Unsympathetic Magic
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is my favorite movie of all time. It is, to me, perfection, a movie where every disparate piece of the production, from script to sound design to casting to acting to cinematography to editing, works together to produce a singular effect on the audience without losing the various intricacies of human experience along the way. Jack’s madness, Wendy’s determination, Danny’s fear, and Dick Hallorann’s bravery all play against one another in the mund