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Post by janntosh on Sept 26, 2022 18:17:02 GMT
Apparently it cuts the film down to 2 hours. Cuts out a lot of the exposition. Some people claim they prefer this version saying it improves the pacing. I don’t mind relaxed pacing and more time to spend with the characters instead of speeding through things
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 26, 2022 18:20:44 GMT
I have only seen the European cut of the Shining.
Never seen the American cut
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 26, 2022 19:19:53 GMT
Yeah, it's like watching The Shining on fast forward. The American cut is a masterpiece in building tension, suspense, and atmosphere. You lose a little of all those things hacking away at the movie like Jack Torrence on a door. Sorry Europe, this is an L.
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Post by ant-mac on Sept 26, 2022 19:30:25 GMT
Apparently it cuts the film down to 2 hours. Cuts out a lot of the exposition. Some people claim they prefer this version saying it improves the pacing. I don’t mind relaxed pacing and more time to spend with the characters instead of speeding through things I haven't seen the European version of THE SHINING and I'm quite happy to stay with the original, longer version. If I'm enjoying a film, why would I be in a hurry for it to finish? Why would I ever want bits cut out of it?
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 27, 2022 14:10:06 GMT
Even with a longer version, the movie still has a major flaw. Jack goes from somewhat normal to madman in three seconds. There's no real explanation. It the book, Jack finds a scrapbook that had details of the Overlook's past and it was the scrapbook that the hotel used to capture Jack.
There was also a scene cut between Jack's demise in the maze and the photo on the wall
The second outtake was a two-minute hospital scene that was placed after Jack froze to death and before the final shot of the ballroom photograph. In the scene (read the script pages), the hotel manager, Ullman (Barry Nelson), visits Wendy and Danny after their ordeal and explains that no supernatural evidence was found to support their claims of what transpired. Just when the audience begins to question everything they've seen, Ullman ominously gives Danny the same ball that was rolled to him from an unseen force outside Room 237.
A lot had to change from the book to the movie anyway. Two of the bigger horror scenes were Danny being chased by a firehose that turned into a serpent and the topiary animals that chased both Danny and Jack. Easily done with CGI now but pretty much unfilmable in 1980. So Kubrick had to substitute the Grady Girls, who aren't in the book, other than a passing mention.
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