When last we left them, Danny and Hallorann were sitting at the table, and Danny was explaining to him about how Tony comes and "shows me things". The conversation goes along as normal, but when Hallorann prods Danny, "Now, think real hard, Doc...think!".
Danny asks, "Is there something bad here?".
You go, "Wait...I'd swear there were a few lines missing there!"...and you would be correct!
Specifically Danny asking: "Mr. Hallorann, are you scared of this place?"
Hallorann: "No-o-o-o! Scared of nothing here! It just that...you know, some places are like people. Some shine, and...some don't. I guess you could say the Overlook Hotel here has something about it that's like shining".
The rest of the conversation is left intact.
A MONTH LATER
Gorgeous exterior shot of the Overlook.
The opening shot of Wendy pushing the tray across the lobby is missing. And off we go, right behind Danny, tearing it up on his Hedstrom bigwheel/trike combo, in a continuous shot that has since become the stuff of legend. Every time I watch this scene, I remember my own bigwheel, and actually really miss it. It was pure leg-power with the pedaling, and you could really "crank" on those things, going as fast as you wanted.
Cut to Wendy bringing in the tray to the room, and to a sleeping Jack, who we see in the mirror. She brings it in, sets it down, they make some chatter about it being late in the morning, and asks if he'd like to go for a walk. Jack politely declines, saying he should try to do some writing first, but no good ideas have been happening. Wendy says, "It's just a matter of settling back into the habit of writing every day".
Jack: "Yeah...that's all it is!", and immediately goes for the bacon.
And, as soon as he's done that, it cuts to the shot of Jack's typewriter, supplies, and the cigarette smoldering in the ashtray, pulling back to show Jack noisily throwing a tennis ball at one of the walls in the Colorado Lounge.
But just that shot. Then it cuts immediately to Wendy and Danny running from the rear of the hotel into the entrance of the big, green thing behind it.
We learn now that it's The Overlook Maze, from the big map/sign out in front of it. Very good use of Bela Bartok's "Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta" while Wendy and Danny are trying out the maze. Jack is still bouncing the ball around, gets bored with that, and begins looking down at the scale-model maze, almost menacingly.
I remember being slightly confused with these two shots when I first saw the movie. I initially thought this is what Jack was seeing when he was looking down onto it, and was wondering how/why Wendy and Danny got so microscopic (I also thought he was going to reach down, and scoop them up in his hand!). And I also thought, "It didn't look that big from the outside!". After reaching the middle of the thing, it's probably how it felt by the time you reached it!
TUESDAY
Cuts right to Danny on the bigwheel, this time on the second floor. So, we don't get to watch Wendy in the kitchen, opening up that mammoth can of fruit cocktail, while she watches the weather forecast on the TV, telling of how a major snowstorm is making its way to their area.
A lot of people (mostly new to the movie) usually complain about certain parts like this in the movie, usually in online forums, saying things like, "All people do is talk about the weather in this movie!". They don't realize that the hotel is practically in the middle of nowhere, and it's not just a flew flurries and blankets they're going to be getting on the ground, as we will soon see.
Again, the use of the same Bartok piece is very creative. I like how there's no dialogue or virtually any sound during this scene, as it's all in Danny's careful actions, his visions of what might be behind the mystery door, and his subsequent bolting away (I always like how he gave his rear wheel a shove-off with his hand) down the hall.
Wendy comes in, says hi, Jack yanks the paper out of the typewriter just before she kisses him, and asks if he got a lot written today.
Jack flatly answers, Yes", totally deadpan. This conversation may not end well.
Scared of nothing here. It's just that... ...you know, some places are like people. Some shine... ...and some don't. I guess you could say the Overlook Hotel... ...has something about it that's like shining. Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=shining-the
It's just that... ...you know, some places are like people. Some shine... ...and some don't. I guess you could say the Overlook Hotel... ...has something about it that's like shining. Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=shining-the
It's just that... ...you know, some places are like people. Some shine... ...and some don't. I guess you could say the Overlook Hotel... ...has something about it that's like shining. Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=shining-the
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