We have this image of deep nature as "beautiful" and "peaceful" because of our comfy warm homes with art on the walls and Mozart (which I can appreciate). The reality of nature is brazen and plays no favourites. 1 month without culture or rinky dink gadgets to keep our "minds" occupied with, in the middle of the untouched world would show a person what one is really like, a mortal animal let loose from a circus. But we have to accept the world as it's imposed on us in society, like Johnny did...
Unbelievable! It gives me chills EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!! I sware to god "The Shining" is the scariest, unsetteling and creepiest thing I have EVER watched! In second place comes that creepy, eerie tape from the 2002 American Remake of "The Ring". The Shining is the number 1 scariest film I have ever laid eyes on! So psychologically terrifying and some of the imagery is nothing but pure bone-chilling horror gold!!! There's nothing better than sitting down and watching The Shining on a rainy day! =)
Such a creepy opening--and what makes it creepier is the fact that the scenery is so beautiful and the music is so foreboding, dark and grim--it makes the lovely landscape scary. The entire score of The Shining is unique, very unnerving, unsettling.
Love this. This road is called " Going to the sun road" in Glacier National Park, Montana. The lake is St.Mary's Lake and the island is called " Wild Goose Island". I went there last Fall and it looked exactly like the opening scene. The Hotel is located on Mount Hood in Oregon. It is called Timberline Lodge. I went and spent the night there too but they must have used studios to film the interior because none of it looked like the movie inside :(
@simivalley1908 Movie was filmed back in 80s, lot of things do happen in 30 years. Of cource it isnt the same anymore. But they didnt use the studio at all in this movie, they filmed all in that location what I have understood so far. But would be awesome to have trip to America just to see this hotel and have a "nice party".. ^_^
The movie was filmed in the late 70s at Elstree Studios in England. Kubrick had a fear of flying and refused to leave his adoptive country for filming. Just about everything was shot on sets - even the hedge maze and rear of the hotel were giant follies, with styrofoam employed as snow - and the only scene with a character that wasn't shot on a set is the scene where Dick Hallorann uses a payphone at the airport, which was filmed at London Stansted Airport.
@codholliday Well that was something that I never have heard before, but I really dont see any sense in that. They actually renamed the room of the redrum room from book for the movie to be different number which didnt exist in the real hotel, just because the hotel owner didnt want it to scare the customers with that..
Another trivium: the interior of the Timberline Hotel in Oregon, which served as the exterior of the Overlook, is rustic and log cabin-y, nothing like the interiors in the film. But the film interiors are almost identical to the interior of the Ahwanee Hotel in Yosemite, which I have a life goal of seeing before I die.
The helicopter is only visible because this is "open matte". This is the full picture the camera shot but the director only paid attention to the middle (roughly) 2/3 of the screen because that's what would be projected on a cinema screen (16:9). When transferring films to the old TV ratio (4:3), sometimes the studios would "pan and scan" (ie: crop it) and sometimes they would just go "open matte" and show the whole picture that was shot.
@Buuuuuutch Which was itself inspired by a plainsong from «Missa pro Defunctis» (Mass of the dead) from Middle Age ( 13th century) called Dies Irae. It was based on an apocalyptic poem and can be listened here : watch?v=Dlr90NLDp-0 Dies Irae is everywhere : Star Wars, A ClockWork Orange, the Shining... it is a universal melody evoking death.
i have never seen this movie.. just learned about dies irae in a class and my professor showed us this clip...just by seeing this makes me want to see the movie..its sooo intriguing ... i have to get my hands on this movie ASAP!!
Thumbs up if you are musically adept enough to recognize that the music used for part of the opening is the Dies Irae, in itself a tremendous piece of music.
@MrBMW513 yeah of course and I can't believe Kubrick didn't notice it. he was well known for his perfectionism and all of a sudden he lets a goof like this happen in one of his best pictures. what's the matter?
@karolecampesine You couldn't see the helicopter's shadow in the theatrical version of the Shining. But later editions copied from the original reels without adjusting for aspect ratio and frame, so the edges show up. It wasn't Kubrick's fault, it's whoever was in charge of making the DVD.
@Achilles94627 That's because there is only one person supposed to be driving it. Danny and Wendy don't go to the hotel the first time, Jack goes by himself.
This Shining is probably the greatest horror movie of the decade, not Friday the 13ths , Halloween 2 , or Nightmare on Elmstreet. I believe it should have won movie of the year 1980. Probably the best movie of the decade.
@onekeypianoplayer Oregon, somewhere near the water, called the Timberline Lodge. Man and Stephen King was furious that Stanley Kubrick made that the hotel for the Shining instead of the Colorado one, There is a town near it, i was there. Stephen King remade this movie in 1997, and i hated it
That'd be funny if the helicopter they were filming from accidentally hit the road as it was approaching the car at 1:15 ... Actually, that wouldn't be funny at all.
The Shining was released in 1980. Not the 60s. From clothes, hairstyles, even the carpet designs ...it's quite obvious that the film takes place circa 1977-1981.
I wouldn't call the SAW movies scary. Grotesque? Yes. The SAW movies have stupid plots, uninteresting cinematography, and cheap grotesque violence. The Shining doesn't intend to shock you with cheap violence. It's intended to make you think, like all Kubrick films. Then again, if you have a short attention span...
@skyduster4 be aware, you are attempting to talk sence to a moron whose only claim to fame is being a troll. He can't comprehend rational thought, nice of you to try but it's like trying to teach a pig to read. Except with a pig you'd get better results! Peace!
