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Originally Posted by Sculpt
You should consider watching "Room 237". It's a good documentary explaining The Shining. Not merely because it explains The Shining, but because it's a good documentary. It has 93% fresh at Rottentomatoes.com.
It also helps set your thoughts to find symbolism in film, which is very cool.
There's things in The Shining you never knew you saw (I'd bet).
It doesn't make The Shining a better film, it just explains it, and also cranks you up to notice things in film.
I do believe some of the things are just the doc maker's opinion, but I found the doc more interesting than the film.
Here's a clip of it, explaining the bigwheel ride. I did not notice these things in the film.
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Hey Sculpt, I saw ROOM 237 also. Back in my younger more carefree days, drank lots of beer and smoked quite a bit of weed, courtesy of an older room mate. However, I cannot begin to imagine all the chemical substances those people in this film ingested before watching and how they imagined all that. THE SHINING isn't perfect, but I still enjoy it.