Stanley Kubrick went to extreme lengths to perfect The Shining, and that meant subjecting the cast to some long hours for one specific scene.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Shining is one of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's most famous movies, and a behind-the-scenes story about a specific scene speaks to his legacy. Kubrick was seemingly on a mission to make the best possible movie of every genre, as he nailed the war category with Dr. Strangelove and the science-fiction genre with the ambitious 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The 1980 classic follows Jack Torrance, who becomes the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel during its off-season. That's about where the movie's similarities to the book end. King famously hated The Shining due to how many changes Kubrick made. That only speaks to the specific vision the director had for all of his films. Unfortunately, that vision and work ethic took their toll on other people. When it came to The Shining, that included the cast and crew.
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining Holds The Record For The Most Retakes For A Dialogue Scene Kubrick shot the scene between Danny and Dick Hallorann , during which Dick describes the Shining to him, a whopping 148 times. It's not clear how long it took to get the finished product. Regardless, that scene earned the record for the most takes for a single scene during a movie production .
This isn't the first time Kubrick went to extreme lengths for the sake of perfection on the set of The Shining, either. There were tons of reports about Kubrick traumatizing Shelley Duvall during the production of the film, suggesting he treated her differently than rest of the cast and tried to break her down so that she could relate to her The Shining character. There's archival behind-the-scenes footage of several times the director and actor locked horns.
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