The best era for horror/thriller genre was from the late 60s to the early 80s. All the classics came out then...Shining, Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby. Amityville & some lesser-known classics. Today's movies dont compare. They just show cheap violence. Movies like SAW or Scream dont make you think. Nor do they make you jumpy when you're home alone at night. A successful thriller should spark your imagination & make you fear your own house or an otherwise ordinary hotel.
@katrinmarley hey, the music is an orchestral version of a gregorian chant, 'dies irae', which means 'day of wrath.' it was once part of the funeral mass of the catholic church. there are different versions of it, but all use the same melody. hope this helps!
I'm curious what route they're supposed to be taking in this clip. I know it's supposed to be in CO heading to the Stanley Hotel but it's non of the routes I'm familiar with. btw, the Stanley is the real deal........I've stayed there a few times and the last time I was there was overnight for a wedding. Had a bathroom door swing all the way and slam shut for no reason.....no one near it, no breeze.
@brookslacy1 this piece is called "Dies Irae" meaning "Day of Wrath". A traditional piece used by Berlioz in his Symphonie Fantastic to name one of many composers. Hope this is useful?
@mbolderson Oh man, many thanks. I've spent about 20 minutes trying to find this out on the web. Everyone here just keeps going on about that damned helicopter.
@Tsukiko330 i recently began practicing that music on my keyboard. i had to do it by ear. i don't have the sheet music. i think i have it down pretty well. it doesn't sound so spooky to me now that i can play it on my own.
that tune is a version of a tune used with the lyrics of "dies irae" , which means "day of wrath". it's a gregorian chant.
@normanbates602 i recently began practicing that music on my keyboard. i had to do it by ear. i don't have the sheet music. i think i have it down pretty well. it doesn't sound so spooky to me now that i can play it on my own.
that tune is a version of a tune used with the lyrics of "dies irae" , which means "day of wrath". it's a gregorian chant.
The basques are the original europeans they gave rise to white people and brought civilization everywhere..not bad eh? Dont believe me? Ask any honest scientist etc.The basques are atlanteans thats right and guess who else was an atlantean? JESUS...yup...the evil romans resented and envied the peaceful and wise atlanteans and concealed alot of history regarding who schooled who.When will those frauds be unmasked? You can help by passing this on
The basques are the original europeans they gave rise to white people and brought civilization everywhere..not bad eh? Dont believe me? Ask any honest scientist etc.The basques are atlanteans thats right and guess who else was an atlantean? JESUS...yup...the evil romans resented and envied the peaceful and wise atlanteans and concealed alot of history regarding who schooled who.When will those frauds be unmasked? You can help by passing this on
@lurch321 i agree, There might of been a meaning behind it, There like end credits does it mean it's the end for jack driving to his inevitable death? You never know with Kubrick, he was a pure genius
@5eurocups2005 I think the meaning behind the opening is just a metaphor for the rest of the film. At 1:15 they go off the path and the music gets creepier. This makes you uncomfortable and tells you that during the rest of the film nothing will be conventional, aka Kubrick will "take you off the path" you're comfortable with.
This film scared the crap out of me! No stays at old hotels in my future! On the east coast, the Mohonk Mountain House is a similar setting. It's in Upstate New York. If you get lost up there, you die and get preserved till springtime!
What is going on with the two stalled cars seen along the roadway as the yellow bug drives? The first one is a long white limo stalled in the right lane and the second one is some kind of sedan stalled in the left lane as another vehicle drives toward it (and us) passing the yellow bug. Very odd!
@Vortigern99 i see no reason to assume that the cars broke down. maybe someone parked there so s/he could look at the scenery, or to take a leak, or to look at a map, or to have a tuna fish sandwich on rye bread with mustard and onions and garlic and pickles, with a few dabs of worcestershire sauce with a sprinkling of ketchup and mayonnaise.
@coventrygardens Thanks a lot CG...its only 7:35am here in Hollywood and I have the biggest hankering for a tuna fish sandwich on rye bread with mustard and onions and garlic and pickles, with a few dabs of worcestershire sauce with a sprinkling of ketchup & mayonnaise....and to watch The Shining...at the same time.
@makthnife yea, i first saw the shining when it was first at the cinema in 1980 or 1981. i was either 12 or 13 at the time, depending on which time of the year i saw it. i wish i had written down the date when i first saw it.
back then i was living in a neighborhood called "coventry gardens", and that's how i came up with my youtube name, even though i haven't lived anywhere near there since 1981. coventry gardens is a few miles west of detroit, michigan, u.s.a.
@coventrygardens Crazy! Must have been just a thrill seeing this in a theare, let alone when it was released! I am also an actor/singer, and its very hard for me to watch other performances because I see it from a critical (not critic, mind you) standpoint, watching the actor vs. the character, but "The Shining" is one of a handful that I can acutally lose myself in and get carried away by the film as a whole-its more of a testimony to this as a work of art, more than my own neurosis! ctd....
@makthnife almost immediately after i saw the trailers on tv, i started asking my mum to take me to see it. after a few months, she took me. in that mean time, i went to a book store, and i saw the novel, and i bought a copy. i read some or all of it before seeing the movie. the movie was a bit different from the novel. the differences were much greater than the differences which would simply result from time constraints.
@coventrygardens ctd...side note, Im from Chicago and we'd camp in the Warren Dunes & Grand Haven (for the Coast Guard fest-my Dad was a Coastie) but never made it to the Detroit area. Love the name tho! Sounds English alright! Curious tho, do you find yourself getting "scared" or at least suprised through this, and at the end even though you know what happens?
@makthnife i think i was frightened by a few scenes the 1st time i saw the shining, but the fright lasted very briefly. most of the movie seemed humorous. i think the intention was to have the audience find humor in the ways the characters were being frightened. back in 1980, i found some of the movie trailers on tv to be frightening, more frightening than the movie itself. in coventry gardens, the streets were named after towns in england. i lived on surrey road, next to the funeral home.
