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The Screenwriter's Handbook — Breaking Down The Shining

Kubrick and Nicholson created one of cinema's most terrifying films. The screenplay is the key.

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Subverting Genre

The Shining is a haunted house movie that is not about a haunted house. The Overlook Hotel is a metaphor for American history, and Jack Torrance is a metaphor for the violence at its core. The screenplay works because it operates on two levels simultaneously.