"MAZES, MIRRORS, DECEPTION AND DENIAL"
an in-depth analysis of
Stanley Kubrick's
THE SHINING
Text © by Rob Ager 2008
To watch my previous video analysis of The Shining, based upon some of the concepts described in the text of the article, scroll to the bottom of this page (including the parts that have been deleted from Youtube). However, the text version is a much more thorough breakdown of the film and includes video stills and other research sources.
CHAPTER LIST
(note: the first two chapters are merely preliminary notes, please go straight to chapter three for the detailed film analysis)
1 PREPARATION & RESEARCH
2 KUBRICK TAKES THE HELM
3 CARTOONS AND FAIRY TALES
4 AROUND EVERY CORNER
5 MIRRORS & SYMMETRY
6
OTHER KINDS OF TRACES
7
IT'S LIKE I GO TO SLEEP
8
WHICH ROOM WAS IT?
9
CRAZY JACK
10 CRAZY KUBRICK
11 THE BIGGER PICTURE
12 SLAVERY, CANNIBALISM AND GENOCIDE
13 PART OF THE FURNITURE
14 SOME SHINE AND SOME DON'T
15 THIS IS OUR GOLD BALL ROOM
16 DANNY'S ORDEAL
17 BEAR IN MIND
18 REWRITING HISTORY
19 MAYBE IT WAS ABOUT DANNY
20 TWO LITTLE GIRLS, ABOUT EIGHT AND TEN
21 IS TONY ONE OF YOUR ANIMALS?
22 IT'S JUST LIKE PICTURES IN A BOOK (currently in writing)
23 REVELATIONS FROM THE ARCHIVES (tba)
Please not that this article is still in writing.
part one
part two
DOWNLOAD PART 3 here (divx 64mb) - this part is not available on Youtube