Making 'The Shining' (1980) (TV)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Vivian Kubrick

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

A look behind the scenes during the making of Stanley Kubrick's _Shining, The (1980)_ . |

Plot Keywords:

Behind The Scenes | Making Of | Film Making | Insanity | Paranormal

Cast

Jack Nicholson	...	Himself
Stanley Kubrick	...	Himself
Danny Lloyd	...	Himself
Scatman Crothers	...	Himself
Shelley Duvall	...	Herself
Gert Kubrick	...	Herself
Brian W. Cook	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Garrett Brown	...	Himself
Vivian Kubrick	...	Herself (voice)
James Mason	...	Himself
Leon Vitali	...	Himself

Runtime:

35 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Eagle Film SS

Trivia:

This documentary can be found on the 2-Disc Special Edition DVD of The Shining (1980), released in 2007.

Quotes:

Jack Nicholson: Anything you do as many times as a successful actor, you can't have one set of theories, you know. You can go for years saying “I'm gonna get this thing real”, because they really haven't seen it real, do you know? They just keep seeing one fashion of unreal after the other that passes as real and you, you know, you go mad with realism and then you come up against someone like Stanley who says, “Yeah, it’s real but it’s not interesting.”

Movie Connections:

Features The Shining (1980)

Surprisingly interesting

I was expected yet another lame, MTV style "making of" documentary. What I got was a highly insightful experience.

The documentary only consists of Vivian (Kubrick's daughter) walking around the set of "The Shining" with her own personal camera...

We see Jack Nicholson talk in his own smooth way, highlighting his lines, and preparing for his takes in the most cool manner you can ever imagine.

We see little Danny Lloyd, as confident as all child actors that age usually are.

We see Shelly Duvall, complete with panic attacks and envy towards her main co-worker, Mr. Nicholson.

And last but not least, we see Kubrick. Giving birth to his movie magic.

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What's so amazing about this documentary is how natural it is. It's the closest experience you can get to real movie-making experience.

If you like Kubrick, "The Shining", or Nicholson, then this is the one for you.

Buy "The Shining" DVD, to see it.