@coventrygardens No, that's not the reason the movie is humorous. You may find this to your surprise that the movie is actually about the genocide of Native Americans, which is what the scene of the blood in the elevator symbolically represents. Notice the Indian "chanting" in the intro music as well as numerous references in the visuals of the movie. Also the dialog in many scenes has a double meaning. Hotel Overlook: overlooked the genocide of Native Indians (forgotten it).
@GregSidelnikov many parts of the u.s. are places where amerindians used to live ( and sometimes still live ), and thus it's no surprise that there would be references to amerindians in a movie that is set in the rockies. maybe king and/or kubrick intended to remind people about the native indians, but some of the humor seems unrelated to that aspect. "heeere's johnny" and "little pigs, little pigs" were certainly references to things in tv shows and movies, unrelated to things about indians.
@coventryga.... There have been studies done on this film (by people skilled in dissecting a work of art in the medium of film making) which point out exactly why this movie has a double story which is about the murder (redrum) of Native Americans. Encoding messages and double meanings is something that is relevant to many of Kubrick's masterpieces. For example the monolith in 2001 being the movie screen. The ghosts of this movie are the Native Americans, there are simply too many "coincidences"
@GregSidelnikov do you mean that stephen king planned the symbolism??--- or do you mean that stanley kubrick took it upon himself to create the symbolism??
@coventrygardens Well, I know that Stephen King wasn't satisfied with this film (which led him to make his own version later on, it was TV series I believe). I doubt that an artist as skilled as Stanley Kubrick wouldn't give the book the proper treatment, if he genuinely cared about it, which he appears not to. SK was an opportunist and he is known for touching on serious subjects in his work. A ghost story is simply not something Stanley Kubrick would be genuinely interested in.
@GregSidelnikov i saw some or all of the miniseries based on king's nove. the miniseries was made around 1997. though it was much like the novel, and though i enjoyed the novel when i first read it, the movie got me addicted to nicholson and duvall as the main actors. in 1980, when i was about 12 or 13, i saw trailers for the movie on tv, and then i started trying to get my mum to take me to see it. after a few months , she took me. by the time i saw it, i read some or all of the novel.
So yes, definitely the symbolism in this movie is an invention of Stanley Kubrick to express his personal ideas. In the same way as he did in 2001, Eyes Wide Shut and A Clockwork Orange. (These three films even feature the same exact symbolism, most notably the symbol of power: eye and the pyramid) In 2001 it was disguised as the monolith and the moon. In A Clockwork Orange the logo is the pyramid with Alex slicing off the eye off the top.
@GregSidelnikov well, it shows alex with a knife in one hand, and the eye in another. until you mentioned the pyramid, i didn't even think of that as a pyramid. i only thought it was something triangular. now that you mention it as a pyramid, it reminds me of the symbol on some u.s. money. maybe kubrick was an illuminatus or a freemason or astrologer, something like that. i didn't see "eyes wide shut".
@coventrygardens Yes, the "A" in the logo is the pyramid which even consists of the same angle that you see on the US 1 dollar bill. I wouldn't have thought it was a reference to that, if I didn't also notice the reference to it in the second scene where they are walking toward the homeless guy. Their shadows create "rays" and they appear to be walking down the pyramid created by the light . . (also notice the brick-like texture on the ground) they walk toward this "weak" homeless character.
@GregSidelnikov when i saw the shining soon after it was released, i payed no attention to the name "kubrick". during the years that followed, i saw scenes of it on tv, but i still didn't pay attention to the name "k-". around 1990, i saw "a clockwork orange" for 1st time, but i still didn't pay attention to the name "k-". about 2 years ago, i saw youtube clips of "a clockwork orange", and that's when i 1st became aware of the name "k-". about 1 month ago, i found out that k- did the shining.
@jutubaeh i'm not an expert on stanley kubrick, but i've heard that he controlled virtually everything in the movies he made. he likely was responsible for virtually everything that made the movie different from the original stephen king novel.
@jutubaeh it's hard to come up with a short way of saying "descendents of the people who, before the 1500s, were already living on the american continents and nearby islands". i guess the term "redskin" is the most accurate of the short terms based on physical features, and yet it's not all that accurate. i guess the best term would be "american aboriginees" or "american aboriginals".
@Vortigern99 over the last week, i read the book "the shining". previously, i read some or all of it in 1980 or 1981. re-reading it brought back a lot of memories. the book mentions a limo that took people to and from the overlook hotel.
The opening scene is actually filmed in Glacier NP, Montana, not Colorado. (there's not that much water in Colorado!) The Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon was used for the front exterior and I'm pretty sure I read that the inside of the actual Overlook Hotel (in Colorado) was used in the film.
This scene is very nice, but how they didn't noticed that helicopter shadow on 0:57?!
matheuscv2 2 days ago
Horror moive... one horror movie... to be sure...
TheWisemonkey8 2 days ago
11 people need to be... "corrected."
Pleaver 6 days ago 3
even the music is scary......all hail to stanley k.
mrgudmartin 6 days ago
sucks the movie was such a shit hole compared to the book
TheParodyEffect 1 week ago
Nice intro. Kubrick was special.
saqibk1 1 week ago
this is soooooooo eerie....
Braxl91 1 week ago
32 years later and this movie still makes me shake :S
don0823 1 week ago
Movie gave me nightmares for weeks..,
tage202 2 weeks ago
I think these opening credits, along with the music, is one of the scariest scenes in the whole film.
