After watching Room 237 I felt I needed to watch The Shining again, since it’s been a while. My first impression was that it really, really looks like a movie made in the 1970s-and not in a good way. While I liked Jack Nicholson and Scatman Crothers, I have never understood the popularity of Shelley Duvall. And that kid who played Danny, well, the fact that he only has one other acting credit says all that needs to be said about his skills. Of course, the real star of The Shining was it’s Director, Stanley Kubrick. Long shots and panning…
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Room 237
What is Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining really about? The Holocaust? Injustice to Native Americans? The faking of the Moon Landing? Countless hidden sexual jokes? Room 237 is a film where a number of people with way too much time on their hands spend endless hours watching and re-watching The Shining looking for clues as to it’s real meaning. When I grew up I pretty much liked all movies. An Abbott & Costello feature was right up there with Gone With The Wind as far as I was concerned. At some point I read a book called The Key by James…
The Illusionist (2010)
A French cartoon about a magician nearing the end of his career. We follow him around as he performs his tricks for disinterested audiences, or practically no audience at all. He is an old school sort of act, who can’t compete with things like rock n roll. For company he has a slightly ill tempered rabbit-and a young woman who follows him from one of his few successful gigs. The animation is in the style of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, the original version with it’s hip and cool 1961 feel to it. The Illusionist is a stunningly beautiful film. London and Edinburgh have starring…
78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published
Pat Walsh is an Editor who takes on the task of schooling the would-be novelist on how to improve their writing by providing them with the reasons they might be better off taking up golf. He also adds 14 Reasons why it might be published. The chapters are small, the writing is clear and concise, the word choice errs on the side of the simple and understandable. It is also pretty damned funny. I’ve been writing this and that for a long time, but I have never been published. I have a couple of manuscripts I have been kicking around,…