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Get the creeps again, for the first time.
Michael Dare presents: Five things you never noticed in The Shining. I sent the author a little note pointing out a nugget from one of my professors:
One thing a professor once pointed out: In the bathroom scene with the previous caretaker, the camera switches an exact 180 degrees, moving from one side of the conversation to the other. As I'm sure you're aware, this is a no-no in conventional narrative montage, for precisely the reason that it jumps the actors into each other's location. Of course, that's precisely what Kubrick is saying: the characters are "swapping" places. i.e., Jack becomes the caretaker, or they become interchangable.
Anyway the other 5 are neat too. Enjoy!
