The Shining: A Feel-Good Comedy?
September 5th, 2009 by John Wolfe
It’s become a popular trend on You Tube to post recut movie trailers. With some good editing skills, patience and determination, it’s possible to take a scary flick and turn it into a campy comedy, as seen in the clip below called “Shining.” The Shining (the original), because of its creatively bizarre camera work, gigantic scenery, creepy characters and haunting soundtrack, was a journey into skewed perspectives and warped reality. But, once I saw Jack Nicholson laid over Peter Gabriel’s Solsbury Hill (in this recut version), all that warp ability went right out the window!
It’s strange, but to this day I still can’t watch the original film without feeling a lingering effect afterward. I suppose that illustrates the power of the movie as well as Stanley Kubrick and Stephen King.
Stanley Hotel photo source: Eventective
Video source: You Tube user neochosen
