS in ending to this movie. And if there is then people aren't meant to know exactly what it was.
EkseteraEksetera 6 months ago
How are things going, Mr. Torrance?
Things could be better, Lloyd. Things could be a whole lot better.
93kk0 6 months ago 60
Beautiful
MrWackypackages 6 months ago
Looove this song :)
ChicagoLove95 6 months ago
so...because he died at the hotel it claimed his soul and he somehow shows up in the picture? im lost
popgoesthewesel13 6 months ago
creepiest ending ever
thebiggestqueenfan 6 months ago
That picture always creeped me out.
Mutantvirus 7 months ago
Agreed, best song ever for a horror movie ending.....
Killer62Joe 7 months ago
This ending is amazing. Creeps me out everytime. I think I'm in that picture. :)
SuperMusicizmylife 7 months ago
Redrum,Redrum Redrum,red Ruuuuuum! LOL the kid drives me crazy in the bedroom scene :))))
LolaBunny200 7 months ago
@LolaBunny200 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
ksioamaral89 7 months ago
hi me and my friends build a homemade haunted house every year and i was wondering if i should use this as one of the songs that is played while people go through what do you think
MCfilms13 7 months ago 2
@MCfilms13 do it!
SoleCitizen33 7 months ago
@MCfilms13 It would be a good one. Run through a bunch of old Glenn Miller songs, that could all be pretty creepy in the dark to be honest
losermonster 7 months ago
@MCfilms13 Interesting, original idea... It would work on me! Add some period decorations to go with the music... ; D
1axalove 6 months ago
De los mejores finales. Esta pelicula, Dr. Strange Love y Odisea en el espacio son de los mejores finales de Stanley Kubrick.
SchwarzHee 7 months ago
Most likely, Jack's soul is forever linked to the hotel, and every once in a while, he is reborn into the world, only to return to it, and instigate more killings. Basically, he is constantly resuming his duties as the caretaker of the spirits in the Hotel. Keep in mind Grady told Jack in the bathroom that he (Jack) has always been the caretaker...
MrReplier 7 months ago
I'm surprised that Kubrick did not credit the Ray Noble Orchestra and Al Bowlly in this film.
Karen41872 7 months ago
I'm your number one fan, I'm your number one fan, I'm your number one fan.
thepickofdestiny6891 7 months ago
out of every movie i has watched in the past it's this only scene that leaves me confused,once we see jack Nicholson chasing his son in the maze and then he dies in there and after you see jack in the photograph dated back in 1921.how the hell did he get there.
that's the problem with stephen king he always leaves his viewers confused.
in other words i will never know and this scene will always be shrouded in confusion.
BRUTALSHANZ1988 7 months ago
@BRUTALSHANZ1988 Kubrick,the one who made the film wanted it that way.that's why Stephen King was unhappy,it's different than Kings book that's why theres another film shinning (1997),based 100%on kings book.,there the hotel wants Danny "shinning"power and manipulates jack to get danny .but here kubrick want people to be confused! "If 20 years later people still talk about a moovie,than it means the director did a good job" ;-)
LolaBunny200 7 months ago 2
@LolaBunny200 agree!!
MrHeavyman1975 7 months ago
Beautiful Music, it gives a strange and yet good melancholy feeling.
Valeu por postar a música cara xD.
HUNK1997 7 months ago
oh ya and halloren for the WIN! you will know what i mean when you read the end
MetroidFreak123 7 months ago
i just finisished the book with was so freaking different. like serously read
MetroidFreak123 7 months ago
HE LOOKS LIKE A JOKER
tninbredretard 7 months ago
@tninbredretard he did play the joker in a early batman movie
SuperrJoel 7 months ago
grimreaper957 8 months ago
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Einherjar212 8 months ago
It's his father. That's the secret. He was molested as a child, and he molests his son. If you look closely, early on in the movie, he is reading playgirl... A dead give away.
Mister3291 8 months ago
No sir, YOU are the caretaker... You've always been the caretaker...
Maggermickjagger 8 months ago 2
I haven't looked through all of the comments for this video, but did anybody else find it curious that this song that was supposed to have been playing at the July 4th Ball in 1921 didn't actually come out until 1934? iTunes has it on a CD called Hits of the Thirties, as well as a CD called the HMV Sessions 1930-1934. It was played by Ray Noble & Orchestra and sung by Al Bowlly.
242HP 8 months ago
@242HP ray noble and his posse were reincarnated
Maggermickjagger 8 months ago
@242HP There's no evidence that supports the idea the song was playing at the ball, only that it's playing over this scene. It's a stylistic choice, not meant to be taken as *the song that played at that ball.
IMPYEMU 8 months ago
@IMPYEMU I get what you're saying, but to me, the way the camera zooms in on that photo, and then the date, it seems as if they are taking us back to that particular moment in time, and one of the songs that would have been playing at the ball. I just think they could have chosen a song that would have been out in 1921, that's all. The song that they chose does seem like it might have been out at the time of the ball, though.
