Writer Stephen King has been saying for years and years that he doesn’t like Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of The Shining. In a recent interview to BBC, King explains why he doesn’t like the film.
"[It's]
cold, I’m not a cold guy. I think one of the things people relate to in my
books is this warmth, there’s a reaching out and saying to the reader, ‘I want
you to be a part of this.’ With Kubrick’s The Shining I felt that it was very
cold, very ‘We’re looking at these people, but they’re like ants in an anthill,
aren’t they doing interesting things, these little insects.’”
The author
didn’t really seem to care much for Nicholson’s portrayal of Jack:
"Jack
Torrance in the movie, seems crazy from the jump. Jack Nicholson, I’d seen all
his biker pictures in the ’50s and ’60s and I thought, he’s just channeling The
Wild Angels here."
Ouch!
But when it comes to Wendy Duvall character Wendy:
"Shelley
Duvall as Wendy is really one of the most misogynistic characters ever put on
film, she’s basically just there to scream and be stupid and that’s not the
woman that I wrote about."
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