Achilles94627 2 weeks ago
We have this image of deep nature as "beautiful" and "peaceful" because of our comfy warm homes with art on the walls and Mozart (which I can appreciate). The reality of nature is brazen and plays no favourites. 1 month without culture or rinky dink gadgets to keep our "minds" occupied with, in the middle of the untouched world would show a person what one is really like, a mortal animal let loose from a circus. But we have to accept the world as it's imposed on us in society, like Johnny did...
Oneversal 3 weeks ago
JollyJeersMate, good thing this is from the 80's and not the 60's
megamovieman101 3 weeks ago
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0olorenzo 3 weeks ago
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN ME WHY THIS DAMN MOVIE IS INTERESTING AND SCARY??
ironman123345 3 weeks ago
@ironman123345 I'll speak for myself, there may be a little of "Johnnie" in me...
Oneversal 3 weeks ago
@ironman123345 Seriously?
coolbreeze922 3 weeks ago
@ironman123345 Those who don't find the Shining scary have never watched the whole thing through!
ratchpick2 2 weeks ago
wheres the maze?
kinger3220 4 weeks ago
Scary but beautiful.
Hitchhikeroftheyear 1 month ago
Unbelievable! It gives me chills EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!! I sware to god "The Shining" is the scariest, unsetteling and creepiest thing I have EVER watched! In second place comes that creepy, eerie tape from the 2002 American Remake of "The Ring". The Shining is the number 1 scariest film I have ever laid eyes on! So psychologically terrifying and some of the imagery is nothing but pure bone-chilling horror gold!!! There's nothing better than sitting down and watching The Shining on a rainy day! =)
11poketrainer 1 month ago 3
I want to go camping
WoodSugars 1 month ago
Such a creepy opening--and what makes it creepier is the fact that the scenery is so beautiful and the music is so foreboding, dark and grim--it makes the lovely landscape scary. The entire score of The Shining is unique, very unnerving, unsettling.
Nighthawk5210 1 month ago 2
@ndolan943 I read in 1981 it was a blooper, why did he leave it in there if not a mistake?
pompom11 1 month ago
This such an classic movie that never gets old!!
funnyfan93 1 month ago
Anyone notice,how great opening scene is this ?
difficultjuggernaut 1 month ago 21
@difficultjuggernaut *Did/does anyone notice what a great opening scene this is?
ChetzNation 1 month ago
@difficultjuggernaut it's this music
MickFromPoland 1 day ago
1.15
Bumblebee G1!
TheKoster1978 1 month ago
solo ya en esta escena empieza a dar miedo la peli.
mybgn 1 month ago
wait, it's not berlioz!
unmedionos1 1 month ago
copy of hector berlioz symphonie fantastique 5th movement
NocBrasty 1 month ago
@NocBrasty no, is Dies Irae, medieval old hymn, symbolizes death, look for it in wikipedia, or any encyclopedia
lenny2046 1 month ago
@lenny2046
Do you know if Totentanz by Liszt is based on that? Thanks.
123ggn 1 week ago
@123ggn yes, and many works of Rachmaninoff (symphony 1, isle of death, etc), Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and some metal songs
lenny2046 1 week ago
Creepy
Univermag 1 month ago
Dont like to see the helicopter. But very nice movie. It is not showing in the Blu Ray tho.
saqibk1 2 months ago
Love this. This road is called " Going to the sun road" in Glacier National Park, Montana. The lake is St.Mary's Lake and the island is called " Wild Goose Island". I went there last Fall and it looked exactly like the opening scene. The Hotel is located on Mount Hood in Oregon. It is called Timberline Lodge. I went and spent the night there too but they must have used studios to film the interior because none of it looked like the movie inside :(
simivalley1908 2 months ago
@simivalley1908 Movie was filmed back in 80s, lot of things do happen in 30 years. Of cource it isnt the same anymore. But they didnt use the studio at all in this movie, they filmed all in that location what I have understood so far. But would be awesome to have trip to America just to see this hotel and have a "nice party".. ^_^
Kaboose666 2 months ago
@Kaboose666
The movie was filmed in the late 70s at Elstree Studios in England. Kubrick had a fear of flying and refused to leave his adoptive country for filming. Just about everything was shot on sets - even the hedge maze and rear of the hotel were giant follies, with styrofoam employed as snow - and the only scene with a character that wasn't shot on a set is the scene where Dick Hallorann uses a payphone at the airport, which was filmed at London Stansted Airport.
codholliday 2 months ago
@codholliday Well that was something that I never have heard before, but I really dont see any sense in that. They actually renamed the room of the redrum room from book for the movie to be different number which didnt exist in the real hotel, just because the hotel owner didnt want it to scare the customers with that..
Kaboose666 2 months ago
@Kaboose666
Another trivium: the interior of the Timberline Hotel in Oregon, which served as the exterior of the Overlook, is rustic and log cabin-y, nothing like the interiors in the film. But the film interiors are almost identical to the interior of the Ahwanee Hotel in Yosemite, which I have a life goal of seeing before I die.
codholliday 2 months ago
why cant they bring movies like this back in their original form instead of making shitty remakes?
97SCT 2 months ago
best opening scene ever
merr497 2 months ago
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DIGITALSCREAMS 2 months ago
The helicopter is only visible because this is "open matte". This is the full picture the camera shot but the director only paid attention to the middle (roughly) 2/3 of the screen because that's what would be projected on a cinema screen (16:9). When transferring films to the old TV ratio (4:3), sometimes the studios would "pan and scan" (ie: crop it) and sometimes they would just go "open matte" and show the whole picture that was shot.
kevinto1972 2 months ago
The risk of "open matte" is that if there's something caught outside the cinema ratio (typically a boom mic at the top) you'll see that.
kevinto1972 2 months ago
Music - Berlioz 'Symphonie Fantastique' 5th Movement.
