Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick is one of the most famous film directors of all time.
He is known to be a perfectionist who would have 100 takes of a scene just to see how it would turn out. He seemed crazy onset to many of the actors. He would treat them bad for them to seem scared in certain scenes. He was a little mean, but it worked out for the better because people love his films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining.
The Making of The Shining
The shining was one of the most troubled productions ever. Kubrick was a famous director by the time he decided to take Stephen King's The Shining and make it Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. It all started when Kubrick read the novel The Shining and decided it would be his next big project. Stephen King loved the idea that Kubrick would make a movie about one of his novels, so he obviously said yes to Kubrick's offer. The film went through its rough draft to the final draft, just as all films do. It seemed to start on the right path. RIGHT!! No, the cast would get a new script every day. New lines to remember until they got even newer ones. The cast had to do up to 100 takes per scene! They would redo scenes even if they nailed it the 5th time. Shelly Duvall had it the worst Kubrick told the cast & crew to be mean to her and not to sympathize with her on set. He constantly put the actors in terrible conditions for the movie to be perfect. 69-year-old actor Scatman Crothers couldn't even remember his lines and had to lie on the floor 40 times yet him having trouble getting on the floor and back up.
The reaction
Surprisingly! people hated The Shining when it was first released even the writer of The Shing himself, Stephen King hated the movie due to it changing a lot from his book that he loved. Steven Speilberg hated the film saying, Jack Nicholson's performance was bad. Years later people love this film some even calling it the best horror film in history and it wouldn't have happened this way if the film didn't have a terrible production.
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