June 2012
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You Don't Want To Look In There
∆ Start examining things as closely as I’ve examined The Shining, it affects the way you see everything. You look at the details, looking for Kubrick’s “mistakes on purpose.”
∆ You look at license plates, looking for numerological codes. Chevy Malibu, New Mexico plates, K88 283.
∆ You ignore warnings and look anyway.
∆ In the mirror world, the left eye...
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... In The Bins Provided
What’s missing?
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Hitler's Bunker and The Shining
∆ Roy Walker, production designer on The Shining, worked previously on the film Hitler: The Last Ten Days. Isolation and self-destruction rule in lamp-lit red chair rooms.
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Poltergeist As Sequel To The Shining
∆ The Shining ends with a close up on the words “July 4th.” Poltergeist opens in darkness with only the sound of the National Anthem playing.
∆ The Shining ends with a slow zoom into a detail, Poltergeist starts with a slow reverse zoom out of a detail. Televisions are supernatural communication devices in both films.
∆ A visionary child appears in both films. Here blonde...
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And Here Is Where We Keep All Of Our Meat
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The Great Party Fish Mystery
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Dirty Cups And Other Garbage
PLEASE PUT CUPS AND OTHER GARBAGE IN THE BINS PROVIDED
PLEASE PUT DIRTY CUPS IN RECEPTACLE PROVIDED
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The Shining Black Skier Mystery
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All Ladders In The Shining