Buuuuuutch 2 months ago
@Buuuuuutch Which was itself inspired by a plainsong from «Missa pro Defunctis» (Mass of the dead) from Middle Age ( 13th century) called Dies Irae. It was based on an apocalyptic poem and can be listened here : watch?v=Dlr90NLDp-0 Dies Irae is everywhere : Star Wars, A ClockWork Orange, the Shining... it is a universal melody evoking death.
YAM466 2 months ago
I remember when I first saw this. This is some of the freakiest, most unsettling music ever.
Banjokazooiemaster 2 months ago
@Banjokazooiemaster - did the intro remind you of hell, too?
1androo2 2 months ago
@1androo2 Sure.
Banjokazooiemaster 2 months ago
i love horror movies and have never seen this wtf
TheJessek123 2 months ago
The 80's are the best in movie making.
LUXITANE 2 months ago
i have never seen this movie.. just learned about dies irae in a class and my professor showed us this clip...just by seeing this makes me want to see the movie..its sooo intriguing ... i have to get my hands on this movie ASAP!!
Adrianna3155 3 months ago
@Adrianna3155
Get it watched! it's superb!
charlieflint 2 months ago
Just finished watching 'The Car' 1977, and noticed it had the same music as 'The Shining'.
dave7zombie 3 months ago
Thumbs up if you are musically adept enough to recognize that the music used for part of the opening is the Dies Irae, in itself a tremendous piece of music.
Purplecatsoup30 3 months ago
Music gives me fuckin' nightmares.....
SamuelKGB 3 months ago
Dies Irae ?!?
YAM466 3 months ago
SCATMAN!!
JoeyKayeThomas 3 months ago
(Inside Reference) Man I miss Blade Runner.
NAVIdude809 3 months ago
@NAVIdude809 well, Scott was forced to put some of that footage to the 'happy ending' scene. I prefer the director's cut of Blade Runner.
karolecampesine 2 months ago
anyone notice at 0:56 you can see the helicopter filming it, bottom right!
MrBMW513 3 months ago 20
@MrBMW513 yeah of course and I can't believe Kubrick didn't notice it. he was well known for his perfectionism and all of a sudden he lets a goof like this happen in one of his best pictures. what's the matter?
karolecampesine 2 months ago
@karolecampesine You couldn't see the helicopter's shadow in the theatrical version of the Shining. But later editions copied from the original reels without adjusting for aspect ratio and frame, so the edges show up. It wasn't Kubrick's fault, it's whoever was in charge of making the DVD.
suddenwall 2 months ago
@MrBMW513 True. And if you look at the car at 1:15 there's clearly not three people in it; just one - a driver.
Achilles94627 2 weeks ago
@Achilles94627 That's because there is only one person supposed to be driving it. Danny and Wendy don't go to the hotel the first time, Jack goes by himself.
pooman2278 1 week ago
@pooman2278 Good point - my bad!
Achilles94627 1 week ago
@MrBMW513 - yup, these mistakes were all put in by Kubrick
MrOnlinePsychology 4 days ago
Chilling opening O_O
ThisSuburbanWar 3 months ago
LOL 0.55 bottom right
adambrown15 3 months ago
@adambrown15 the "continuity error"? surely not cause if you wanna argue that way at least the shining
is full of em...
jutubaeh 3 months ago
This Shining is probably the greatest horror movie of the decade, not Friday the 13ths , Halloween 2 , or Nightmare on Elmstreet. I believe it should have won movie of the year 1980. Probably the best movie of the decade.
THECARS7879 3 months ago
Nasty film
TheKenfig 3 months ago
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WORST FUCKING INTRO EVER. OMG YOU SUCK I HOPE Y'ALL DIE BITCHES. DEATH TO NIGGERS! DEATH TO ASIANS! THEY WILL SUFFER!
HeyIamCOCKJim 3 months ago
@HeyIamCOCKJim FUCK YOU! AND UR FAMILY! U ASSHOLE!
carolxxechelon 3 months ago
@carolxxechelon DEATH TO ASIANS! SUFFER
HeyIamCOCKJim 3 months ago
0:54 kkkk pay attention in the right corner of the video, down, you can see the chopper shadow, recordin the scene form above!!!!
matheusfc323 3 months ago
where is it filmed , suberb scenery!!
onekeypianoplayer 3 months ago
@onekeypianoplayer Oregon, somewhere near the water, called the Timberline Lodge. Man and Stephen King was furious that Stanley Kubrick made that the hotel for the Shining instead of the Colorado one, There is a town near it, i was there. Stephen King remade this movie in 1997, and i hated it
THECARS7879 3 months ago
Anyone spot the helicopter @ 0:55?
addrenalinedrummer 3 months ago 20
@addrenalinedrummer
yup!!!
KentuckyChicken2 3 months ago
@addrenalinedrummer - hahah i noticed that when i first watched it, i was like 'wow these guys must've had a nice little budget to work with
1androo2 2 months ago
@addrenalinedrummer Its from when they were filming in the helicopter... I guess it just got in the shot
16kynewell 2 months ago
@addrenalinedrummer where?
zMikeee 1 month ago
@zMikeee It's closer to 0:56. It's at the bottom right corner.
addrenalinedrummer 1 month ago
@addrenalinedrummer
During his carrer, Kubrick made only one error : this second of Shining
footvideo2 1 month ago
That'd be funny if the helicopter they were filming from accidentally hit the road as it was approaching the car at 1:15 ... Actually, that wouldn't be funny at all.
LOLecopter 3 months ago
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omg, SAW 3 is a way better horror movie than this. Technology has come so far now that movies from the 60's are totally gay.