242HP 8 months ago
@242HP Good point. But I think after seeing the scene the way it is, any alteration would feel unjust. A similiar thing happened with The Deer Hunter, too.
IMPYEMU 8 months ago
Beautiful song from a very strong film. One of the best. Could not even be compared with today's nonesense stupid movies like Transformers and Avatar!
Jacobnearyou 8 months ago
@Jacobnearyou Amen to that, Jacob. It just proves that you don't need all of that CGI crap or stuff being blown up to have a quality movie.
242HP 8 months ago
I Found out that the photograph is real except jack Nicholson is obviously not in it. I think they somehow, photographed Jack Nicholson with the background of this photograph , and the resulting photographic image was Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in 1921. I remember reading that Stanley Kubrick attempted to reproduce the photograph by recreating it with male, and female actors . dressed in 1920's style clothing but found that the real photo was better.
imperatorcaesar100 8 months ago
I read the book the shining, and the Stanley Kubrick version is different from the Book, so Stephen King, helped make a TV movie called 'Stephen King's The Shining' which had Steven Webber as Jack Torrance, and Rebecca De Mornay as Wendy. I feel they are both equally as good though since Stanley Kubrick's the shining was made and released before the TV movie of the shining.
imperatorcaesar100 8 months ago
I don't know why, but I first thought the guy in the picture was a younger Grady, and the reason Jack felt like he has been to the hotel before was because he was a reincarnation of Grady. Feel free to point out any holes in my theory, as I've only seen the movie once.
mrserjmalakian 8 months ago
Kubrick non sarebbe dovuto morire. E' come per Raffaello, per Mozart...
62gualtiero 8 months ago
Best Ending Song Ever
gayILuigi 8 months ago 50
As with the majority of Stanley Kubrick's films, they consisted of a series of questions rather than providing concrete answers. In my view, this is not only an admission that he did not possess all of the answers to the subjects he raised in his films but also wanted the audience to consider their own answers to the questions he raised.
Mechanized0 8 months ago
i'm still shocked how many people watch this movie, review this movie, and still have no idea what the end of the film means. heck, i've read up on the ending for months and still only understand PART of it = why i LOOOOOVE kubrick. he challenges me to think OUTSIDE THE BOX
cobrien1977 8 months ago
The first time I watched it, I thought Jack was the previous caretaker back in 1921, then he died, but then he was reborn and then came back to become the caretaker. I was wrong.
ThomasINDs 9 months ago
-the spirits start to corrupt jack once he enters the hotel (on the phone, he tells shelly "this place seems very familiar, like i've been here before". he hasn't been there before. the spirit of the previous caretaker is invading him
-the spirits give jack a task: "correct them" (kill wife/kid), and they'll let him into their ghost club (like hazing for a fraternity)
-he is in the 1921 photo b/c the ghosts let him in, and he is absorbed into the past, current and future of the hotel
cobrien1977 9 months ago
@cobrien1977 I think Stanley Kubrick just said that as far as the photo goes Jack was actually a living person back then in 1921 and was reincarnated.
lemonadegirl1 9 months ago
@lemonadegirl1: I don't think so - why would Kubrick make ambigious endings to his films and then say what they mean? I've never heard of him making a statement like that for the ambigious endings of his films. That's why he wouldn't take many interviews. If you have a link I'd love to read...thanks.
cobrien1977 9 months ago
@lemonadegirl1 : By the way, what you're saying is the same as what I'm saying anyway. Once the ghosts "let him in", AT THAT TIME he became a living person in 1921 and 1980. To "get this" we have to forget about our linear time brain (which is usually more of a hinderance than a help).
cobrien1977 9 months ago
@cobrien1977 I was just going off of a Q&A that was in Kubrick: The Definitive Edition by Michel Ciment where he's answering the question "And when the film has finished? What then?" and Kubrick responds with "I hope the audience has had a good fright, has believed the film while they were watching it, and retains some sense of it. The ballroom photograph at the very end suggests the reincarnation of Jack." I took it to mean he reincarnated from his 1921 life to be Jack Torrance, but who knows.
lemonadegirl1 9 months ago
@lemonadegirl1 : ok i see where you got that. yes, you're right - kubrick may have meant reincarnation from jack's 1921 life. however, i just personally prefer to see it as (1) 1980 jack lived, (2) 1980 jack was "invaded" by spirits, (3) 1980 jack attempted to kill wife/kid, as the spirits requested, (4) because of 1980's jack efforts, the spirits granted him access to the TIMELESS spirit realm (timeless = 1980, 1921), (5) it was at THIS point that 1980 reincarnated (backwards in time) to 1921
cobrien1977 8 months ago