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July 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: A Poem About The Shining

I watched The Shining again. Perfect horror film. Existential fear right there. Amazing performances, brilliantly filmed – that feeling of unease that trickles in with Wendy Carlos’ amazing music and the sound-design just so. And I’m ordering a book to read about the film and noticing my copy of Stephen King’s novel up there on […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Poem About The Shining, Book, Film, Horror, Movie, Novel, Poem, Poem: A Poem About The Shining, Room 237, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Shining, Wendy Carlos ·

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January 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson: Room 237 [OST]

Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson Room 237 [OST] Death Waltz Recordings The documentary film Room 237 was wonderful – absurd, of course, but so well put together. And such a wonderful mood, tapping into the spirit of Kubrick (you get the feeling he woulda chuckled) – and a big part, instantly, of framing that mood, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Bear McCreary, Doco, Documentary, Film, Goblin, Horror, Jonathan Snipes, Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson, Mike Oldfield, Room 237, Soundtrack, Stanley Kubrick, William Hutson ·

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December 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Room 237: DVD

Room 237 Director: Rodney Ascher IFC Films/IFC Midnight Room 237 – and fans of The Shining will spot that reference right away – pulls together a handful of disparate conspiracy theories around Kubrick’s film of the Stephen King novel. The Shining, one of Kubrick’s great films – panned on release, and then a video classic […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Conspiracy Theory, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Eyes Wide Shut, Film Review, Movie, Room 237, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, Theory ·

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