Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 masterpiece is full of doubles, doppelgängers, and alter-egos.
Mirrors, ghosts, doppelgängers, reflective surfaces, repetitions, and perfectly symmetrical frames…these are just a few cinematic devices which Stanley Kubrick uses to create an uncanny atmosphere in his 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining. Sigmund Freud defines the term “uncanny” in his essay “‘The Uncanny’” as something which is familiar yet somehow frightening. The Shining tells the story of a family of three — Jack (Jack Nicholson), Danny (Danny Lloyd), and Wendy (Shelley Duvall) — whose lives are terrifyingly disrupted when they move into the Overlook Hotel for the winter. Family is, by definition, the most familial subject matter, and therefore it is all the more terrifying when one’s family members somehow seem different. The Shining is filled with uncanny doubles, where those who look or act familiar are mysteriously different, which provoke feelings of terror. Kubrick creates this uncanny atmosphere by meticulously crafting a story-world...
Mirrors, ghosts, doppelgängers, reflective surfaces, repetitions, and perfectly symmetrical frames…these are just a few cinematic devices which Stanley Kubrick uses to create an uncanny atmosphere in his 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining. Sigmund Freud defines the term “uncanny” in his essay “‘The Uncanny’” as something which is familiar yet somehow frightening. The Shining tells the story of a family of three — Jack (Jack Nicholson), Danny (Danny Lloyd), and Wendy (Shelley Duvall) — whose lives are terrifyingly disrupted when they move into the Overlook Hotel for the winter. Family is, by definition, the most familial subject matter, and therefore it is all the more terrifying when one’s family members somehow seem different. The Shining is filled with uncanny doubles, where those who look or act familiar are mysteriously different, which provoke feelings of terror. Kubrick creates this uncanny atmosphere by meticulously crafting a story-world...
- 4/26/2017
- by Angela Morrison
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
“How’s everything in the pimp business?”
Taxi Driver returns to Blu-ray as a two-disc set, presented in high-definition stemming from the film’s 4K restoration, which was supervised by Director Martin Scorsese and Cinematographer Michael Chapman.
You can win the new 2-disc Taxi Driver Blu-ray. We Are Movie Geeks has a copy to give away. All you have to do is answer this one Taxi Driver trivia question: What are the first and last names of the parents of the character played by Jodie Foster. Leave a comment in the comments section with the answer. It’s so easy!
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Taxi Driver returns to Blu-ray as a two-disc set, presented in high-definition stemming from the film’s 4K restoration, which was supervised by Director Martin Scorsese and Cinematographer Michael Chapman.
You can win the new 2-disc Taxi Driver Blu-ray. We Are Movie Geeks has a copy to give away. All you have to do is answer this one Taxi Driver trivia question: What are the first and last names of the parents of the character played by Jodie Foster. Leave a comment in the comments section with the answer. It’s so easy!
We’ll pick the winner next week.
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be A Us Resident. Prize Will Only Be Shipped To Us Addresses. No P.O. Boxes. No Duplicate Addresses.
2. Winners Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries.
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Special Features:
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All-new: 40-Minute Taxi Driver Q&A – Featuring Martin Scorsese,...
- 11/14/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
People editors and true crime experts gathered for the People Magazine Investigates After Show, which aired Monday night, to analyze the series’s two-hour premiere about the Long Island Serial Killer case.
One conclusion from the group was about the “extraordinary” effect Shannan Gilbert had had on what happened. It was her disappearance, and the subsequent search for her, that led authorities to the 10-plus bodies in the Gilgo Beach area on Long Island, New York.
“Shannan Gilbert, whether she was a victim of this killer or not, has really done something extraordinary in our society,” author Robert Kolker said during the after show.
One conclusion from the group was about the “extraordinary” effect Shannan Gilbert had had on what happened. It was her disappearance, and the subsequent search for her, that led authorities to the 10-plus bodies in the Gilgo Beach area on Long Island, New York.
“Shannan Gilbert, whether she was a victim of this killer or not, has really done something extraordinary in our society,” author Robert Kolker said during the after show.
