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The Shining

Joe Nerve

Joe Nerve

Oct 7, 2000
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#1
Never saw the whole movie till last night. Saw parts though in the past and I couldda sworn at some point in the movie there were giant hedge sculptures on the hotel grounds that moved around on them. Did they edit that out of the movie, did I imagine moving hedges, or am I confusing this with one of the Amityville movies or something - where giant hedges attack!

Please do tell.
 
#3
Just googled it and it seems that was the case. I caught bits and pieces of the remake and guess I saw it there. I thought it was kinda stupid actually and was glad it wasn't in original version I saw last night.

Jack Nicholson is totally freaking awesome in that movie. As if I'm the first one to ever notice. :)
 
#5
Those hedge sculptures were actually one of the biggest annoyances of Kubricks when he made the original movie. Stephen King insisted the sculptures should somehow be included in the film, whereas Kubrick didn´t like the idea, mainly for two reasons: firstly, the special FX technology of the time just wasn´t up for the task, at least not with the demands and budget of Kubrick. Secondly, Kubrick wanted to downplay the supernatural aspects of King´s book and concentrate on the psychological side, which in part greatly frustrated King.

In fact, after the movie King and Kubrick never spoke to each other again - an occurrence not unfamiliar to Kubrick BTW, he made an enemy of just about every writer he ever worked with. The TV version that King later produced was of course more faithful to the book, with hedge sculptures and all.
 

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