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THE SHINING

 THE SHINING - STUDIES IN THE HORROR FILM 

​ I  am in this  Book along with friend Cathy Munroe  who is an actress too!

Anyone fascinated by how films are put together will immediately recognize the sheer value-for-money of this. In 750 amazing pages, Danel Olson has assembled stills from the movie and casual photos from the set, a dozen essays on Stanley Kubrick's artistry, an equal number of interviews with the major cast members--Nicholson, Duvall, Turkel, Crothers and even Lia Beldam, the nude woman in the tub from Room 237--and reminiscences galore by members of the crew of what it was like to work on the production. A major contribution to film history and scholarship. -Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

For this excellent and exhaustive compendium of Shining lore, editor Danel Olson has collected deep-dish essays, unseen pics and exhaustive interviews (with cast and crew), beginning with an introduction by Pixar's Lee Unkrich (a noted Shining zealot). 
A satisfying study in filmmaking, not kooky Room 237 theorising, it feels like nothing has been overlooked. -Ian Nathan, Empire, July/2015 (print)

Cover[ing] everything fans of the film ever wanted to know, the hefty tome is packed with academic essays, as well as new and classic interviews with the movie's cast and crew, including the elusive Kubrick... It illuminates interesting facts that have only come to light through this publication, including that Jane Fonda was originally considered for the role of Wendy Torrance and co-screenwriter Diane Johnson wanted to bring a feminist bent to the character... The book [also] boasts incredible alternative poster artwork. -Andrea Subissati, Rue Morgue, 07/2015 (print)

The essays, as Director Lee Unkrich's introduction explains, were provided by 'a range of commentators,' including 'documentarians, philosophers, scientists, literature critics, film scholars and fiction writers' explor[ing] completely different aspect[s] of The Shining... Olson's maximalist efforts pay off here, though: it's the exhaustive, detailed, and complete nature of the The Shining: Studies in the Horror Film that gives it a chance of becoming the definitive scholarly source on a film widely recognized as one of the greatest of all time. -Craig Manning, IndependentPublisher.com, 7/2015

The SHINING book looks splendid!! -Guillermo del Toro

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