W labiryntach czasu i wieczności. O Lśnieniu Stanleya Kubricka
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2014
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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In the labyrinth of time and eternity: on Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
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In the interview which appeared after the premiere of The Shining, Kubrick said that the fantastic
qualities of reality in his movies are “treated in a very […] ordinary way”. He indicated that uncanny
events are also depicted in this way in Jorge Luis Borges’ writings. The comparison made by
Kubrick should not be disregarded since the labyrinth motif, which does not appear in Stephen
King’s book that has been adapted for the screen, is an important theme in Borges’ works as well
as in The Shining. The Garden of Forking Paths, which was also written by this Argentinian writer,
not only explores the above-mentioned motif, but also describes the conception of time which can
be found in The Shining and in the last scene of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Borges’ literary
works might be helpful in comprehending Kubrick’s notion of the fourth dimension. The coexistence
of different times in The Shining, in turn, refers to the theological idea of eternity. This conception
corresponds to the main character’s nature – especially his desires, aspirations and anxieties.
The established perspective provides an opportunity to exemplify what Kubrick meant by
showing the fantastic qualities of reality “in a simple, non-baroque style”.
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Przestrzenie Teorii, 2014, nr 22, s. 171-187
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978-83-232-2827-1