A multitude of theories exist to the meaning of Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, “The Shining.” What most people don’t understand is that Kubrick was inserting elements that would (or wouldn’t) be understood (or misunderstood) in time. He was making a movie to challenge himself.
THE COLOR YELLOW – ORIGINAL 1980 POSTER
The original poster colors were yellow and black. The color of the Torrance’s VW is yellow. Kubrick said, “Yellow is the color of fear.” The real reason was that during the Nazi regime, Hitler forced Jews to wear a yellow Star of David on their sleeve. Stanley Kubrick was a Jew.
HITLER REFERENCE
In the final scene, the last shot dissolves. For half a second, we see a Hitler mustache on Jack Nicholson and the date 1921 – the year Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party.
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW
In the framed black & white photography, Jack holds one hand up, the other down. The “As above, so below” gesture used by Satanists in the Illuminati. Kubrick would go to greater lengths on the subject in “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999.)
AMERICAN INDIAN REFERENCES
It’s revealed that the Overlook Hotel was built on Indian burial ground. (This was two years before “Poltergeist” used the same plot device.)
When Danny envisions blood pouring out of the elevators, it’s because the ground underneath them contains the bodies and the blood of the Indians.
THE NUMBER 11 – THE SHINING – STANLEY’S KUBRICK’S 11TH FILM
Danny wears an Apollo 11 sweater – an obvious reference to the rumor that Kubrick filmed a fake moon landing.
CATCHER IN THE RYE
Mark David Chapman and “The Catcher in the Rye”
J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” became well known as the book Mark David Chapman was reading when he shot John Lennon. Early in the film, we see Wendy reading it. Is this book a trigger? What’s so eerie about it is that “The Shining” was released six months before Lennon’s murder. Chapman explained his motive for the murder: to draw attention to Salinger’s novel.
ROOM 237
What is Room 237? It appears to be a portal to another dimension.
Both Danny and Jack have “the shining” (E.S.P.) Both enter the forbidden room.
After Danny is attacked by the woman in Room 237, Jack investigates. Once inside, he encounters a nude woman who kisses him, then turns into a cancer-ridden old crone. When questioned by Wendy, he has no memory of it.
VOICES
When Danny and Mr. Halloran have a conversation in the kitchen, other worldly voices can be heard.
ABBEY ROAD clue
“The Shining” (1980) and The Beatles album cover for “Abbey Road” (1969.)
Many will notice the peculiar lineup wherein the four characters from “The Shining” all walk together in a straight line and how it resembled the cover to The Beatles album titled “Abbey Road”. (Their final record.) Was Stanley Kubrick and the Illuminati warning us of the connection between Mark David Chapman and Jack Torrance? (Trained brainwashed assassins.) Who or what made the fictional character of Jack Torrance go insane? Who or what made Chapman shoot and kill John Lennon?
FINAL SEQUENCE CUT
After the Shining’s premiere, director Kubrick would edit out the finale. The original conclusion shows Wendy recovering in the hospital. Mr. Ullman tells her that Jack’s body was never found. He invites her and Danny to his home to recuperate, then hands the mysterious ball over to Danny. Mr. Ullman obviously knows more than he is telling. Were the supernatural occurrences really a psyop to drive Jack Torrance insane? And by handing the ball over to Danny, does this mean he’s next?
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