Hello what went wrong friends and family and potentially also foes since it's wintery time we wanted to bring you all one of our favorites from the vault Chris what do we have today that's right Lizzie today we've got

and while we're deep in the bowels of podcast mountain attempting to crack season four from its horrifying rock walls we're going to let you guys listen to some of our favorite episodes over the next few weeks and just a reminder

February 20th we will be back with a killer episode a killer patreon and maybe even a little bonus content nope the boat yep bonus content exactly all right without further ado the shining

hello and welcome to another episode of what went wrong I am one of your host Lizzie Bassett here in spirit but not physically of course because of a pandemic with our co-host Chris winterbower Chris how's it going going well feeling good about that third take of the intro you know finally got it together there thanks for being here guys for another

spooktacular episode of what went wrong your favorite podcast covering film disasters and production mishaps on your favorite flops and success stories as Lizzie mentioned it's October so it's spooky spooky movie months and this week we are covering one of my favorite horror films actually which is Stanley Kubrick's the shining Lizzie I believe you watch this movie today during daylight hours

tell me what was your experience like watching this 1980 classic I'd seen it before a bunch of times as I think everyone has but I don't think I'd ever sat down given it my full attention as I did this time which was great couple of critiques number one I just don't need that mosquito noise going in the background the entire time the like the tea kettle going off sound that just doesn't stop

and it's it's very long otherwise good job Stanley I loved it very good yes I clocks in it oh I have one more one more thing which I wonder if you're going to talk about today but the only thing that joking aside that does bother me a tiny bit about this movie is that it doesn't seem like Jack Nicholson's character changes much like he is a weirdo from the get go yes

and he is just weird throughout he is just a piece of shit from the beginning we will talk we will we will talk about that so the shining is if you don't know and I don't know how you wouldn't know but if you don't the shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson based on the 1977 Stephen King novel of the same name

it stars Jack Nicholson shelly do all skatman creathers and Danny Lloyd in case you lived under a rock or a skatman yes poor skatman indeed we'll get to it in case you lived under a rock your entire life

the film follows aspiring writer slash recovering alcoholic slash just general weirdo from the get go jack torrents played by Jack Nicholson who takes a job as the offseason caretaker of the world's creepiest hotel the overlook hotel dragging along his wife Wendy played by the one and only shelly do all and his somewhat psychic son Danny played by Danny Lloyd and Danny's

I love you as I started finger character Tony who lives in his mouth now as they're in this somewhat quarantine ask scenario jack starts spiraling although not that far he doesn't have far to go and Wendy and Danny with the help of the similarly psychically imbued dick haloran played by skatman creathers have to fight for their survival after being snowed in creepy crawlies in the suit

so the film was a modest financial success

but was very negatively reviewed by critics when it first came out and has since gone on to become a horror

really it yes yeah we'll get to that it was heralded the coming ubiquity of the steady cam it further established Jack Nicholson as a terrifying talent to watch and it cemented at Kubrick as a prickly director willing to do nearly anything to get the performances needed from his actors

really quickly before we get started I want to acknowledge the two main sources that I used in finding the information for this week's episode

those are Vincent libretto's book Stanley Kubrick a biography which is excellent highly recommend it and perhaps more importantly Vivian Kubrick that's Stanley's daughter

her 35 minute documentary making of the shining which you can watch on YouTube it's free it's incredible

Stanley Kubrick gave her unparalleled access to the shoot she could be there at all hours filming everything got Jack Nicholson talking off camera Shelley Duval

I mean it's really remarkable what she captured and very unique Kubrick was very secretive with his sets

and on this note we're gonna reveal a very interesting fun fact about this specific documentary at the end of this episode

so stick around for that and be sure to check out Vivian Kubrick's making of the shining you can watch it on YouTube

so without further ado let's dive into the shining

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