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The Shining (1980)

Film

DirectorStanley Kubrick

Meta takes3

Figures

Characters

The character of Dick Hallorann → The Magical Negro

Locations

The Gold Room ghosts
The architecture of the Overlook Hotel

Form & technique

The non-diegetic musical score

Tropes

The Torrance family unit
Jack Torrance's writer's block and domestic rage → The Fragile Alpha
The Grady twins → The Uncanny
The film's deviations from Stephen King's novel

Films most connected to The Shining

Green Book (2018) — via The Fragile Alpha, The Magical Negro
The Intouchables (2011) — via The Fragile Alpha, The Magical Negro
Office Space (1999) — via The Uncanny, The Fragile Alpha
A Serious Man (2009) — via The Uncanny, The Fragile Alpha
Double Lover (2017) — via The Uncanny, The Fragile Alpha
The Power of the Dog (2021) — via The Uncanny, The Fragile Alpha
Ghost (1990) — via The Magical Negro
The Matrix (1999) — via The Magical Negro