JollyJeersMate 3 months ago
@JollyJeersMate Lucky that this came out in the 80's then, eh?
74sowen 3 months ago 12
@JollyJeersMate Wow u suck... Saw 3 sucks balls
tsphilly98 3 months ago 2
@JollyJeersMate
The Shining was released in 1980. Not the 60s. From clothes, hairstyles, even the carpet designs ...it's quite obvious that the film takes place circa 1977-1981.
I wouldn't call the SAW movies scary. Grotesque? Yes. The SAW movies have stupid plots, uninteresting cinematography, and cheap grotesque violence. The Shining doesn't intend to shock you with cheap violence. It's intended to make you think, like all Kubrick films. Then again, if you have a short attention span...
skyduster4 3 months ago
@skyduster4 be aware, you are attempting to talk sence to a moron whose only claim to fame is being a troll. He can't comprehend rational thought, nice of you to try but it's like trying to teach a pig to read. Except with a pig you'd get better results! Peace!
UniversalControversy 3 months ago
@skyduster4 but the beetles huh huh...
jutubaeh 3 months ago
@JollyJeersMate
The best era for horror/thriller genre was from the late 60s to the early 80s. All the classics came out then...Shining, Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby. Amityville & some lesser-known classics. Today's movies dont compare. They just show cheap violence. Movies like SAW or Scream dont make you think. Nor do they make you jumpy when you're home alone at night. A successful thriller should spark your imagination & make you fear your own house or an otherwise ordinary hotel.
skyduster4 3 months ago
@skyduster4 you could strike the "genres"... only good 80s movie since the mid 80s is that arnie one...
and good fellas was 90s! (maybe even production lol)
jutubaeh 3 months ago
@JollyJeersMate this is way better than saw 3
rhinojjusa 3 months ago
@JollyJeersMate digital fx in saw? hm good i only saw two of em...
jutubaeh 3 months ago
lol u can c the shadow of the helicopter =D
thethingidontwannabe 3 months ago 2
@thethingidontwannabe it could purposely be shown to show that the family is being watched, which they are during the whole course of the movie.
ThatDinosaurMan 3 months ago
YAMAHA CS80 STRING SOUND.
ATMOSPHERE!
DIGITALSCREAMS 3 months ago 2
the best movie ever!!i am in LOVE with this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! does anyone know which this song is?
katrinmarley 3 months ago
@katrinmarley hey, the music is an orchestral version of a gregorian chant, 'dies irae', which means 'day of wrath.' it was once part of the funeral mass of the catholic church. there are different versions of it, but all use the same melody. hope this helps!
missmoose100 3 months ago
@missmoose100 thank you veeery much!!!!!!! this helped a lot!!!! :)))
katrinmarley 3 months ago
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hjshea 3 months ago
I'm curious what route they're supposed to be taking in this clip. I know it's supposed to be in CO heading to the Stanley Hotel but it's non of the routes I'm familiar with. btw, the Stanley is the real deal........I've stayed there a few times and the last time I was there was overnight for a wedding. Had a bathroom door swing all the way and slam shut for no reason.....no one near it, no breeze.
WilliamN188 4 months ago
@WilliamN188 fact n fiction eh?
jutubaeh 3 months ago
Can someone please tell me the title of the opening piece of music?
brookslacy1 4 months ago
@brookslacy1 this piece is called "Dies Irae" meaning "Day of Wrath". A traditional piece used by Berlioz in his Symphonie Fantastic to name one of many composers. Hope this is useful?
mbolderson 4 months ago
@mbolderson , Thank you so much !!
brookslacy1 3 months ago
@mbolderson Oh man, many thanks. I've spent about 20 minutes trying to find this out on the web. Everyone here just keeps going on about that damned helicopter.
rob16248 3 months ago
00:55 hey look! a helicopter shadow :D
SanDhampir 4 months ago
It's so beautiful and so was the hotel.
jrmetmoi 4 months ago
...Slug bug yellow! *punch*
pikegirl123 4 months ago
This makes me want to pop my ears
Kerwalk 4 months ago
although it does not beat The Thing with Two Heads in creepiness, it is a great scary movie
cirosuperiore 4 months ago
I was sent by FREAKY FUCKIN' FRIDAY!
ClearlyBlazed 4 months ago
that music creeps me out..
Tsukiko330 4 months ago
@Tsukiko330 i recently began practicing that music on my keyboard. i had to do it by ear. i don't have the sheet music. i think i have it down pretty well. it doesn't sound so spooky to me now that i can play it on my own.
that tune is a version of a tune used with the lyrics of "dies irae" , which means "day of wrath". it's a gregorian chant.
coventrygardens 4 months ago
best opening sequece movie music EVER!!
normanbates602 4 months ago 2
@normanbates602 i recently began practicing that music on my keyboard. i had to do it by ear. i don't have the sheet music. i think i have it down pretty well. it doesn't sound so spooky to me now that i can play it on my own.
that tune is a version of a tune used with the lyrics of "dies irae" , which means "day of wrath". it's a gregorian chant.
coventrygardens 4 months ago
how did you make those thumb nails links at the end of your video?
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The basques are the original europeans they gave rise to white people and brought civilization everywhere..not bad eh? Dont believe me? Ask any honest scientist etc.The basques are atlanteans thats right and guess who else was an atlantean? JESUS...yup...the evil romans resented and envied the peaceful and wise atlanteans and concealed alot of history regarding who schooled who.When will those frauds be unmasked? You can help by passing this on
TheBasqueLand 4 months ago
Oddly, for me, what makes this scene all the more creepier is how the credits roll up the screen instead just fading in and out.
lurch321 4 months ago
@lurch321 i agree, There might of been a meaning behind it, There like end credits does it mean it's the end for jack driving to his inevitable death? You never know with Kubrick, he was a pure genius
5eurocups2005 4 months ago 8
@5eurocups2005 I think the meaning behind the opening is just a metaphor for the rest of the film. At 1:15 they go off the path and the music gets creepier. This makes you uncomfortable and tells you that during the rest of the film nothing will be conventional, aka Kubrick will "take you off the path" you're comfortable with.
