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Over Analyzing The Shining
Feb. 7th, 2012 01:48 pmOver at io9, they had a post leading to a series of youtube videos by some film critic who has some interesting observations of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
Part One
Part Two
At least, it's interesting up to the second part. Part Threestarts delving into conspiracy theory territory about the Federal Reserve Bank and Part four is nothing but a thirteen minute Libertarian rant for a return to the gold standard. While Kubrick might have been something of a goldbug, this guy's obsessive focus on this seems extreme. He clearly had an agenda to push and used the movie as justification of his opinions.
The post on io9 prompted some discussion on Kubrick and his work, and somebody posted a link to the even more daft conspiracy about how The Shining is Stanley Kubrick's confession that he directed the fake moon landing footage.
It is one of the long standing habits of humanity to find "hidden meaning" in works such as these. It's a sign of Kubrick's genius that he crafted a movie that can be read on so many different levels, depending on your frame of mind. That's quite true of all great works of fiction, after all, the idea of the Wizard of Oz as a commentary on 1890's fiscal policy is a common meme even today, even if it was largely a late 20th century interpretation.
Part One
Part Two
At least, it's interesting up to the second part. Part Threestarts delving into conspiracy theory territory about the Federal Reserve Bank and Part four is nothing but a thirteen minute Libertarian rant for a return to the gold standard. While Kubrick might have been something of a goldbug, this guy's obsessive focus on this seems extreme. He clearly had an agenda to push and used the movie as justification of his opinions.
The post on io9 prompted some discussion on Kubrick and his work, and somebody posted a link to the even more daft conspiracy about how The Shining is Stanley Kubrick's confession that he directed the fake moon landing footage.
It is one of the long standing habits of humanity to find "hidden meaning" in works such as these. It's a sign of Kubrick's genius that he crafted a movie that can be read on so many different levels, depending on your frame of mind. That's quite true of all great works of fiction, after all, the idea of the Wizard of Oz as a commentary on 1890's fiscal policy is a common meme even today, even if it was largely a late 20th century interpretation.
