You know those people who
seem to find images of Jesus from a burned toast, worn out paint or
from the butt hairs of a dog? Well I'd compare the people voicing out
their opinions in this documentary to those who see what they want to
see no matter what. This documentary gathers five people like that to
tell us what they think is the real meaning of Stanley Kubrick's
horror masterpiece The Shining (1980). If you haven't seen that movie, stop reading right here and go
watch it, as this might spoil it a bit and well it's one of those
movies everyone should see. Their opinions vary from the genocide of
the Native Americans to the faking of the moon landing. Not
forgetting the Nazis, the holocaust, Minotaurs or especially the
meaning you get when you superimpose another print of the film
mirrored above the original. So yeah, I guess there's a simple word
for all that; crazy.
What's interesting in this documentary is why is it Kubrick's movies that seem to attract these nut cases. Unfortunately the documentary doesn't answer that, but I think it's the fact that Kubrick doesn't spell everything out for the viewer and leaves the viewer something to think about. And sometimes there's no right answer to the questions placed by the movie, what is right is left for the viewer to decide. As the viewer realizes that he/she feels rewarded, but some people seem to think that's the indication that there is more to it than meets the eye and the whole movie becomes one big Rorschach test for them. I'm sure that Kubrick put a lot of more or less hidden references to his films, but they are nowhere as complex and far fetched as these presented in this movie. Only part I found myself even somewhat agreeing on was the weird thing about the hotel and how it's shot which makes it feel like an unnatural maze. Though all of those inconsistencies could be just explained by using a built set on part of the shots and real location on part of the shots and the set designer and the editor not just noticing the continuity errors. Or maybe they were done on purpose to make the place feel scarier and in hopes of trying to lose the viewer inside the hotel, kind of like in the maze at the end. Who knows and to be honest I don't even care.
Technically there was nothing wrong in this documentary, it was well made and I really liked some of the music choices. As a 30 minute short this would have been entertaining look at how crazy some people are, but as a full length feature it just gets painful to watch. At start I was amazed how people see what they want to see while trying to find reason for what they think they see, then they started to sound like crazy and it was funny for a while, but then it turned out to be just sad and in the end I was just fed up with all this nonsense.
What's interesting in this documentary is why is it Kubrick's movies that seem to attract these nut cases. Unfortunately the documentary doesn't answer that, but I think it's the fact that Kubrick doesn't spell everything out for the viewer and leaves the viewer something to think about. And sometimes there's no right answer to the questions placed by the movie, what is right is left for the viewer to decide. As the viewer realizes that he/she feels rewarded, but some people seem to think that's the indication that there is more to it than meets the eye and the whole movie becomes one big Rorschach test for them. I'm sure that Kubrick put a lot of more or less hidden references to his films, but they are nowhere as complex and far fetched as these presented in this movie. Only part I found myself even somewhat agreeing on was the weird thing about the hotel and how it's shot which makes it feel like an unnatural maze. Though all of those inconsistencies could be just explained by using a built set on part of the shots and real location on part of the shots and the set designer and the editor not just noticing the continuity errors. Or maybe they were done on purpose to make the place feel scarier and in hopes of trying to lose the viewer inside the hotel, kind of like in the maze at the end. Who knows and to be honest I don't even care.
Technically there was nothing wrong in this documentary, it was well made and I really liked some of the music choices. As a 30 minute short this would have been entertaining look at how crazy some people are, but as a full length feature it just gets painful to watch. At start I was amazed how people see what they want to see while trying to find reason for what they think they see, then they started to sound like crazy and it was funny for a while, but then it turned out to be just sad and in the end I was just fed up with all this nonsense.
40%
Here's the trailer which
tells absolutely nothing about this documentary. You can get a better idea of what the movie is about by searching "kubrick conspiracy" on YouTube and watch a few of those.
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