The Shining: Stanley Kubrick vs Stephen King | Production Tales From Hell

Kubrick: I don't believe in Hell. Proceeds to create it.

Kubrick’s The Shining is both a masterpiece and a bastardization of a classic novel. A bastard-piece if you will.

The Shining is arguably one of the most iconic horror films ever made, however, this doesn’t excuse the way Kubrick treated Shelley Duvall behind scenes and during filming. Even though she did say she didn’t regret doing the film, you can tell by the end of it she was absolutely miserable.

I will never understand why Shelley's performance was criticized. She gives one of my favorite performances of all time and without her, I don't think this movie would be anywhere near as good as it is, she carries this movie.

I saw Stephen King live when I was in college back in 1991. He was appearing at Syracuse University. He opened by reading from Needful Things which was about to be published. Then Mr. King took questions from the audience. I got to ask one of the first questions and I asked how he felt about his work being translated to film. I went on to say how there were some films he loved like "Misery" and then there are other movies like "The Shining" that he won't even comment on. He replied, "Yeah, I'll comment on 'The Shining;" and then raised his middle finger in the air.

"You're wasting everyone's time--" says the one who took 148 takes for one scene. Anyway, still loving the series and am a fan!

I think Robin Williams as Jack Torrence would’ve been AMAZING! I agree that Jack Nicholson is automatically creepy like When I watched this movie for the first time the dad never felt like a “normal guy” lolol

shelley duvall gave the performance of a lifetime and set a great standard for the final girl. she has my heart forever ♥

Thank you Chauncey for saying that the abuse isn't justifiable for 'the art."

Gotta give props to the only person who could make King not hate the Shining movie! The man, the myth, the legend Mike Flanagan! 🙌

I am loving this series, Chauncey fits so well in the Dead Meat style while bringing her own uniqueness

"I always thought that the real difference between my take on it, and Stanley Kubrick's take on it, was this: In my novel, the hotel burns; in Kubrick's movie, the hotel freezes. It's the difference between warmth and cold." -Stephen King

I think that every Kubrick movie from Spartacus to his last one can be in this series.

I give it to Steven King 👑. He was really on Shelly's side and how he was upset about the Kubrick's abusive and bullying .it was disgusting...but yet she still pushed thru when most would quit. I give Shelly her flowers because she gave one hell of a performance unmatched by most actress's ❤ Kubrick said he has no sympathy for Shelly but with out her The Shinning wouldn't be an ICONIC movie today...

Kubrick wanted Wendy to be submissive and beaten down while King wrote her to be independent and fierce. Kubrick was married three times and King has been married once and still is. I think this says a ton about how awful Kubrick was to women and likely how badly Duvall was treated

james and zoran voicing king and kubrick is just one of the small things that make my day

Stanley Kubrick was a lot like Marlon Brando. They both had a massive and respectable influence on their respective fields in Hollywood, but they were also both tyrannical egomaniacs that were seven circles of hell to work with and I feel absolutely no remorse for either of them being dead. That might sound harsh, but so were they.

Whoa holy production quality!! Here’s to James turning dead meat etc into a FRANCHISE!!!!!

I repeat this to myself anytime I watch the movie “Love the art, not the artist”

This is the first episode I'm catching and I'm blown away by the production quality. Well done team.