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| "Give me the BAT, Wendy!" |
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| Louisville Slugger to the noggin... Even worse than a hangover... |
“Mr. Torrance, I see you can hardly have taken care of the business we discussed,” Grady’s voice speaks through the storage room door, where Wendy locked Jack inside following his stair-climbing tirade… A failed attempt halted by a swinging baseball bat. “I and others have come to believe that your heart is not in this.”
That particular dialogue is very telling… And Jack’s over-the-top performance might not be an intense actor playing a lunatic – but rather, a character trying desperately to be
crazy enough to muster the energy to do such a horrendous thing... "Your heart is not in this," Grady had said. Thus Jack Torrance, and not Jack Nicholson, is seeking the right
motivation to get into the part of a cold-blooded killer.
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| A terrifically conceived room for a possessed hotel... One never has to fret about blood stains... |
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| The Overlook carpeting makes for the perfect toy car highway... |
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| This scene where Jack first lectures Wendy is perhaps the best Nicholson tirade... And the most subtle... |
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| SUMMER OF '42 with Gary Grimes viewed by Danny, who grows up suddenly in a much harsher way... |
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| Joe Turkel... First THE KILLING, then PATHS OF GLORY followed by his final Kubrick film, THE SHINING |
Awesome essay Jim. I look forward to the following ones. Love it!
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