Anyone seen this?
If you haven't heard of it, it's a documentary about people's obsession with Kubrick's The Shining and the hidden meanings they see within it.
So various people see it as an allegory for the genocide of Native Americans, an apology for faking the moon landings, a film about the Holocaust, and many more.
I had really no idea so many people were so obsessed with this particular movie. I do like the film, with the caveat that Nicholson's descent into madness is too hammy by half. But I learnt three things from this documentary:
1. Kubrick makes deliberately ambiguous films
2. Kubrick really does know how to frame a shot
3. Confirmation bias is a powerful thing and gives some people some really batshit opinions
If you haven't heard of it, it's a documentary about people's obsession with Kubrick's The Shining and the hidden meanings they see within it.
So various people see it as an allegory for the genocide of Native Americans, an apology for faking the moon landings, a film about the Holocaust, and many more.
I had really no idea so many people were so obsessed with this particular movie. I do like the film, with the caveat that Nicholson's descent into madness is too hammy by half. But I learnt three things from this documentary:
1. Kubrick makes deliberately ambiguous films
2. Kubrick really does know how to frame a shot
3. Confirmation bias is a powerful thing and gives some people some really batshit opinions
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