It is the 1st Century BC; the Roman Republic’s slide into dictatorship and Empire is gathering apace, driven not by Julius Caesar (John Gavin), who is as yet a young patrician still making a …| Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
Featuring the talents of Shelley Duvall and AFI Life Achievement Award winner Jack Nicholson, director Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING (1980) appears on three of the American Film Institute’s lists celebrating the best of the art form – including among the art form’s greatest thrills and movies quotes, as well as recognition of Nicholson’s terrifying Jack Torrance as one of the screen’s greatest villains. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about THE SHINING.[/v| American Film Institute
One data point is just what it is—a data point. Two data points can only form a straight line and equally they can only be what they are. The magic begins at three because any given three points no…| Flasz On Film
Time for the second half of my look at Stanley Kubrick’s mature output as a director – defined as his output post-Spartacus, when he’d become a big enough deal in Hollywood that h…| Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
At the end of the film, Alex has agreed to publicly support the ruling party in exchange for a cushy job. Listening to Beethoven and reflecting on his good fortune, he thinks: “I was cured all right.” The Ludovico Technique had cured Alex’s love of violence, but from his point of view the cure was... Continue reading →| The Mirror and the Lamp