Advertisement for a showing of The Shining on Showtime, August 23, 1981.
Krzysztof Penderecki, the avant-garde Polish composer whose works were featured in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, died on March 29, 2020 after a long illness. He was 86 years old.
This clip shows Penderecki conducting a performance of his piece, “Polymorphia,” which was used both alone as well as layered with other Penderecki compositions to create some of the most memorable soundscapes in The Shining.
Television advertisement for Mountain Dew Zero, created for Super Bowl LIV.
This parody of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining replaces the original actors with Bryan Cranston and Tracee Ellis Ross.
Tattoos inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s film, The Shining. Individual images captioned with artists’ Instagram handles.
The 2019 film Dr. Sleep, an adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to his novel, The Shining, bridges the gap between King’s novel and Kubrick’s film. Director Mike Flanagan and his crew meticulously recreated many of the original film’s iconic sets on sound stages in Georgia, using original blueprints housed at the Kubrick Archive in London.
This new poster for The Shining was created by Warner Bros. for the limited theatrical re-release of the film on September 26 and October 1, 2019. The Shining has been recently restored and re-mastered in 4K, and will be shown for two nights in theaters to build interest in its sequel, Dr. Sleep, which will be released on November 8, 2019.
Screen grabs from the Italian laserdisc of The Shining.
For the Italian version, instead of “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” Kubrick chose a phrase that translated to “The morning has gold in its mouth.”
Los Angeles guerrilla street art installation by the Bohemia Incorporated collective, inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
Director Stanley Kubrick and Director of Photography John Alcott film a deleted scene from The Shining, where Jack discovers a scrapbook filled with mementos from the Overlook Hotel’s sordid past.
(photo courtesy Martin Pope)
Artist George Jenne created a near-exact replica of Stuart Ullman’s office from The Shining as part of an art installation titled “You’ve Reached the Office of Stuart Ullman” (2017).
From the artist’s notes:
You’ve Reached the Office of Stuart Ullman measures the veracity of cinephilia by taking verisimilitude to its threshold. The banality of Stuart Ullman’s office makes the portentous moments that occur inside of it all the more palpable. The office, which is buried deep in the eerie spacial and narrative architecture of the movie, defies the logic and layout of the Overlook Hotel, according to die hard Shining fans. Is it true conspiracy on Kubrik’s part, or did he fudge it, and perform a calculated manipulation in the face of the pragmatism that guides every creative endeavor?
Cinema student Valerio Sbravatti published this video essay comparing the different home video editions of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining that have been released through the years. Within it, he meticulously identifies how the different versions vary both from each other and from the original 35mm print in regards to both picture and sound.
Early logo concepts for The Shining, created in January of 1978 by designer Robert Giusti. These designs have often been misattributed to designer Saul Bass, who ultimately designed the final logo for the film.
(images courtesy Jake Armstrong)
Artist: Laurent Durieux
Funko released a limited edition Rock Candy vinyl figure of the Grady Twins from The Shining. The figure was made exclusively for the 2018 New York Comic Con.
Funko released a line of Mystery Mini vinyl figures based upon characters from The Shining.