The Shining

// October 17th, 2009 // Uncategorized

What a masterpiece. I’m sure when I saw this as a younglet I enjoyed the story, and Kudos to Stephen King for that. Or maybe I just enjoyed the ’scary movie’. But I’ve seen it many times since and relished in the craftmanship. Nicholson is stunning, that’s a given. But the imagery and soundtrack combine as a total feast for the senses. Utterly compelling. A real work of art. Kubrick deserves to be right up there with Rembrandt if you ask me.

Not surprising that that iconic image is one of the first things I painted years ago.

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3 Responses to “The Shining”

Alex Leonard says:

October 17, 2009 at 5:12 pm

It really is an excellent film. Kubrick is responsible for some truly amazing works of art.

Good painting too :)

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K8 says:

November 9, 2009 at 9:59 pm

Cool!!! No TV and no canvas make JB something-something…

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John says:

November 10, 2009 at 10:07 am

Alex, sorry, never replied to that, thanks!

Thanks K8. Yeah but maybe more like too much TV and no canvas make JB a dull boy.

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