"It should be understood from the beginning that The Shining is Stanley Kubrick's most personal film (outside of, possibly, Eyes Wide Shut). Before we are done here it will be easy to see that Kubrick was only using Stephen King's novel as a launching pad (excuse the pun) to be able to tell a completely different story under the guise of making a film based on a best-selling novel. He did this for a very important reason - mainly to save his life." ***** "They told me if I put a Dustbuster in my car that I wouldn't get a ticket." ***** "I think they have a special development in the area of the brain that eventually accepts the absurd, in the neural connections that handle the unacceptable."
Way to go, Fresno! Who knew? ***** "Myers makes a persuasive case that we should instead regard the Kim Jong-il system as a phenomenon of the very extreme and pathological right. It is based on totalitarian "military first" mobilization, is maintained by slave labor, and instills an ideology of the most unapologetic racism and xenophobia." *****