LilBo10 4 months ago
DAT HELICOPTER
WeegeeTnikStudios 4 months ago
This film scared the crap out of me! No stays at old hotels in my future! On the east coast, the Mohonk Mountain House is a similar setting. It's in Upstate New York. If you get lost up there, you die and get preserved till springtime!
jimamia77 4 months ago
At 0:56 you can see the Helicopter!
TheEffectsSpecial 4 months ago
How come there's no maze here?
BobutBrody 5 months ago
@BobutBrody the exterior shots were all filmed at timberline lodge in oregon, that's all i know about it haha
commentguy743 4 months ago
I have to ask, are we suppose to see the helicopter's shadow at 0:55/0:56?
WartyWarthogHogger 5 months ago
"DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.............."
LemmyDecaution 5 months ago
What is going on with the two stalled cars seen along the roadway as the yellow bug drives? The first one is a long white limo stalled in the right lane and the second one is some kind of sedan stalled in the left lane as another vehicle drives toward it (and us) passing the yellow bug. Very odd!
Vortigern99 5 months ago
@Vortigern99 i see no reason to assume that the cars broke down. maybe someone parked there so s/he could look at the scenery, or to take a leak, or to look at a map, or to have a tuna fish sandwich on rye bread with mustard and onions and garlic and pickles, with a few dabs of worcestershire sauce with a sprinkling of ketchup and mayonnaise.
coventrygardens 5 months ago
@coventrygardens Thanks a lot CG...its only 7:35am here in Hollywood and I have the biggest hankering for a tuna fish sandwich on rye bread with mustard and onions and garlic and pickles, with a few dabs of worcestershire sauce with a sprinkling of ketchup & mayonnaise....and to watch The Shining...at the same time.
;)
makthnife 5 months ago
@makthnife yea, i first saw the shining when it was first at the cinema in 1980 or 1981. i was either 12 or 13 at the time, depending on which time of the year i saw it. i wish i had written down the date when i first saw it.
back then i was living in a neighborhood called "coventry gardens", and that's how i came up with my youtube name, even though i haven't lived anywhere near there since 1981. coventry gardens is a few miles west of detroit, michigan, u.s.a.
coventrygardens 5 months ago
@coventrygardens Crazy! Must have been just a thrill seeing this in a theare, let alone when it was released! I am also an actor/singer, and its very hard for me to watch other performances because I see it from a critical (not critic, mind you) standpoint, watching the actor vs. the character, but "The Shining" is one of a handful that I can acutally lose myself in and get carried away by the film as a whole-its more of a testimony to this as a work of art, more than my own neurosis! ctd....
makthnife 5 months ago
@makthnife almost immediately after i saw the trailers on tv, i started asking my mum to take me to see it. after a few months, she took me. in that mean time, i went to a book store, and i saw the novel, and i bought a copy. i read some or all of it before seeing the movie. the movie was a bit different from the novel. the differences were much greater than the differences which would simply result from time constraints.
coventrygardens 5 months ago
@coventrygardens ctd...side note, Im from Chicago and we'd camp in the Warren Dunes & Grand Haven (for the Coast Guard fest-my Dad was a Coastie) but never made it to the Detroit area. Love the name tho! Sounds English alright! Curious tho, do you find yourself getting "scared" or at least suprised through this, and at the end even though you know what happens?
makthnife 5 months ago
@makthnife i think i was frightened by a few scenes the 1st time i saw the shining, but the fright lasted very briefly. most of the movie seemed humorous. i think the intention was to have the audience find humor in the ways the characters were being frightened. back in 1980, i found some of the movie trailers on tv to be frightening, more frightening than the movie itself. in coventry gardens, the streets were named after towns in england. i lived on surrey road, next to the funeral home.
coventrygardens 5 months ago
@coventrygardens No, that's not the reason the movie is humorous. You may find this to your surprise that the movie is actually about the genocide of Native Americans, which is what the scene of the blood in the elevator symbolically represents. Notice the Indian "chanting" in the intro music as well as numerous references in the visuals of the movie. Also the dialog in many scenes has a double meaning. Hotel Overlook: overlooked the genocide of Native Indians (forgotten it).
GregSidelnikov 5 months ago in playlist peaceful
@GregSidelnikov many parts of the u.s. are places where amerindians used to live ( and sometimes still live ), and thus it's no surprise that there would be references to amerindians in a movie that is set in the rockies. maybe king and/or kubrick intended to remind people about the native indians, but some of the humor seems unrelated to that aspect. "heeere's johnny" and "little pigs, little pigs" were certainly references to things in tv shows and movies, unrelated to things about indians.
coventrygardens 5 months ago
@coventryga.... There have been studies done on this film (by people skilled in dissecting a work of art in the medium of film making) which point out exactly why this movie has a double story which is about the murder (redrum) of Native Americans. Encoding messages and double meanings is something that is relevant to many of Kubrick's masterpieces. For example the monolith in 2001 being the movie screen. The ghosts of this movie are the Native Americans, there are simply too many "coincidences"
GregSidelnikov 5 months ago
@GregSidelnikov do you mean that stephen king planned the symbolism??--- or do you mean that stanley kubrick took it upon himself to create the symbolism??
coventrygardens 5 months ago
@coventrygardens Well, I know that Stephen King wasn't satisfied with this film (which led him to make his own version later on, it was TV series I believe). I doubt that an artist as skilled as Stanley Kubrick wouldn't give the book the proper treatment, if he genuinely cared about it, which he appears not to. SK was an opportunist and he is known for touching on serious subjects in his work. A ghost story is simply not something Stanley Kubrick would be genuinely interested in.
