Stanley Kubrick's movie The Shining (1980) continues to fascinate after 30 years. A new documentary on perceived meanings/radical interpretations of the film, titled Room 237, is now playing the festival circuit. I know it's audacious, but I decided to do a close listen to the entire film soundtrack, and discuss this most extraordinary and densely packed masterpiece of modern horror.
Produced and engineered by dj bennett (chillroom@killradio.org)
With thanks to my live listeners, Louise, Alan, Jason and Sarah, Humberto, Noel. Though we had a stream glitch and everyone was thrown off briefly, I recorded it all, so the only way to hear the entire program is through this post. Also thanks to killradio.org and radio4all.net. Presented for education and entertainment. Id love to hear from listeners, please.
The Chill Room, 26 April 2013, at 10pm PST on killradio.org
128k. This program is over three hours long, so I split it into two 95 minute segments for easier use.
I play an interview with Room 237 producer Tim Kirk and director Rodney Ascher
Most of the program is a close listen to the sound of the film The Shining (1980) Based on the novel by Stephen King Film written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Major Cast: Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance Scatman Crothers as Dick Halloran, the cook Barry Nelson as Ullman, who hires Jack Joe Turkel as Lloyd the Bartender Philip Stone as Grady, the "butler"