- 11/8/2016
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
As expected, Bryan Singer has officially been confirmed as the director of X-Men: Apocalypse. This will be the fourth film Singer has helmed in the franchise, following this summer’s megahit X-Men: Days of Future Past. While Singer has been tweeting about the project for over a year, there was some speculation that the he might lose the gig in the wake of his recent legal troubles, in which plaintiff Michael Egan alleged that Singer sexually assaulted him when he was underage. The charges — which you can more read about in Robert Kolker’s recent New York feature — have since been dismissed, albeit in such a way that they can be refiled in the future.
- 9/23/2014
- by Anna Silman
- Vulture
Update: The author’s reps say that a deal is not yet done and that I have jumped the gun on this one. Stay tuned. Exclusive: Warner Bros has acquired the Robert Kolker bestselling book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery. Published by Harper, the book takes on a still unsolved case on Long Island. Kevin McCormick is producing through his Langley Park banner with Dark Shadows producer David Kennedy. Set to write is Michael Werwie, who was awarded a Nicholl Fellowship for his script Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile. That title is an apt description for this case, in which a murderer used the waterfront roadside on Long Island’s South Shore as the dumping ground for his murder victims, all of whom were escorts advertising on Craigslist and similar websites. It began with reports that a young woman named Shannan Gilbert was seen running through the upscale waterfront town of Oak Beach,...
- 8/6/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Lost Girls
Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired film rights to Robert Kolker's bestselling unsolved Long Island murder case novel "Lost Girls: an Unsolved American Mystery".
The murderer used a waterfront roadside on Long Island’s South Shore as the dumping ground for his victims, all of whom were escorts advertising online. Kevin McCormick and David Kennedy are producing, while Michael Werwie is penning the script. [Source: Deadline]
Crazy Rich Asians
Producer Nina Jacobson has acquired feature rights to first-time novelist Kevin Kwan's comedic best-seller "Crazy Rich Asians". Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce.
The story follows three wealthy pedigreed Chinese families who get into a tizzy when the heir to one of Asia's most massive fortunes brings home his American-born Chinese girlfriend to the wedding of the season. [Source: Deadline]
Merlin
Warner Bros. Pictures has locked a deal with "Game of Thrones" scribe Dave Hill and "Hanna" scribe David Farr to pen a...
Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired film rights to Robert Kolker's bestselling unsolved Long Island murder case novel "Lost Girls: an Unsolved American Mystery".
The murderer used a waterfront roadside on Long Island’s South Shore as the dumping ground for his victims, all of whom were escorts advertising online. Kevin McCormick and David Kennedy are producing, while Michael Werwie is penning the script. [Source: Deadline]
Crazy Rich Asians
Producer Nina Jacobson has acquired feature rights to first-time novelist Kevin Kwan's comedic best-seller "Crazy Rich Asians". Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce.
The story follows three wealthy pedigreed Chinese families who get into a tizzy when the heir to one of Asia's most massive fortunes brings home his American-born Chinese girlfriend to the wedding of the season. [Source: Deadline]
Merlin
Warner Bros. Pictures has locked a deal with "Game of Thrones" scribe Dave Hill and "Hanna" scribe David Farr to pen a...
- 8/6/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Columns Festival Roundup The Cannes Film Festival, the Istanbul Film Festival, the Philadelphia Film Festival, and the Human Rights Film Festival covered by Howard Feinstein, Paula Bernstein, Paul Shannon and Bill Dole Production Update by Mary Glucksman Legal Affairs Joseph Martin Carasso on low-cost legal advice for independents Technology Robert Kolker on David Blair’s pioneering electronic cinema Words Summer releases reviewed by Marc Schiller, Holly Willis, and Wes Sewell Home Video Rob Edelman on Star Time‘s journey to tape Short Ends Summer 1993 Table Of Contents Features Under Pressure Scott Macaulay talks with Crush‘s Alison Maclean and Marcia Gay Harden …...
- 3/2/2013
- by t.k.
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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You may have heard me mention this giveaway quite a while ago, and it's taken me a long time to figure out what sort of format to put things in, and I kept added things. Eventually it became too much to really give any kind of run down on the items, so I decided...
You may have heard me mention this giveaway quite a while ago, and it's taken me a long time to figure out what sort of format to put things in, and I kept added things. Eventually it became too much to really give any kind of run down on the items, so I decided...
- 9/15/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
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