GregSidelnikov 5 months ago
@GregSidelnikov i saw some or all of the miniseries based on king's nove. the miniseries was made around 1997. though it was much like the novel, and though i enjoyed the novel when i first read it, the movie got me addicted to nicholson and duvall as the main actors. in 1980, when i was about 12 or 13, i saw trailers for the movie on tv, and then i started trying to get my mum to take me to see it. after a few months , she took me. by the time i saw it, i read some or all of the novel.
coventrygardens 5 months ago
So yes, definitely the symbolism in this movie is an invention of Stanley Kubrick to express his personal ideas. In the same way as he did in 2001, Eyes Wide Shut and A Clockwork Orange. (These three films even feature the same exact symbolism, most notably the symbol of power: eye and the pyramid) In 2001 it was disguised as the monolith and the moon. In A Clockwork Orange the logo is the pyramid with Alex slicing off the eye off the top.
GregSidelnikov 5 months ago
@GregSidelnikov well, it shows alex with a knife in one hand, and the eye in another. until you mentioned the pyramid, i didn't even think of that as a pyramid. i only thought it was something triangular. now that you mention it as a pyramid, it reminds me of the symbol on some u.s. money. maybe kubrick was an illuminatus or a freemason or astrologer, something like that. i didn't see "eyes wide shut".
coventrygardens 5 months ago
@coventrygardens Yes, the "A" in the logo is the pyramid which even consists of the same angle that you see on the US 1 dollar bill. I wouldn't have thought it was a reference to that, if I didn't also notice the reference to it in the second scene where they are walking toward the homeless guy. Their shadows create "rays" and they appear to be walking down the pyramid created by the light . . (also notice the brick-like texture on the ground) they walk toward this "weak" homeless character.
GregSidelnikov 5 months ago
@GregSidelnikov when i saw the shining soon after it was released, i payed no attention to the name "kubrick". during the years that followed, i saw scenes of it on tv, but i still didn't pay attention to the name "k-". around 1990, i saw "a clockwork orange" for 1st time, but i still didn't pay attention to the name "k-". about 2 years ago, i saw youtube clips of "a clockwork orange", and that's when i 1st became aware of the name "k-". about 1 month ago, i found out that k- did the shining.
coventrygardens 5 months ago
@coventrygardens id like to know what kubrick did not plan for himself... except the ground story of course...
jutubaeh 3 months ago
@jutubaeh i'm not an expert on stanley kubrick, but i've heard that he controlled virtually everything in the movies he made. he likely was responsible for virtually everything that made the movie different from the original stephen king novel.
coventrygardens 3 months ago
@GregSidelnikov yep the movie screen is in the building! lol
jutubaeh 3 months ago
@coventrygardens you mean... native americans?
jutubaeh 3 months ago
@jutubaeh it's hard to come up with a short way of saying "descendents of the people who, before the 1500s, were already living on the american continents and nearby islands". i guess the term "redskin" is the most accurate of the short terms based on physical features, and yet it's not all that accurate. i guess the best term would be "american aboriginees" or "american aboriginals".
coventrygardens 3 months ago
@Vortigern99 over the last week, i read the book "the shining". previously, i read some or all of it in 1980 or 1981. re-reading it brought back a lot of memories. the book mentions a limo that took people to and from the overlook hotel.
coventrygardens 4 months ago
i can't see any shadow.
billyhammet 5 months ago
@billyhammet right about :55-:57 is where the shadow is. it's near the right-side edge of the video, at the bottom.
it looks like a helicopter shadow. if noone had mentioned it, i doubt i would have noticed it.
coventrygardens 5 months ago
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my version of the movie doesn't have the helicopter.
dicekpapi18 6 months ago
there's no maze in front of the hotel
cowboyx1970 6 months ago
One of the best opening sequences to any movie, and in my humble opinion, one of the finest horror films ever made!
prejean1972 6 months ago 22
@prejean1972 I couldn't agree more! This film gets under my skin like no other. It is the most scary thing ever.
deployedkitty 3 months ago
Such a lonely little island that. I would love to build a house on there.
silvertusk 6 months ago
when iFirst saw the opening scene and the opening music of this movie, iWas like "oh yeah this is gonna be good"!
soccerdude3601 6 months ago
Gotta love Going to The Sun highway!!! Heaven on earth most definitely.
emoulton33 6 months ago
This same piece was played in Sleeping With the Enemy with Julia Roberts in a scary scene.
annabelle2ful 6 months ago
The only Kubrick movie with rolling opening credits....
puredaysent 6 months ago
similar sound the witch 1981 by james roberson»
maocridi 6 months ago
I love how the credits don't start rolling until you are already utterly hypnotized
dmtsymphony 6 months ago
Going to the Sun Road Glacier National Park. Music By Wendy Carlos.
halation777 6 months ago
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iCorgi 7 months ago
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The opening scene is actually filmed in Glacier NP, Montana, not Colorado. (there's not that much water in Colorado!) The Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon was used for the front exterior and I'm pretty sure I read that the inside of the actual Overlook Hotel (in Colorado) was used in the film.
Anajaco13 7 months ago
@Anajaco13 nope "elsetree" re-design... as he didnt leave "the island".. (fmj also on the isle...)
jutubaeh 3 months ago