Cracking Kubrick's Code
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. George Washington Carver “The Shining” by Stanley Kubrick is considered by some to be the greatest and most influential horror films of all time. In fact, it is one of the most referenced, parodied, and analyzed films in history, with countless numbers of theories about everything from its overall meaning to even the smallest of details or mistakes in the film, growing with each passing year. Yet despite this, the truest face of the film has never been unmasked – until now. And here, we will begin to unpack an underlying face of the film which will finally reveal why Kubrick called it "a masterpiece of modern horror." As we will see, that face is woven together with a thread of synchronicity that ties together every detail in every frame of the film. And even more than that, it also begins to tie together all of Kubrick's other films as well. On its face, Kubrick’s "Shining" appears to be about ...