Christiane Kubrick

directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, The Shining is about a family who takes residence in a secluded hotel for the winter during its off season. The hotel is home to evil spirits that manipulate the father, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), into a violent state. His psychic son (Danny Lloyd) suffers from the abuse from his past, while having frightening visions of the past and future. Kubrick infuses the…

…Kubrick not only uses the Ninth Symphony at pivotal dramatic points but also constructs the film to resemble the structure of the Ninth” (2002,…

Stage Models of Relationship Development in Mad Max: Fury Road Mad Max: Fury Road is a fast-paced post-apocalyptic movie directed by George Miller that does a unique job of telling a story and forming very intense bonds between the characters by having very little dialogue. For example one of the main characters, Max, only has 52 lines in the entire film. It is a perfect example of show-not-tell in a narrative, so the viewer is tasked with inferring many of the motives and interactions between…

Night of the Living Dead, released in 1968, directed by Gorge A. Romero and Carnival of Souls, released in 1962, directed by Herk Harvey, are two popular movies in the horror genre. Both low budget and filmed in black and white, captivated audiences with their filming techniques and psychological impact. Night of the Living Dead better represents the horror genre than Carnival of Souls because of its use of characteristics, stereotypes and technical components throughout the film. A typical…

Mister Socrates by Choi Jin-won Choi Jin-won directs and pens ‘’Mister Socrates’’, a not typical gangster film but a movie which combines comedy, crime, drama and social commentary. The main character is Ku Dong-Hyeok (Kim Rae-won), who is a high-school drop-out and low-level thug. He shows no respect to other people, he has no ethics and he just loves to beat people. One night, while he reports the accidental murder of a friend of his by another friend, he gets kidnaped by a gang. He is kept…

Every now and then after watching a certain amount of movies you’ll come across one that has an undecipherable meaning, but certain parts of the movie will stick with you for a while. Nicolas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising is a good example of that. The story revolves around One-Eye, a silent ruthless Viking warrior who had been enslaved for years by a chieftain He sets out on a quest to regain his own freedom and cleanse his own soul by helping a small group of Christians crusade to Jerusalem.…

Jack Torrance, the main character of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, played by Jack Nicholson, dutifully fills his role as breadwinner to the nuclear family until the pressures of carrying the “white man’s burden” become to great for him to bear and ultimately causing him to go insane. Because a wide gap exists between Torrance’s desire (to be a creative person) and his interpolated role (which imposes breadwinning over his desire), he experiences heightened inner tension. This inner tension…

A Clockwork Orange is a controversial work in which the setting is in a futuristic society in which, political powers have subsided and lawlessness, violence, and youth gangs terrorize the people. Free will is the cost that Alex De Large must pay in a society that is so dominated by violence. Anthony Burgess, in his novel A Clockwork Orange, contends that unless man freely chooses to reject the attraction of violence, rehabilitation and conditioning only works if man's free will is destroyed. At…

The line between hilarity and seriousness is tested when David O Russell approaches a new film. Known for his eccentric behaviors and powerful displays of ordinary people in film, Russell develops himself as a household name in correlation to the film industry. Having been nominated for both, Academy Awards and the Golden Globes, it’s no wonder that David O. Russell is a powerhouse for entertainment. His resume is filled with films that balance comedy and drama including, Joy, The Fighter,…

“The Shining”has very powerful meanings. “The Shining”, directed by Stanley Kubrick, was released May 1980. This movie is about a family who takes the job of taking care of the hotel in the middle of nowhere.In “The Shining”, Jack went from being loving , to being distant, to being mentally ill and violent , in just of a couple of months. Although “The Shining is one of the best horror movies , it is more than that. It has a deeper meaning through the use of symbolism , and scenes depicting…